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Since the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for "at risk" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that the program is a recruiting tool for the U.S. military and is yet another example of an increasingly punitive climate that disproportionately affect youth of color in American public schools. Citizen, Student, Soldier intervenes in these debates, providing critical ethnographic attention to understanding the motivations, aspirations, and experiences of students who participate in increasing numbers in JROTC programs. These students have complex reasons for their participation, reasons that challenge the reductive idea that they are either dangerous youths who need discipline or victims being exploited by a predatory program. Rather, their participation is informed by their marginal economic position in the local political economy, as well as their desire to be regarded as full citizens, both locally and nationally. Citizenship is one of the central concerns guiding the JROTC curriculum; this book explores ethnographically how students understand and enact different visions of citizenship and grounds these understandings in local and national political economic contexts. It also highlights the ideological, social and cultural conditions of Latina/o youth and their families who both participate in and are enmeshed in vigorous debates about citizenship, obligation, social opportunity, militarism and, ultimately, the American Dream.
This study reports best practices of successful Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) units. Key factors that influence high- performing units were identified from stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Instructors of effective units prepare their students for life after high school with skills and knowledge that cannot be gained by other school curricula or extracurricular activities. They set high standards and tailor their programs to the unique culture of the school and the needs of the students, whether the needs are to help students get into college, maintain a winning drill team, or create a safe environment. As leaders, these instructors have adapted well to the educational environment. They work hard to create support for their unit in the school and in the community. The long hours they spend in community and school service create valuable citizenship and leadership development for the cadets, and bring positive recognition (and often resources) back to the unit. Recommendations are made to disseminate the best practices documented here to JROTC units and to incorporate them in instructor training. Other recommendations concern hiring practices, a review of the JROTC mission, metrics for success, and cross-service learning.
Table of Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1. How To Improve Yourself -- Chapter 1. Education -- Chapter 2. Physical Fitness -- Chapter 3. Nutrition -- Chapter 4. Garrison -- Chapter 5. Land Navigation -- Chapter 6. Field Leadership Reaction Course (FLRC) -- Chapter 7. Situational Training Exercises (STX) -- Chapter 8. Patrolling -- Chapter 9. Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) -- Chapter 10. Life as a Cadet -- Chapter 11. Leadership Philosophy -- Part 2. How To Improve the Battalion -- Chapter 12. Things We Do at Truman -- Chapter 13. Improving Our Battalion -- Appendix A. RECONDO Constitution -- Appendix B. OPORD for Patrolling -- Appendix C. Sample Physical Training (PT) Plans -- Appendix D. List of Exercises -- Appendix E. The Military Alphabet -- Appendix F. Military and Civilian Time -- Appendix G. Radio Phraseology -- Appendix H. 9-Line MEDEVAC Messages -- Appendix I. Recommended Books -- Appendix J. Army Ranks -- Appendix K. Battle Drills Smart Sheets -- Appendix L. Variable Lanes Smart Sheet -- Appendix M. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Specialized Terms -- Bibliography -- Index. Are you or is someone you know interested in Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps)? People join ROTC for many reasons. Some want a guaranteed job once school is finished. Others need help paying for college, want a challenge, or feel a special calling to be a leader in the most powerful military in history. For anyone interested in this topic, The Ultimate ROTC Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Excelling in Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a must-read necessity. Cadets come from all walks of life, including students from high school beginning their first year of college, veterans who want to get an education and return to the military as officers, and enlisted personnel who are taking advantage of receiving a free education as they work to transform from an enlisted soldier to an Army officer. The expectations, learning curve, requirements, and tasks in cadet life will be new to you or will be conducted in a manner you have never experienced. Author David Atkinson had no idea what to expect as a new member of ROTC (2007). With some extra effort and hard work he adjusted and rose to the top of his class. The Ultimate ROTC Guidebook will show you, step by step, how to do the same thing he did--and much more. Within these pages you will learn what to expect and get specific and practical tips on how to excel at every level of training. There are already documents that explain how to wear your uniform correctly and what awards are available, but only this guide will tell you how to complete a mission above the standard, explain how to reach your peak fitness level, and how to improve your battalion as a whole. Using the information in this book, Atkinson became a Distinguished Military Graduate (top 20% in the nation). The Ultimate ROTC Guidebook shortens the learning curve and will help you perform better than you believed possible. If you are planning to join, have already contracted, or are simply curious about what it takes to turn a US Army cadet into an Army officer, this book is essential reading.
This study reports best practices of successful Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) units. Key factors that influence high-performing units were identified from stakeholder surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Instructors of effective units prepare their students for life after high school with skills and knowledge that cannot be gained by other school curricula or extracurricular activities. They set high standards and tailor their programs to the unique culture of the school and the needs of the students, whether the needs are to help students get into college, maintain a winning drill team, or create a safe environment. As leaders, these instructors have adapted well to the educational environment. They work hard to create support for their unit in the school and in the community. The long hours they spend in community and school service create valuable citizenship and leadership development for the cadets, and bring positive recognition (and often resources) back to the unit. Recommendations are made to disseminate the best practices documented here to JROTC units and to incorporate them in instructor training. Other recommendations concern hiring practices, a review of the JROTC mission, metrics for success, and cross-service learning.
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"The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program serves more than 550,000 high school students each year, many of whom are at risk for failing academically or dropping out of school. Although these programs are widely distributed--programs operate in 50 states, four U.S. territories, and Department of Defense Education Activity schools--there has been recent congressional interest in whether the schools participating in JROTC programs are representative with respect to geographic area, with a special focus on whether rural areas are adequately represented. In response to these interests and motivations, this study had two primary objectives: Examine the representativeness of JROTC at the school level with respect to geography and demographics and determine how federal laws and policies affect starting and sustaining JROTC units. RAND researchers merged JROTC program data with public high school data from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data to analyze demographic and geographic representativeness at the school level. Service and school representatives were interviewed on such topics as benefits of JROTC for the students, challenges with JROTC-unit administration, and instructor hiring. The authors found that JROTC has strong representation among schools with demographically diverse populations. However, geographically, JROTC is underrepresented in rural areas and in about two-thirds of states. A number of factors present challenges for improving representativeness, and the report offers several policy recommendations for addressing these factors, including the expansion of the National Defense Cadet Corps"--Publisher's description