History Of JROTC Yesterday, And Tomorrow

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100 years of JROTC Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Cadet Marrero
Danny M Marrero
335 Christine Ln, Cameron North Carolina, 28326
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Southern Lee High School
2301 Tramway Rd, Sanford, NC 27332
AI: SGM McCray

The United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps came into being with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916. From then on high schools were given a loan from the federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty military personnel as instructors. The National Defense act came to be in response to the campaign by the Preparedness Movement championed by Theodore Roosevelt. It made ROTC and JROTC come to pass for colleges and high school students. (So now as a high schooler I can learn leadership