Why Did I Enroll In JROTC I enrolled in JROTC mostly because of my family. My dad was in the US Air Force and retired shortly after I was born‚ my oldest brother joined the US Navy about 2-3 years ago and my sister joined the early entry program for the US Navy and is going to boot camp in July‚ my brother was practically born to join the US Marines‚ and 3 of my 4 brothers have been or are in JROTC. It was only natural and the sane thing to do that I joined JROTC because we are practically a
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FL Why did I enroll in Jrotc? If you were in middle school and you see some crazy guy in uniform screaming would you choose that class or not? I chose that class because I didn’t want to be as every other high school student and just show up for 4years and then graduate. But the real reason that I enrolled in JROTC was because I want to be different than every high school student and you learn how to become a leader. To begin with‚ the first reason that I enrolled in JROTC was because I want
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Training Corp (JROTC) in schools students can gain life changing experiences. The National Defense Act of 1916 allowed the JROTC program to be established in the United States. Active duty military personnel were given the equipment needed to run the program in a high school (Army ROTC par. 1). In the Title Ten of the U.S. Code it states “it is a purpose of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to instill in students in the United States secondary educational institutions
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How JROTC Builds Character and Leadership. JROTC is designed to motivate young people to become better citizens. It teaches a newer and higher standard of life. Character is a big part in the JROTC mission‚ in order to become a better citizen you have to build strong character. To help young people build stronger character JROTC places them in complicated situations and in Leadership Positions that are designed to encourage the need to take charge and lead the group in the right direction. Junior
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When I Joined The Army When I decided to join the United States Army. I found out the importance of being in good shape and have good discipline. Whenever we woke up in the morning to do exercise or do any kind of training‚ I had to have a good mental mind for that day or that day would be really rough for me. But the two most important reasons for having good discipline and being in good shape was to be able to go through the training without any difficulties. First having a good discipline
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Adonte’ YearwoodJamuary 20‚ 2012 Jrotc1SG Frett7th Period JROTC Builds Character and Leadership The JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) is an Army ran cadet program established by the National Defense act in 1916 starting with just six units. Since then this program has flourished and now has over 1‚000 units in schools and colleges throughout the nation with more than 274‚000 cadets enrolled. The main purpose of JROTC is not to prepare cadets for the military‚ but to instill certain
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JROTC is more than a connection to the armed forces. In fact‚ that’s not what it’s founded on at all. According to James M. Hale‚ Area Ten Commander of ROTC‚ the program focuses on service. It’s not merely a pipeline to the military; students join for a multitude of reasons. “I didn’t know about it in middle school”‚ freshman‚ Mathew Cha‚ Petty Officer Second Class said. “I figured it out when I was filling out [schedule information]. My sister was like ‘Hey try JROTC for a year.’ and I thought
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In 1914‚ Australia joined the First World War. Although it was seen as a European war‚ the Australia government decided that Australia should support its ’Mother Country’‚ Britain. The prime-minister at the time‚ Joseph Cook‚ stated Australia’s position : "Whatever happens‚ Australia is a part of the Empire‚ right to the full. When the Empire is at war‚ Australia is at war." Many Australians objected to the country’s involvement in the war‚ but the majority of the population agreed with the government’s
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I joined a public school for kindergarten like everyone else as a kid. I made friends‚ and learned basic information just as any other 5 year old. I always came home and told my mom‚ "I didn’t learn anything new today!"‚ taking it as evidence of my brilliance. I eventually came to the conclusion that I the reason I didn’t learn anything wasn’t because I already knew everything to know that year‚ it was because the school wasn’t teaching anything new. We knew I could do better‚ and so we decided‚
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reasons workers joined unions was the effort to reduce the workday from 12 to 10 hours. People were interested in joining together in pursuit of common objectives for workers. Workers were tired of working long hours and being paid very little‚ so they banded together to achieve common goals‚ such as better pay‚ benefits‚ promotion rules. Workers believed unions would help feel their economic needs‚ which were not being met. Fairness in the workplace is another reason people joined unions. Early in
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