JROTC, a program that has existed since World War I, offers an increasingly rare means of connecting students who will soon be old enough to join the military with those in uniform. Rhea-Lee Thompson ...

Students not looking to commit to military service can also join some ROTC programs for up to two years and can gain valuable ...

While U.S. military recruiting efforts are struggling, one local JROTC program is seeing more students join every year. Some students who enlist said it’s a calling, not just a program. Joining the ...

The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), with funding from the National Rifle Association, is providing high school students with marksmanship and gun safety training, according to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools freshmen were automatically enrolled in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps classes over ...

ROTC instructors share percentages of students entering into the military and pursuing postgraduate schools, with some of the ...

This story was published in partnership with Chalkbeat Chicago. Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools students at predominantly Black and Latino high schools were forced to participate in what is ...

Austin Peay State University's ROTC program commissioned its 1,000th Army officer, Cadet Christopher Martin, a major ...

U.S. lawmakers looking into the military’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program found that at least 60 instructors were accused of sexual misconduct against high school cadets in ...

Rhea-Lee Thompson emigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 2019. She never thought about joining her adopted country's military but became enamored with the idea of service once she saw her ...

Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools freshmen were automatically enrolled in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps classes over the last two school years even though JROTC programs are supposed to be ...