As Arthur Coumbe conducted a top-down analysis of Junior ROTC, the former U.S. Army Cadet Command historian found several key takeaways about the history and impact of the program.
An upcoming Association of the U.S. Army webinar will focus on the history and impact of the Junior ROTC program.
The event, part of AUSA’s Noon Report series, will feature Arthur Coumbe, author of Soldiers in the Schoolhouse: A Military History of the Junior ROTC. The webinar begins at noon Eastern on Nov. 19.
It is free, but registration is required here.
The Army Cadet Luncheon, a fixture of the first day of the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition, provides cadets enrolled in both ROTC and Junior ROTC the chance to hear directly from Army general officers.
The future officers selected to attend the 2025 luncheon had the rare opportunity to hear two of the Army’s seniormost leaders offer their perspectives on “officership.”
As the show floor buzzed with the latest in Army technology at the Association of the U.S. Army's 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition, the head of Army Training and Doctrine Command reminded cadets attending an awards luncheon that none of the service’s advancements mean anything without leaders to steward them.
With more than 1,700 programs and 20 more approved to open in the next two years, the Army’s junior ROTC now has access to a larger pool of instructors because of a provision in the 2023 and 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
The winner of the 2023 Lt. Gen. Theodore G. Stroup Jr. Achievement Award is Cheyoung Ahn, a Junior ROTC student in Piti, Guam, the Association of the U.S. Army announced.
Participation in Army Junior ROTC is linked to positive education and career outcomes, according to a report from the Rand Corp.
The study, which analyzed the educational and career outcomes of Army Junior ROTC cadets in Hawaii and Texas compared with peers at non-JROTC schools with similar enrollment and demographics, found that cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension.
The commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command offered lessons on leadership and character to cadets during the Army Cadet Luncheon at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Speaking Oct. 10, Gen. Gary Brito reflected on advice he was given during the second day of his in-processing as a second lieutenant. A leader “grabbed me by the shoulders, and said, ‘Hey, LT, let me tell you something. Always work for your soldiers, do not work for your evaluation report, and everything will be fine.’ ”
The winner of the 2022 Lt. Gen. Theodore G. Stroup Jr. Achievement Award is Cheyunne Ahn, a student at Southern High School in Santa Rita, Guam, the Association of the U.S. Army has announced.
