The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program dates to the National Defense Act of 1916. ROTC built upon existing requirements at land-grant schools (colleges built on public lands that taught agriculture, mechanical arts, and military science) to...

A Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program is a college-based, officer commissioning program, predominantly in the United States. It is designed as a college elective that focuses on leadership development, problem solving, strategic planning,...

President Bush scolded colleges and universities that bar ROTC programs from their campuses."It should not be hard for our great schools of learning to find room to honor the service of men and women who are standing up to defend the freedoms that make the...

Samantha Acevedo stands at attention while the chief yeoman stares her down and orders her to recite the Navy's 5th General Order from memory.Dressed in a uniform of black pants and a crisp, white button-down shirt, she answers in a near-whisper: "To quit my post...

His mission wasn't impossible, but it was going to be tough: Enter Afghanistan and lift the locals.In November 2001, it was one of the earliest tasks in Operation Enduring Freedom, designed to flush out the terrorist network in Afghanistan responsible for the 9/11 attacks.Army Capt....

Provides a personal perspective of life in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps, or R.O.T.C. Describes the intense physical activity and training classes.