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,...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviors in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) female cadets. A total of 310 female ROTC cadets participated in a prospective, cross-sectional study during summer training at Fort Lewis, Washington. All subjects...

The present stage of Russia's development is special in that all the spheres of society and the state, in particular its military and the system of education are going through sweeping reforms. Despite differences in contents, stages, forms and time frames of the...

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...

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.