ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Robert Osborne: The benefits of having JROTC in Adair Schools

Retired Master Sergeant Robert Osborne led JROTC program at Clinton County High School for five years. Benefits from the program, he says have widespread influence in many ways, including attendance in the classroom and attendance at school functions
Comments re article 53636 Hunter Durham High School JROTC is a great project

By Robert Osborne

What does JROTC stand for and what are the benefits of having a JROTC program in Adair County Schools Systems?My name is Robert Osborne and I am a retired Army Master Sergeant. After retiring from active duty in 2006, I became the Army Instructor for Clinton County High School JROTC where I served for 5 years.



JROTC stands for Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps and is taught at the high school level.

ROTC is the college level program. The mission of JROTC: "To Motivate Young People to Become Better Citizens."

What it is not is a recruiting tool for the military. It happens that students, or cadets as they are referred to in the program do enlist and I give them my full support, but the main goal is to provide life long learning tools that cadets can use to become better citizens.

What are the benefits of a JROTC program in our schools? The benefits are immediate and highly visible to everyone:
  1. The attendance at school will increase. Cadets love to wear the Army Uniform with all of their awards and decorations and have pride in the unit.
  2. Graduation rates increase because JROTC teaches cadets how to learn and the importance of a good education.
  3. Attendance at functions will increase because parents enjoy watching their Cadet perform color guard at basketball games, football games, parades, holidays and special events such as Veterans Day Ceremonies.
  4. Auditoriums and gymnasiums where JROTC is present builds espirit de corps in the schools, in our community and in our country.
  5. Cadets provide community service and help to maintain a clean, safe environment where children learn and grow into adults.
  6. Cadets perform service learning which is beneficial to everyone involved by mentoring, coaching and leading the elementary and middle school students.
High school cadets show the young ones how physical training can be fun and give them examples of leadership. This allows cadets the opportunity to practice their leadership skills. Parents will be assured that their children are being supervised, trained and educated in a non hostile environment. Service learning helps everyone involved...I hope this letter helps better your understanding of JROCT. The website is USArmyJROTC.com

MSG(RET) Robert Osborne


This story was posted on 2012-08-10 08:06:22
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.