To create and instill principles of excellence and responsibility into the minds of beings’ that stand ready to embrace and receive knowledge is of a rarity in the world today. But, JROTC helped to intrigue and engage the minds of high school students across the world from day one of its making. A creation such as JROTC was thought into existence in 1916 as part of the National Defense Act, which in itself was an expansion to the Army and the National Guard, a Reserve Officers Corps component. It was in that moment that the President of the United States was granted the proper authority to federalize The National Guard, permitted that there were probable circumstances that required the assistance of military personnel while within the confinements of the United States.

Upon the initiation of the program into schools the Army implemented its impeccable program in only about 30 schools between the time of 1916 to 1919, which resulted in outstanding results. It then was derived from such stupendous outcomes …show more content…
Time as it passes so rapidly has infused a new light and way of being to transcend the place once known as JROTC into an experience and a home away from home. For it is an experience far from the grasps of just a random individual. It is in fact an experience that will forever drive the minds’ of young individuals to the edge of excellence as its original purpose to teach the “value of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment," has trickled down into the present and doubled in purpose. JROTC helps to truly evolve the student “to be better citizens,” and destroy the navie barriers of passage to allow adulthood and maturity to arise in the midst of responsibility, respect, dedication, loyalty, and tranquility in mind as we encounter new