Tag: JROTC
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Army boss’ mission: Persuade schools to welcome recruiters
March 5, 2023 / Lolita C. Baldor / AP News - Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. But they received a recent boost from a recruiting advocate whom school leaders couldn’t turn away: the secretary of the Army. During three days of back-to-back meetings across Chicago last month, ...
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AI Explains About Opposition to JROTC
JROTC stands for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, a program that is designed to provide high school students with leadership skills and prepare them for a possible future career in the ...
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In Public Schools, the N.R.A. Gets a Boost From Junior R.O.T.C.
Instructors in military-sponsored J.R.O.T.C. classes have offered to promote the N.R.A. in high schools in exchange for money for their marksmanship programs. The Junior R.O.T.C Florida State ...
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Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military’s Junior R.O.T.C.
In high schools across the country, students are being placed in military classes without electing them on their own. “The only word I can think of is ‘indoctrination,’” one parent said. Dec. 11, ...
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J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World*
Descriptions of civic life and some key historical events differ from the way they are taught in typical public school textbooks. Credit...Zack Wittman for The New York Times Dec. 11, 2022 / Mike ...
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Military Acknowledges More Sexual Abuse in J.R.O.T.C. Programs
Lawmakers criticized oversight by the military, which reported dozens of additional cases of abuse of high school students by J.R.O.T.C. instructors. Nov. 16, 2022 / Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and ...
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How Counter-Recruiters Take on the U.S. Military
Military recruiters count on economic hardship to lure young people of color to sign up. Counter-recruiters are working hard to thwart their efforts. Sep 6, 2022 / Aina Marzia / YES! Media - Year ...
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Pentagon Admits Lack of Oversight to Stop Junior ROTC Sexual Abuse
Sept. 21, 2022 / Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker / New York Times - Pentagon officials acknowledged Wednesday that they had inadequately supervised the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training ...
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The US Military’s JROTC Program Is Even Worse Than You Thought
August 23 2022 / Steve Early / Suzanne Gordon / Jacobin - We’ve long known that the US armed forces target poor and working-class students to meet their enlistment goals. But according to a recent ...
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Lawmakers to Investigate Sexual Abuse in Junior R.O.T.C. Programs
The House oversight committee wants the Pentagon to report on sexual misconduct in the high school programs and how it holds instructors accountable. Credit...Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times ...
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