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Army Junior Reserves Officer's Training Corps (JROTC)

"Cougar Battalion"

This Program of Instruction (POI) focuses on the development of better citizens through the instruction of skills in leadership, citizenship, life success, geography, and wellness, in a structured interactive environment.

The JROTC program is a cooperative effort on the part of the Army and the host institution to provide secondary school students with opportunities for total development. The flexibility of the program allows it to bear the scrutiny of professional educators and to meet the needs of the community. Satisfactory completion of the program can lead to advanced placement credit in the Senior ROTC program or advanced rank in the Armed Forces. Some of the course has been reviewed and college credit is awarded to cadets upon completion of the specified requirements.

The JROTC program is one of the Army’s contributions to assisting America’s youth to become better citizens. The program produces successful students and productive adults, while fostering in each school a more constructive and disciplined learning environment. This program makes substantial contributions to many communities and ultimately to the nation’s future. It is the centerpiece of the Department of Defense’s commitment to America’s Promise for Youth through its emphasis on community service and teen anti-drug efforts.
The course length is normally four years at a traditional high school (grades 9 - 12).

JROTC Summer Camps are an additional component and supplement the JROTC curriculum for selected upper class cadets. Focus is placed on developing cadets’ character and leadership skills, abilities, and potential; foundations for success; leadership; wellness; geography; and teaching math and science skills.

Mission Statement

To Motivate Young People To Be Better Citizens

General JROTC History

The United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) came into being with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916. Under the provisions of the Act, high schools were authorized the loan of federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty military personnel as instructors. There was a condition that the instructors follow a prescribed course of training and maintain a minimum enrollment of 100 students over the age of 14 years who were US citizens. In 1964, the Vitalization Act opened JROTC up to the other services and replaced most of the active duty instructors with retirees who worked for and were cost shared by the schools.

Title 10 of the U.S. Code declares that "the purpose of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is to instill in students in United States secondary educational institutions the value of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment."

The JROTC Program has changed greatly over the years. Once looked upon primarily as a source of enlisted recruits and officer candidates, it became a citizenship program devoted to the moral, physical and educational uplift of American youth. Although the program retained its military structure and the resultant ability to infuse in its student cadets a sense of discipline and order, it shed most of its early military content.

Cougar Battalion Is Established!!

The ROTC Revitalization Act of 1964 and the US Army Regulation 145-2, Authorization for the establishment of the local Unit as Gneral Order #18, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Dated 25 May 1983 with an effective date of 1 April 1983 gave Wayne County Public School System the liberty to establish an Army JROTC unit; the official name of the GHS Battalion is the "Cougar" Battalion

Purpose

The JROTC program intends to teach cadets to:

Appreciate the ethical values and principles that underlie good citizenship.
Develop leadership potential, while living and working cooperatively with others.
Be able to think logically and to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing.
Appreciate the importance of physical fitness in maintaining good health.
Understand the importance of high school graduation for a successful future, and learn about college and other advanced educations and employment opportunities.
Develop mental management abilities.
Become familiar with military history as it relates to America's culture, and understand the history, purpose, and structure of the military services.
Develop the skills necessary to work effectively as a member of a team.