Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US military bases across the world. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 (Army JROTC) and later expanded (Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force) under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act. The Coast Guard was added in 1989 under P.L. 101-225. The Space Force established its first unit in 2019.

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