Navy to Disestablish 19 NJROTC Units

[unhappycamper]

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unhappycamper summary of this article: I suspect this is a result of our economic meltdown. I doubt the Navy would voluntarily close a JROTC recruiting station if they had the bucks.




Navy to Disestablish 19 NJROTC Units
February 25, 2011
Navy News

The specific units to be disestablished are Roberts High School (Pottstown, Pa.); Enterprise High School (Redding, Calif.); Pasco High School (Dade City, Fla.); Parkersburg High School (Parkersburg, W.V.); Decatur High School (Berlin, Md.); Piqua High School (Piqua, Ohio); Key West High School (Key West, Fla.); Fernandina Beach High School (Fernandina Beach, Fla.); Las Plumas High School (Oroville, Calif.); Mesquite High School (Gilbert, Ariz.); Burroughs High School (Ridgecrest, Calif.); Marshfield High School (Marshfield, Mo.); West Ouachita High School (West Monroe, La.); Clements High School (Sugar Land, Texas); East High School (Rochester, N.Y.); Lander Valley High School (Lander Valley, Wyo.); Whitney Young Magnet High School (Chicago); South Tahoe High School (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.); and Ogemaw Heights High School (West Branch, Mich.).

[Octafish]

1. They got to start somewhere.

I mean "show" somewhere.

NJROTC -- and all the Junior ROTC programs -- are enlistment tools. The thing is, they also do a good job of helping foster good character in young people. Most of the officer corps are, IMO, outstanding men and women who know right from wrong.