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‘They Know I’m About Something’-ROTC has become cool again
NEWSWEEK ^ | Nov. 12, 2001 Issue | By Allison Samuels

Posted on 11/05/2001 9:13:18 AM PST by Teacup

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Jessica Ryu, 21, an ROTC battalion commander at the Univ. of Michigan.

After decades of disrespect and worse, ROTC has become cool again.

Nov. 12 issue

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rotc
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GOOD! So many high schools have opted to get rid of the ROTC. Hopefully, they will get the ROTC started again.
1 posted on 11/05/2001 9:13:19 AM PST by Teacup
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Ping!
2 posted on 11/05/2001 9:15:29 AM PST by Teacup
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Very Good! And there is a very interesting by-product here. Nearly all of the JROTC/HSROTC programs here in Arizona also sponsor Rifle Teams!!!

Most of them use Daisy pellet rifles, and the competitions use NRA rules for 25 yd. air rifle.

3 posted on 11/05/2001 9:17:23 AM PST by HiJinx
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That's good. Hubby and I just cringe everytime we'd hear another ROTC was being cancelled.
4 posted on 11/05/2001 9:27:42 AM PST by Teacup
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So where will 'Jessica' be when her 'battalion' goes into combat?
5 posted on 11/05/2001 9:28:32 AM PST by Redbob
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Ping
6 posted on 11/05/2001 9:30:00 AM PST by Teacup
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I don't know?
7 posted on 11/05/2001 9:30:34 AM PST by Teacup
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To bad she didn't go to a University were the "civilian" students are the ones who feel inferior.

GIG'EM!

9 posted on 11/05/2001 9:44:19 AM PST by Texaggie79
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Thank you Teacup. I hate to hear when ROTC's are cancelled.

Thanks for the ping and the thread.

10 posted on 11/05/2001 9:49:55 AM PST by Snow Bunny
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When I went to High School (70-74) we always had a good size group join ROTC.

It may have been the fact that it was Marine ROTC, which I understand is rather rare for a High School

11 posted on 11/05/2001 9:54:44 AM PST by tophat9000
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Too bad she didn't go to a school where there weren't any civilian students... VMI, Citadel, New Mexico MI....
12 posted on 11/05/2001 9:59:00 AM PST by CatoRenasci
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AZ also has active Naval Sea Cadet Corp and Junior Marine units, for those who don't go to a school with ROTC.

Sea Cadets drill with the reserves and do 2 week deployments during the summer. It's a great program.

13 posted on 11/05/2001 10:08:10 AM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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She still wants a LIFE!
15 posted on 11/05/2001 10:23:27 AM PST by Texaggie79
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What is this obsession with "cool", anyway? Just because ROTC wasn't "cool", it was still a good idea, which met the objectives, and provided substantial benefits to the individual and the country.

I'm sick and tired of "cool" - it basically ends up meaning "non-confrontational" or "drug-induced" or "unproductive"

16 posted on 11/05/2001 10:26:34 AM PST by lds23
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Those Marine JROTC/ROTC kids better not be allowed to wear the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on their uniforms.

I'll be torqued if I find out that's true.

17 posted on 11/05/2001 10:28:59 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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ROTC mom bump, even if I had to read it in (gag) Newsweek.
18 posted on 11/05/2001 10:43:42 AM PST by NYpeanut
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PING!
19 posted on 11/05/2001 10:50:38 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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ROTC Bump, First Year Cadet at NU. Love ROTC, though sadly it isn't exactly cool at NU. go Cadets.
20 posted on 11/05/2001 11:03:21 AM PST by StAthanasiustheGreat
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