INTRODUCTION The type of agency i choose for assignment 2 was the armed forces morale, welfare, and recreation units. I choose to go from there and pick the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). I choose this because i think it is really cool whenever people do the military i think it shows a lot about a person because I'm not going to lie i don't have the guts to join the army or any armed forces. So i took this as a opportunity to learn a little bit more about the ROTC and the armed forces to see what people really do for our country.
BACKGROUND The ROTC began in 1862 as part of a college land grant. Part of the governments requirement for the schools to have the land grant they would have to add military tactics to their curriculum. The land grant was only for Norwich University. Then in 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed it to all colleges in the National Defense Act. The ROTC is the largest branch of the military. You can join either the army, navy, air force, or coast guard when you join the ROTC. The ROTC exist for college students to try to encourage college students to join a branch of the military.
Employment Today the ROTC has over 20,000 cadets. There are many reasons why a person would want to join the ROTC. It gives you tuition assistance so it can help you pay for your college and make college more affordable for you. It also can give you a lot of leadership experience and that is always good to add on a job resume. It can help you if you with your career because they have a lot of different jobs in the armed forces so you could find something that would help you out with your job in the future. It helps you if you want to be in the military for a career because right out of college you are at a management level.
CURRENT TRENDS/ISSUES With the way things are going with the economy and how high college prices are it is predicted that there will be an increase in the number of people that join the ROTC. More people will join because of the tuition assistance the ROTC offers to students. An issue that happened in the past is that Harvard and Columbia banned he ROTC for a reason that many sites said different reasons but the were forced to be returned to campus. Another kind of current issue is just an issue with the army which is the don't ask don't tell policy. Which is pretty much exactly what it says when you are talking about homosexual people in the army don't ask if they are and the won't tell.
Definition of Leisure This is a hard one to answer but i see the ROTC's definition of leisure to be a more productive one. I think it is more of do something like working out and getting into shape and helping your country. But another thing the ROTC seems to say a lot is that it doesn't take away from your college experience and you are still a normal student and go through the same experiences. So therefore it would be pretty much the same as a normal persons definition of leisure.
SYNOPSIS I think that the ROTC is a very great thing for this country. I definitely look up to anyone who joins the ROTC. I think it would be a great experience to do it would really bring a lot of pride to you and your country if you join the ROTC in any branch and you are a hero to your country. I definitely would encourage people to join the ROTC although i do not think i think it is for me. It is always such a good thing that would teach you a lot of transferable skills that would really help you throughout not only your career but your life. It would be a great thing to experience and learn from. It would be a good thing to join if you need help to pay for college and especially if you already wanted to join the army then you could get college paid for and join the army and when you get out you are right into a management position what more could you ask for? I think that the ROTC is a great thing for our country and will give men and women more reasons to join the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
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