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Hey everyone, I’m a sophomore taking ROTC for the first time and am wondering what tips and tricks anyone may have.

Fitness:No you don't have to be insanely physically fit to join, it's a high school program, you exercise less than p.e unless you have overly strict instructors.

Teams:no, you lost likely don't have to join a team, just try to remain active in the program(this includes out of program teams, theyre all optional and don't determine much.

Hair: no guys and gals, we don't have to be bald, in fact most units don't uphold hair standards and I honestly hate that, try to be the cadet that's properly in uniform for males: Id recommend a midskin-highskin fade with finger length on top(size of the barbers finger laying flat on your head) and make sure it's off your ears

Female hair:Bun is generally the go to in all branches, I'm not sure about any non army regs, but I know ajrotc woman can wear ponytails.

Uniform regulations:it doesn't matter "what my unit does" there are regulations, read them, theyll guide you on your uniform wear, if someone in your unit is doing something such as for ajrotc:wearing ribbons and medals together.

They are wrong, and don't listen to them, thats not right and hasn't been for years, the manuals will tell you everything about your units service branch.

Such as army:USACC145-2/AR670-1, The former is the go to for cadets, the ladder is for the unanswered questions.

These are probably my 4 most seen things asked by new cadets in close to perfect order

PLEASE wear your uniform in accordance with your service regulations, and not in accordance with "my unit does it different/like this/our own way" that is not right at all and has never been right.

Thanks new guys! Let yourself have fun!

Do I need to be physically fit to get into JROTC? I’m not the most fit person an I want to join JROTC to get in shape for the military in the future. Will I look like an idiot if I am not fit?

Hey y'all! So the app is getting delayed due to the implementation of iOS support. Sorry about that- I had to rewrite a bunch of stuff on the backend so it's gonna look a little different, but hopefully function just the same! Thank y'all for your patience! NJROTC, and SFJROTC will be in the next update.

So im let 2 JROTC and last year we had a diffrent teacher and we got uniforms for free as long as we participated in an event, but now this year theu are asking for a “donation fee” for dry cleaning the uniforms but they ask us to dry clean them before we hand them in, and I don’t know if it’s the diffrent teacher or what but it has also got way stricter (which I understand) but it is kind of annoying because they are treating it like it’s basic. It’s just so annoying because I wanted to stay in it for all four years and get cords and rank up but I can’t pay the fee and it being so much stricter this year is making me just want to leave

Did you know if you do 2/3 years in jrotc you can enlist as an e-2 in any other branch!

I, and a few other students, enjoy doing color guards for events and like the things the JROTC program teaches but my school would not want to create a JROTC program nor would it allow for it. We are allowed to create school funded clubs, so I’ve been searching around and it seems you do not have to be military-approved to do a color guard. Would it be seen as us trying to mock the military or is it actually not allowed?? We truly enjoy JROTC and its structure but our school cannot and will not include the program. Any advice or comments? (Anything is appreciated)

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Does anyone know how to do a low bun for jrotc? I'm struggling trying to figure it out 😔

Hi ! I am an incoming freshman and I don't really know too much about my schools NJROTC program or really anything about any of them I was wondering if I could join or not? It's a really stupid question but I am technically considered overweight and one of the three requirements is you have to be physically fit - so would I still be 'allowed in' ?

Today, I (14M) was doing fall in drills in class, and was assigned as the squad leader for our "drills". Me only being 4 days into MCJROTC thought nothing about it until, at the end of the period my Master Gunnery Sgt said "Since you guys know what your doing, you guys are my squad leaders". Should I take Master Guns serious or do you think he meant for drills?

Im a new transfer and im interested in joining jrotc but im going into my junior year. i havent been able to do anything because at my old school we were academic based and had no extracurriculars like sports, just clubs or wtv. Would it be too late for me to join my junior and senior year? Which program should I join and what do they each do ? 😓😓 also if yall want, can yall please share experiences ? im very excited but nervous because i also dont know anyone at this school

Hello, I just want to say that I might be quitting my favorite activity which is JROTC and the reasons why are very stupid. I have been in for three years and nothing I seem to do is good enough. *I guess* we have a cadet staff list that chooses cadets each semester that show leadership potential and basically the problem that is driving me to quit is our JROTC has gotten super super lenient and I have been losing interest. Not to mention as well as my anxiety has grown drastically since I started. I am losing all passion for JROTC. I joined my eighth grade year. I have personally seen the highs and lows, but I’ve been at an all-time low, our squadron is choosing cadets with only a semesters worth of experience or less than me and I have been overlooked. I have been getting bullied. I have been neglected of my needs. Our squadron is just rapidly going downhill and nobody seems to listen to me. I help out with every single volunteer event. I stay late and come early. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong to my anxiety to get so bad. I have to literally leave the room or else, I’m gonna ball my eyes out I don’t know what to do you guys, I’m very struggling in this position I quit robotics for almost the same reason my robotics team wasn’t treating me as good. I don’t know what I’m gonna do instead if I quit JROTC I do civil air patrol but civil air patrol and chorus might be my only things and with JROTC, I have been feeling like it’s too late to quit please help me out yall 😭