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 Information About NJROTC - Frequently Asked Questions

What does NJROTC stand for?
Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps

What experience are you required to have prior to joining NJROTC?
You are not required to have any experience in the military prior to joining NJROTC. In this course, you learn all there is to know about the military. If you are considering joining the military after high school, this course will guide you along that path, explaining all elements of the military and helping you to make a great impact in your self-confidence and discipline. If you decide instead to enter the civilian job market or a non-military oriented college, the leadership skills, self-discipline and self-confidence will continue to help you meet life's challenges throughout your life.

Are you required to join the military after your time in NJROTC?
Service in the military after NJROTC is not mandatory, although it would be a great path to succeed. While you are under no obligation to join the armed services, some actually enlist and/or become commissioned officers. Successful completion of the NJROTC program allows entry into the armed forces at up to two pay grades higher than enlistees without JROTC experience. With complete dedication and hard work, cadets fulfill their highest expectations and dreams. Cadets have been accepted into exceptionally high-rated universities and into military academies to become officers in the armed forces.  Many scholarships are available to those cadets that apply for college ROTC and the military academies, some worth in excess of $288,000.  These are just a few paths that NJROTC opens up to the cadets enrolled in Naval Science.

What do you learn during your time in NJROTC?
The Naval Science curriculum is designed as a four year program. It consists of a combination of formal academic instruction, military skill development, and physical fitness training supplemented by ship training cruises, orientation visits, and field trips to various military activities to enhance classroom studies and open military fields of interest. The NJROTC curriculum includes twenty four different subject areas from Naval orientation and seamanship to astronomy and oceanography, history from early western civilization to the 1990's and beyond.  Throughout, strong emphasis is placed on leadership, personal honor, self-reliance and self-discipline.

What are the uniform days and which uniform am I expected to wear?
A uniform is required for each individual cadet.  Normally, uniform day will be on Thursdays.

Co-curricular activities?
NJROTC has precision drill teams, color guards, orienteering teams and more.  Each of these activities allows you the opportunity to earn a school varsity letter.  You can also earn ribbons and other awards. In addition, social activities include: the annual Navy Ball, awards banquet, picnics, swim parties, BBQ's and lots more.

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