Members of the Barren County JROTC served as the color guard for the night's dinner. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1.
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, better known by its shorthand JROTC, came into being with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916 and was later expanded in 1964 with the goal of “instill[ing] in students in secondary educational institutions the values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.”
In Kentucky there is a pilot program for a statewide JROTC office thanks to a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education and the U.S. Army Cadet Command.
The new statewide office “will…enhance all JROTC programs through state-level leadership and partnerships with KDE, the U.S. military, local administrators, educators, organizations and community members,” according to the news release, and will be headed by retired Colonel Tim McDonald.
“McDonald and his office will provide administrative and logistics management for U.S. Army JROTC programs through organized supervision for military matters, approved educational instruction and integrated systemic processes,” the release states. “McDonald’s primary role also includes oversight of the 97 JROTC host programs already operating in Kentucky schools and serving as Kentucky’s representative and advocate in JROTC matters.
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