U.S. Army Junior ROTC Editorial Image

The Junior Reserve Officers` Training Corps JROTC -- commonly pronounced `JAY-rotsee` is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US military bases across the world. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act.