The Army ROTC scholarship entitles its recipients to full-tuition assistance, as well as a textbook/fee allowance and a monthly stipend to cover the student's living expenses. Typically, cadets receive tuition assistance. However, they also have the option to apply the scholarship to their 'room and board' expenses instead of school tuition. About 8,000 cadets participate in first ROTC Games". CNN Philippines. October 22, 2023 . Retrieved October 23, 2023.

U.S. Army Cadet Command: The 10 Year History" (PDF). p.160. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 23, 2021.The first Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (then Air ROTC) units were established between 1920 and 1923 at the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois, the University of Washington, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University. After World War II, the Air Force established ROTC units at 77 colleges and universities throughout the United States. An applicant for a campus-based scholarship must meet all AROTC administrative and academic requirements as well as have a minimum SAT score of 1000 or ACT score of 19. Aravilla, Jose. "4 more suspects tagged in Mark Chua slay case". The Philippine STAR . Retrieved June 26, 2013. The commander of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is dual-hatted as the commanding general of U.S. Army Cadet Command since 2011. [20] No. Leadership labs place cadets in leadership positions, teach and provide practical experience in military drill and ceremonies, troop leading procedures, small unit tactical operations, rappelling and water survival. Labs are held during the week and run for approximately two hours.

Established in 1916, ROTC was created as a way to expand the pool of candidates for the military officer corps beyond the United States service academies. The ROTC program also brought military recruiters to high schools and colleges throughout the country, a move that developed and cemented ties with local communities. By the early 21st century ROTC programs existed on more than 1,000 campuses in the United States and accounted for about 60 percent of all commissioned officers entering the U.S. armed forces. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (November 25, 1978). "Legendary: Interview with Former Governor Deane Davis on His Early Years, Part 1 of 2". American Archive.org. Boston, MA: WGBH (FM).The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) program is the largest branch of ROTC, as the Army is the largest branch of the military. There are over 20,000 ROTC cadets in 273 ROTC programs at major universities throughout the United States. These schools are categorized as Military Colleges (MC), Military Junior Colleges (MJC) and Civilian Colleges (CC). [22] [23] Army ROTC provides the majority of the Army's officer corps; the remainder comes from West Point, Officer Candidate School (OCS), or direct commissions. Army Regulation 145–1 Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program: Organization, Administration, and Training" (PDF). U.S. Army. U.S. Army. p.6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2017 . Retrieved 1 August 2017.

During World War I, the United States created the Student Army Training Corps in an effort to encourage young men to simultaneously receive a college education and train for the military. [31] Students were authorized to participate beginning in the summer of 1917, [31] and training camps were held in the summer of 1918. [32] ROTC scholarships for those already attending college will cover the remaining years of their college. In February 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the proposal to revive the mandatory nature of ROTC training for senior high school students in both public and private schools. Duterte certified the proposal as urgent and forwarded it to the Congress of the Philippines - House of Representatives (Lower House) and Senate (Upper House). [29] On May 21, 2019, the Lower House passed their version of the proposed law. [30] Some camps have criticized Duterte's inclination on this issue for admitting in a speech in 2016 that he himself did not finish his supposed ROTC service during his university days, [31] and two years later, expounded that he even falsified medical documents to be able to do so. [32] [33] [34] National Guard members may be eligible for various state-offered benefits, including additional tuition assistanceU.S. Army Cadet Command: The 10 Year History" (PDF). p.145. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 23, 2021.