A U.S. Department of Defense "deferred resignation program" has pushed the U.S. Army Cadet Command to cut its civilian ...

Through the Department of Defense's Deferred Resignation Program, the U.S. Army's Cadet Command, which runs ROTC, lost 168 ...

On June 27, 2025, the United States Army Cadet Command announced that the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (commonly ...

The other host campuses losing ROTC programs are the University of Northern Iowa, Western Illinois University, Truman State ...

The U.S. Army is set to deactivate the ROTC programs at three Iowa universities as part of a nationwide restructuring plan.

In 1914, the first official military units were established on campus, and in 1917, the university faculty voted to establish its own voluntary Army ROTC program.

Capt. Daniel A. Nowicki, commander of the University of Utah’s Navy ROTC unit, discusses the program in his office at the Naval Science Building in Salt Lake City on April 1.

The Air Force has closed 59 Junior ROTC units since January 2022, but closures are often due to multiple reasons, and it wasn’t known how many were closed because of enrollment, he said.

As a member of ROTC at Drexel — you are a student first, cadet second. It can be a lot to juggle if you want to participate in clubs, sports, and ROTC. We will help you make a time management schedule ...

The annual DOD award recognizes ROTC units across the country for their accomplishments in areas such as overall program performance, educational institution support and other notable achievements.

They received their first ranks, junior ROTC pins and the naval anchors for their covers. Instructor and Gunnery Sergeant Matthew Barr also recognized a few special cadets with advanced promotions.