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The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) is the United States Army component of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.It is the largest Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program which is a group of college and university-based officer training programs for training commissioned officers for the United States Army and its reserves components: the Army Reserves and the Army National Guard.
The brigade commands 43 such battalions located at universities throughout the south. Additionally, the brigade commands 214 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs throughout the five states and Puerto Rico. JROTC "battalions" are usually larger than their Senior ROTC counterparts, on average comprising over 150 cadets each.
* Cadet captain is the rank that the leader of a NJROTC unit holds if the unit has reached the cadet enrollment requirements to be rated as a regiment. It is a relatively rare rank, as of June 2013, there are only 5 regimental-sized units out of the 584 NJROTC units worldwide.
Map of the Army ROTC Brigades. The 1st Reserve Officers' Training Corps Brigade is an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps brigade based at the Fort Knox, Kentucky. This brigade is responsible for the 10 Senior Military Colleges and Military Junior Colleges.
Army ROTC cadets on a field training exercise in March 2005 Arlington State College ROTC students firing a mortar during a field exercise, circa 1950s. The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) program is the largest branch of ROTC, as the Army is the largest branch of the military.
United States Army: Branch: US Army Reserve: Type: ROTC Brigade: Role: Officer Training: Size: Brigade: Garrison/HQ: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington: Nickname(s) Viking Brigade: Motto(s) Viking Strong! Mascot(s) Viking: Commanders; Commander: COL James H. Scott III [1] Command Sergeant Major: CSM Michael C. Fairbanks [1
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The brigade comprises several ROTC battalions throughout these states. However, each ROTC unit is generally smaller than a battalion, as each contains around 100 cadets on average. [1] The brigade commands 13 such battalions located at universities throughout Ohio, and five more throughout Kentucky. [2]