JROTC Organizing Packet

“JROTC is one of the best recruiting devices that we could have.” 
—William Cohen, then Secretary of Defense, February 2000

The school-to-military pipeline, of which JROTC is a significant part, channels primarily economically disadvantaged and students of color into military careers over college or non-military occupations without being truthful about the real costs of military enlistment. In addition to forced enrollment and disingenuous recruitment practices, we are seeing documented cases of students being sexually abused by JROTC instructors in schools around the country. 

It is critical that we take action at the local level. To this end, the Task Force To End Compulsory Military Training In Schools (TECMITS) has put together this organizing packet for groups and individuals around the country wishing to investigate, challenge and change enrollment practices of JROTC. We want students to learn independence and critical thinking, not blind obedience.