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Reserve Officers Training Corps

American  

noun

  1. a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. ROTC, R.O.T.C.


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Members of the USC Reserve Officers Training Corps were in perfect step as they carefully maneuvered the documents off of the Boeing 737.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Smith grew up in Plano, Texas, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1987 through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program at Texas A&M University.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023

The parents of a missing 15-year-old Florida Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps member are asking for the public’s help finding their son, who was last seen leaving school Friday in Tampa.

From Fox News ● Oct. 25, 2021

“I didn’t know exactly how I was going to do it, until I got acquainted with the Reserve Officers Training Corps program in college.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2018

She is nudging fourteen-year-old John, who brings home As, is a linebacker on the football squad and a squad leader in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, to consider becoming a doctor.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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