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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Example Sentences

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

The twins’ father, Semyon Vindman, went on to become an engineer, Ms. Kitman said, and the twins’ older brother entered the Reserve Officers Training Corps in college.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2019

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