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Navy to Disestablish 19 NJROTC units

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS110224-04
2/24/2011

By Naval Service Training Command Public Affairs

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- The Navy will disestablish 19 Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) units, effective June 30.

The 19 units are currently on probationary status for failure to meet regulatory minimum student enrollment standards.

"Our NJROTC units and cadets are important to the Navy and local communities, and we have been working with the probationary units to solve their enrollment issues," said Rear Adm. David F. Steindl, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), which oversees more than 600 NJROTC units at accredited high schools across the nation. "School officials were made aware of their probationary status and acknowledged this status on an annual basis. Additionally, NJROTC area managers, who oversee the units in their geographical regions, have been working to assist school officials in their efforts to meet the required minimum enrollment."

Title 10 United States Code, Chapter 102, Section 2031, and Department of Defense Directives require a minimum enrollment of qualified students for NJROTC units. For host schools with a total enrollment of 1,000 or more, the minimum enrollment number is 100. Where schools have less than 1,000 students enrolled, a minimum of 10 percent of the total enrollment is required.

"We cannot maintain units that consistently fail to meet minimum enrollment standards and are not in compliance with NJROTC program directives," Steindl said.

The specific units to be disestablished are Roberts High School (Pottstown, Pa.); Enterprise High School (Redding, Calif.); Pasco High School (Dade City, Fla.); Parkersburg High School (Parkersburg, W.V.); Decatur High School (Berlin, Md.); Piqua High School (Piqua, Ohio); Key West High School (Key West, Fla.); Fernandina Beach High School (Fernandina Beach, Fla.); Las Plumas High School (Oroville, Calif.); Mesquite High School (Gilbert, Ariz.); Burroughs High School (Ridgecrest, Calif.); Marshfield High School (Marshfield, Mo.); West Ouachita High School (West Monroe, La.); Clements High School (Sugar Land, Texas); East High School (Rochester, N.Y.); Lander Valley High School (Lander Valley, Wyo.); Whitney Young Magnet High School (Chicago); South Tahoe High School (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.); and Ogemaw Heights High School (West Branch, Mich.).

NJROTC is a citizenship development program that instills in students at secondary educational institutions the values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment. The NJROTC curriculum emphasizes citizenship and leadership development. The classroom instruction is augmented throughout the year by community service activities, team competitions, visits to naval activities, marksmanship training, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) seminars.

"In order to maintain high unit quality and allow for continued outreach programs, like the NJROTC STEM camps held each summer, it is critical that we hold accountable those NJROTC units that are not in compliance," Steindl said. "The Navy will continue to do all it can to ensure the NJROTC program remains a high-quality program where cadets can excel in leadership, academics and community service."

For more news from Naval Service Training Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/greatlakes/.