Reserve Officers Training Corps

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), U.S. Army recruiting project that holds courses in military leadership in schools and colleges. It grew out of the Land Grant Act of 1862 and began operating full scale under the National Defense Act of 1916. It comprises two to four years of course work and drill plus several weeks of field training. The U.S. Navy and Air Force have similar programs.

See also: Army, U.S.