The National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY)

The Junior Reserve Officer Trainings Corps (JROTC) was originally developed under the National Defence Act of 1916 to increase U.S. readiness in the face of World War I. The program experienced rapid expansion in the 1990’s, which continues to this day. The courses in military science are taught in high schools by retired military personnel and are a highly successful recruiting and public relations tool for the military. If a JROTC unit or academy is starting up or already running in your community, begin raising questions. Meet with the principal, teachers’ union representatives, student groups, and school board members and challenge them to consider what tradeoffs have been made.

UCSC Career Center Policy
• NACE Principles for Employment Professionals
• NACE Principles for Career Service Professionals
• 1984 UCOP Letter to Chancellors
• STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
• 1983 UC POLICY ON NONDISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
• AALS Position on the Military’s "Don’t ask, don’t tell" Policy
• Ameliorative Measures
• 2002 Dean Robert C.UCSC Career Center Policy
• NACE Principles for Employment Professionals
• NACE Principles for Career Service Professionals
• 1984 UCOP Letter to Chancellors
• STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
• 1983 UC POLICY ON NONDISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
• AALS Position on the Military’s "Don’t ask, don’t tell" Policy
• Ameliorative Measures
• 2002 Dean Robert C.Clark Announces Change to HLS Military
Recruiting Policy
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ROTC directly benefits a foreign policy that is imperialistic and advocates preemptive war.

Choosing to have ROTC on campus is not a politically neutral choice. It is a choice which supports the current aggressive foreign policy. The pre emptive policy is not limited to Iraq; it will be extended elsewhere.

A campaign to end ROTC is not an attack on students in the ROTC program. They may join the military after graduation or attend West Point if that is their goal. They need not pursue officer training at a non military academy. The students may choose to form a club of individuals interested in the military, but there need not be an institutionally sponsored ROTC program.