Army ROTC remains the boradest path for young men and women seeking to serve the nation as officers in the Army to achieve their goal.
Army ROTC is the college elective that teaches the decision-making, management skills, leadership, and discipline that will enhance the student's future success in either a military or a civilian career.
The majority of officers serving in today's Army got their start through the Army ROTC program.
Since it was formally organized in 1916, more than a half million men and women have become Army officers through the Army ROTC program.
More than half of the General Officers in the Active Component of the Army got their start through the ROTC program.
Prominent graduates of the Army ROTC program include:
Colin Powell - Former U.S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Samuel Alito - Supreme Court Justice
Sam Walton - Founder of Wal-Mart
Lenny Wilkens - Basketball great
Earl Graves - Chairman and Publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine
Nancy Sherlock Currie - Space Shuttle astronaut
Lou Holtz - Legendary football coach
Peter Schoomaker - Recently retired Chief of Staff of the Army
Robert Novak - Syndicated newspaper columnist and CNN panelist
George W. Casey, Jr. - Chief of Staff of the Army
Hugh Shelton - Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
George C. Marshall - WWII Chief of Staff and architect of the Marshall Plan