For almost 80 years, college students are mandated by the government to undergo military or civil training to prepare the Filipinos in serving the nation. The National Defense Act, the National Service Law, Basic Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and Expanded ROTC program are all the laws that require each of us to render personal military or civil service. However, on the start of the school year 2002, the Republic Act 9163 or National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, wherein students are given the option to choose among Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS), Literacy Training Service (LTS) and ROTC, was implemented that resulted to the abolishment of mandatory ROTC in the Philippines.
Mark Welson Chua, a former engineering student at University of Santo Tomas (UST), became a victim of illegal ROTC practices. Chua’s death exposed the violence and corruption within the ROTC that was bred from its leaders which eventually led to a massive uprising of the youth and concerned parents against the ROTC program. This paved the way to the creation of the NSTP to satisfy the government’s duty to prepare the citizenry in serving the country.
In the latter months of 2013, attempts were made to revive compulsory ROTC. There were at least four bills seeking to reinstate mandatory ROTC for tertiary students in colleges and universities. If such bill were to be passed, there would be a constitutional provision that will give the power to require the people to defend the state and order them to provide military or civil service. Cavite Representative Francis Gerard Abaya (2013), as cited in Salaverria (2013), believes that mandatory military training has become more true and timely because of recent events in which the country...
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...and skills applicable to our daily life. One even recommended to subject females into mandatory military training. The participant’s belief is that males can help in defending the country against threats while females can help in caring and giving initial response to victims of disasters and emergencies.
For those who do not recommend compulsory ROTC, they suggested that the freshmen students just consider ROTC. They supported the current law regarding national service wherein each student is given the option to choose among the three components. They stood firm with the current practice of NSTP.
Aside from the prepared research questions, the researchers also asked Ms. Bernadette Dimaculangan, area chair of NSTP of DLSL, other questions related to the topic of the research. The other questions and Dimaculangan’s corresponding answers are listed in Table 6 below.
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, also known as JROTC, is a government program supported by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and in some middle schools. JROTC makes the students of high school and middle school understand the advantages of citizenship. In addition, it prepares high school understudies for responsible leadership roles. The mission of JROTC is “To Motivate Young People to be Better Citizens”. A few of the outcomes are capable cadets who are certain of themselves, can think all alone, and can express their thoughts and sentiments unmistakably and briefly. JROTC can prepare students for post-high school success.
The military is trying to find new ways to recognize the fact that women now fight in the country’s wars. In 2011 the Military Leadership Diversity Commission recommended that the Department of Defense remove all combat restrictions on women. Although many jobs have been opened for women in the military, there is still 7.3 percent of jobs that are closed to them. On February 9, 2012, George Little announced that the Department of Defense would continue to reduce the restrictions that were put on women’s roles. The argument that “women are not physically fit for combat” is the most common and well-researched justification for their exclusion from fighting units. It has been proven if women go through proper training and necessary adaptations, they can complete the same physical tasks as any man. Though there seem to be many reasons from the exclusion of women in the military, the main ones have appeared to be that they do not have the strength to go through combat, would be a distraction to the men, and that they would interrupt male bonding and group
While many of these changes include the advancements in technology and ingenuity, nothing can replace the rich history, proud culture, and bright future of the NCO Corps. Though several additional factors doubtlessly play roles in the strength and continuity of the corps, I do not believe any have contributed to the extent of the solid rank structure, efficient training network, and passionate NCO Creed. These elements have worked together in continuously strengthening and molding the NCO Corps, and they will remain building blocks that will project the Army into the
In the year 1944, US Legislation passed the Servicemen’s Readjustment act, commonly known as the GI Bill of Rights. It is one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever produced by the federal government; one that impacted the United States socially, economically and politically. The GI Bill offers a comprehensive package of benefits, including financial assistance for higher education for veterans of U.S. military service. The benefits of the GI Bill are intended to help veterans readjust to civilian life following service to their country and to encourage bright, motivated men and women to volunteer for military duty. Many factors and contributions have gone into the development of the GI Bill, and it has changed over the years. This research paper will introduce the reader to a brief history of the formation and evolution of the GI Bill, discuss the current benefits that it offers to student populations in response to their specific needs, and introduce current implications that the GI Bill has placed on student veterans and institutions across the nation.
The NJROTC, or Naval Junior Recruit Officer Training Corpse, is built not only to teach high school students about the navy but also allows student to become our great leaders of the future. In NJROTC cadets are asked to live up to very high standards because those students in NJROTC are thought of as the best of the best and are at that school to represent the military way of life. In this program I have learned three traits that will help me better myself not only in the future but in the day I live today. These traits that I speak of are discipline, punctuality, and respect. If not for NJROTC I would have not been as great a person and would have little or no direction in my life.
Men are no longer hunting dangerous animals for daily meals, and women are in combat roles in the United Sates Military. However, the belief that a woman's main function is to provide creature comforts and continue the species has been slow to keep up with the changing realities of current gender roles.
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the GI Bill of Rights (GI Bill), was signed into law on June 22, 1944, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 2012). It was a pivotal point in history, which has impacted the United States socially, economically and politically. Today, educational benefits are primary tools used to recruit service members. In 2007-2008, about 4 percent of all undergraduates and about 4 percent of all graduate students were veterans or military service members (Radford, 2011). Furthermore, the recent expansions in benefits increase the use of education benefits by veterans will grow almost 5 percent (Simon, Negrusa, & Warner, 2009). To improve the success in higher education, veterans must ensure they keep updated on current educational assistance programs as well as other educational services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and their institutions.
This essay seeks to explore whether the American Legion’s charter should be amended so as to better reflect our nation’s appreciation for those who serve in times of war and peace. Indeed, it is an issue made all the more cogent today: With increasing numbers of young Americans rejecting the armed forces as a career option, recruitment goals are not being met and the military is being forced to lower its entrance requirements. If this trend is not soon reversed, the U.S. military could be perceived as incapable of implementing our nation’s strategic policies abroad -- a perception that can only encourage the most aggressive ambitions of other nations.
Men have always been looked upon as the leading sex. Looking back through history women have been the ones who take care of the home and children, while men are the ones who work and go to war. However in recent years there’s no doubt that women have become much more equal in the work force. Nevertheless men are still the ones who are forced to fight our wars when the time calls for it. Many think that women should be entirely equal to men having their choice to be drafted taken away but the fact is that they are physically at a disadvantage, too emotionally oriented, and the increase of female presence would have a more negative impact in the military in the way of social interactions.
In response to the question set, I will go into detail of the study, consisting of the background, main hypotheses, as well the aims, procedure and results gathered from the study; explaining the four research methods chosen to investigate, furthering into the three methods actually tested.
Training also consists of standard basic army task such as; Warrior task and Battle drills, and Weapon qualification. Civilian education is crucial as a leader, which shows growth outside of the Army. This training does not happen overnight, but through the time within the Army. This training must continuously be sought after and complete refreshers to stay current.
Bringing about that endeavor, ROTC organizes as an elective curriculum which includes physical fitness, leadership, and field training essentials taken in concert with standard college courses. Each service branch possesses distinctive program standards for initial application apart from continuing eligibility requirements of academic performance, physical fitness, scholarships, financial aid and service commitments. Moreover, the ROTC institutional universe of officer training includes Senior Military Colleges, Military Junior Colleges, and an assortment of civilian colleges and universities. One nonparticipating ROTC member, the Coast Guard, instead offers a conceptually equivalent program entitled the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) guaranteeing a commission after graduation. CSPI mirrors the ROTC as a scholarship program for enrollees of full-time baccalaureate programs or community college students planning to continue their education after transferring to an upper-level
It is our responsibility to re-evaluate our training methods and content to improve the Army. Therefore, we owe it to the Corps and to our Soldiers to develop and train the skills of writing, speaking and teaching that are so desperately needed. Without this training, we will continue to be a Corps rampant with borderline illiterate NCO’s which send the wrong message to our junior enlisted. We must improve the Corps and ourselves so that we can achieve our principle duty as Non-Commissioned Officers, training.
First, in order to enroll in college, mandatory attendance in a previous educational institution is required. For most, this record consists of 13 years of mandatory classroom attendance prior to college. It is a valid argument that the continuation of this policy is effective for job preparation in that it teaches accountability and self-discipline. But if a student is required by a higher authority to do something, is it really self-discipline? No, it is merely a high school power struggle between student and teacher that has some how found its way in to the classrooms of colleges everywhere. This policy teaches students that in his or her future, if attendance at a particular event is important, someone will be there to mandate it. The mandato...
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