Originally Posted by c/Commander

Did someone make you join JROTC, or did you piss off a Gunnery Sergeant (use the full title, you haven't earned the right to say Gunny unless they tell you that you have) just for the fun of it?

Well good sir the GUNNY told us to call her that. YES I was told to. The school recommended it to my parents over gym to try to build "Discipline". Because gym or JROTC are required classes. When she started to single me out, doing things such as when me and another boy got in an arguement she would take me instead of him out in the hall and start yelling at me infront of the class, then she would make me do 5 pushups but that never bothered me none its just the fact it was a class. Or she would make me stay after school because I didnt remember some motto when half the class didnt even know it. Now i can understand this is regular in the military but its HIGHSCHOOL. Now I was fine with our Major. He was a good guy. So dont talk down to me when you dont know the extent of the situation.

Originally Posted by JamesK

When I was in highschool we had a choice of either going to gym and getting yelled at by a very overweight coach who didnt do anything him self but sit on his arse, or could go to the Marine Corps JROTC. I had alot of fun there. Specially pissing off the Gunney, it was a huge joke. I didnt shine my boots good enough you see? So my squad didnt like me. So we scored low. The students with a higher rank use to try to chew me out, then I'd just respond with this "You know who I hang with outside of this classroom, now do you really think if you said this outside of here you would get away with all your teeth? Braces or not?" that would shut them up. Then I use to have fun with our somehow shell shocked Gunney, when I use respond to HER when she was chewing me out as so "YES PINEAPPLE SERGEANT SIR!" that infuriated her and I would receive a few day suspension as a result. Do away with JROTC, keep ROTC for college in my opinion.

So, you used threats of violence to get your seniors to keep quiet whenever they would try to jack you up for not having your boots shiny enough? On top of that, you consistently disrespected your Gunnery Sergeant? Now, while I understand that JROTC is nothing more than a few kids who want to play military (no offence to those in it, as I was a cadet myself) and maybe join the real thing someday. However, a senior rank is a senior rank. Chances are, they did something to earn that rank. Just remember...respect the rank first, and then the person. Not the other way around.

JROTC (and cadet programs in general) are a really good idea when implemented properly and staffed by people that actually care. I've seen too many units where both the staff and the cadets are there just as a time occupier, and not there because they actually want to be.

I'm onboard Kings Bay right now for a week for a submarine/nuclear propulsion familiarization, and guess who else is here? Yep, the NJROTC leadership academy! Lots of really fun retired Gunnys, Sergeant Majors and everything in between (and some cadets who just got a taste of power - it's fun, isn't it? ) yelling at some poor bastards who volunteered for a week in the 99-degree heat that is Kings Bay.

God, I love my job.

Stupid kids....

You're rather grumpy. I'm just wondering why they held it at one of the most classified places on the East Coast.

And why they felt the need to muster right outside my BOQ at 0430 this morning.

And why they get that "salute me" look in their eye whenever a mid walks by.

It seems like a good program, though - a little like our INDOC.