The Congress of the United States established the US Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Program in 1916. Two years later in September of 1919, Sergeant Harry Lanier established the first JROTC Program at Columbus High School;  followed by Jordan, Carver, Hardaway, Spencer, Kendrick, Shaw, and Northside. The MCSD JROTC Department includes eight schools in Muscogee County School District (MCSD) and one in Chattahoochee County: Chattahoochee County High School. The Muscogee County School District and Chattahoochee County School District are partners with the United States Army to train and teach young people to become better citizens in this great nation of ours.

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The MCSD JROTC Program of Instruction is an Army-approved 180-hour elective course for both college-bound and vocational students in each high school.  It is staffed with 25 retired officers and non-commissioned officers.