Cadet Reference Key:
Pg. 1 - Cadet Creed
Pg. 2 - Cadet Rank/Battalion Organization
Pg. 3 - Ribbon and Awards
Pg. 4 - Badges and Devices
Pg. 6 - How to wear Class A (Female)
Pg. 7 - How to wear Class A (Male)/How to wear Class B (Female & Male)
Pg. 10/11 - How to wear ACU
Pg. 13 - How to fold the Flag
Pg. 17 - Army Values
Pg. 18/21 - Stationary Movements
Pg. 41 - P.T Qualification Standards
JROTC Ranks include both enlisted and officer ranks. An easy way to remember this is the enlisted ranks are for leaders that are in charge of command, and officers, oversee the staff positions. There are 16 total ranks of which 10 are enlisted and 5 are officers.
The JROTC Creed consists of 9 lines which should be memorized in case of formation questions and basic JROTC knowledge.
In the Phonetic Alphabet, some words are pronounced differently than how they appear.
For Military Time, if it is in the morning, it will always have a zero at the beginning and if it is in the afternoon it will end with zeroes. And to make it easy, you can always subtract 12 from the civilian time to obtain your military time.
Length: No longer than bottom of the shirt collar
Must not interfere with the proper wearing of headgear, cannot be too full or too high on the head
Pins, cobs, barrattes, elastic hairbands, etc. must be plain, similar in color to your hair, and not too large.
Hair color and highlights must look natural
Long hair in front must be secured at the ends
Hair must not touch the ears, eyebrows, or top of shirt collar
It may not be more than 1 1/4 inches in bulk (thickness)
Hair must be tapered in sudes and the back (curving to the ends)
Must not interfere with the wearing of the Army JROTC headgear
You may not have designs cut in your hair
No unusual dyes or colors that constrat with natural hair color
Here is a picture guide on how to place ribbons, medals, arcs, etc., on the stole. As pictured, you can place a piece of cardboard on the back of the stole for better stability for your awards.