History of AFJROTC
Air Force Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (JROTC) can track its heritage to a program founded in
1911 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, by Army Lt Edgar R. Steevers. Lieutenant
Steevers was assigned as an inspector-instructor of the organized
military of Wyoming. During his assignment, he envisioned a
noncompulsory cadet corps comprised of high school students. His
program was aimed toward making better citizens.