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Peter Deverin, a 20-year-old R.O.T.C. cadet, helped scoop mud and mangled tree limbs off Main Street on Monday with a friend, John Venino, also 20.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

R.O.T.C. is active in high schools and has its own dormitory floor at the University of Guam.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

He received a full R.O.T.C. scholarship to Penn State but dropped out when he suffered an episode of deep depression.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

Coomer, brainy and restless, received an R.O.T.C. scholarship but it was rescinded because of his asthma.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Girls stood in bunches in their long, fine evening dresses, and the boys roamed around in clean duck pants or R.O.T.C. uniforms or new dark fall suits.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers