{"598697":{"#nid":"598697","#data":{"type":"news","title":"We Salute 100 Years of ROTC at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe Salute 100 Years of ROTC at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past 100 years, Georgia Tech has counted among its alumni thousands of commissioned officers in all four branches of the United States Military. Tech has educated the nation\u0026rsquo;s top military leaders, including dozens of generals and admirals, aces and astronauts, and three Medal of Honor recipients.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than a century ago on the eve of World War I, Tech students formed a Signal Corps, performed drills, and did everything they could to help defend the United States. From these humble beginnings, a rich tradition of military service was born. This year we celebrate 100 years of the Reserve Officers\u0026rsquo; Training Corps (ROTC) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EView the ROTC 100 Years Commemorative Video:\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBe5tmX1jhY\u0026amp;t=2s\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBe5tmX1jhY\u0026amp;t=2s\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I see public service, whether on the local or national level, as a personal obligation. I constantly reflect on the support network I have been blessed with, and regularly ask myself if I have given back to the people and institutions that have allowed me to succeed. Joining ROTC, and by extension, later the Army, was one such way to give back. It is a remarkable thing that the combined work of a team of individuals can do so much more than their individual tasks alone. That kind of power changes the world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- Mahdi Al Husseini, double major in public policy and biomedical engineering, and an Army ROTC Cadet\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the past 100 years, Georgia Tech has counted among its alumni thousands of commissioned officers in all four branches of the United States Military."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2017-11-13 15:10:36","changed_gmt":"2017-11-13 16:00:31","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"598427":{"id":"598427","type":"image","title":"100 Years of ROTC at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1509996674","gmt_created":"2017-11-06 19:31:14","changed":"1539021059","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 17:50:59","alt":"Collage of 1918 Georgia Tech ROTC class sitting on the Quad, and today\u0027s Army ROTC students during exercises.","file":{"fid":"228123","name":"ROTC 100 Years Social Media.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ROTC%20100%20Years%20Social%20Media_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ROTC%20100%20Years%20Social%20Media_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":287872,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ROTC%20100%20Years%20Social%20Media_0.jpg?itok=lhsTgXji"}}},"media_ids":["598427"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}