In July, the U.S. Army Cadet Command announced that the Cal Poly Army ROTC program and others across the country would be no more at the end of next year. However, since then, things have changed and the program that’s been at the university since the 1950s is here to stay.

What is the Army getting from an officer commissioned out of Cal Poly’s ROTC program?

“U.S. Army, in my opinion, is getting one of the highest quality of officers," said Cadet James Casper.

“They have all the requisite leadership attributes that have been trained and developed, and they get somebody who doesn't quit when things get tough," said Major Jeremy Rathbun with the university's Military Science Department.

Things were tough when, back in July, the .

“I was pretty anxious for two, three months right there,"

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