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<p><big>History</big></p>
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<p>The concept of training reserve military officers in civilian colleges and universities in United States was created by the founder of <a href="page.php?w=Norwich_University">Norwich University</a>, <a href="page.php?w=Alden_Partridge">Alden Partridge</a>, who was a former <a href="page.php?w=United_States_Military_Academy">United States Military Academy</a> instructor. Partridge, who founded Norwich in <a href="page.php?w=Vermont">Vermont</a> in 1819 as the "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy,"</p><p>
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