About the Organization:

“The purpose of the National Society of Pershing Rifles is to develop, to the highest degree possible, outstanding traits of leadership. Military science, military bearing, and discipline within the framework of a military oriented, honorary fraternity.”

This is the purpose of the Pershing Rifles, as propounded by its distinguished founder in the early eighteen nineties.

The National Society of Pershing Rifles has adopted as its mission the following four interrelated objectives:

• To aid in the development of successful officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
• To foster camaraderie and esprit de corps among all three Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs.
• To further the purpose, traditions, and concepts of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force.
• To give civilians an opportunity to be part of a military organization without a formal commitment to the military.