is headquartered in Forestville, MD and with over 1,200 members, it is one of the largest military officers' organizations focusing on mentorship, professional development, social events & community support to improve the officer corps. Mission
Membership is comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health Service acti
ve duty, reserve component, retired and former commissioned officers and warrant officers. Members also include contracted ROTC and Academy Cadets and Midshipmen and widows and widowers of deceased members. began in the mid-1960s as an informal meeting of Army officers assigned to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The group initially met to help each other "survive" student life at Fort Leavenworth; many members continued to meet after being reassigned to the Pentagon and elsewhere in the greater Washington, D.C., area. In the years that followed, the group grew. On October 9, 1974, along with Colonel Robert B. Burke, General Cartwright led an initiative to formally organize the growing network. They dubbed themselves the No Name Club until they agreed on a formal name. On December 1, the No Name Club assembled to ratify an official name when they were informed that General Cartwright and his wife, Gloria, died in a plane crash near Dulles Airport. The No Name Club soon voted to name itself The Rocks, Inc. and established the Roscoe C. Cartwright Scholarship Fund in their namesake’s honor. Today, The ROCKS, Inc. has 23 Chapters/Interest Groups across the Army (including one in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan).
