Editing Colin Powell (section)

===Training===
While attending the [[City College of New York]], Powell joined the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] (ROTC).<ref>{{cite news |title='It Worked For Me': Life Lessons From Colin Powell |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153296714/it-worked-for-me-life-lessons-from-colin-powell |publisher=NPR |access-date=April 14, 2021 |date=May 22, 2012 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414030323/https://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153296714/it-worked-for-me-life-lessons-from-colin-powell |url-status=live }}</ref> He described the experience as one of the happiest experiences of his life. According to Powell: {{blockquote|It was only once I was in college, about six months into college when I found something that I liked, and that was ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps in the military. And I not only liked it, but I was pretty good at it. That's what you really have to look for in life, something that you like, and something that you think you're pretty good at. And if you can put those two things together, then you're on the right track, and just drive on.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Powell Biography and Interview|website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/general-colin-l-powell/#interview|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406133433/https://www.achievement.org/achiever/general-colin-l-powell/#interview|url-status=live}}</ref> }}

As a [[Officer cadet|cadet]], Powell joined the [[Pershing Rifles]],<ref name="Journey">{{Cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Colin L. |last2=Persico |first2=Joseph E. |author-link2=Joseph E. Persico |url=https://archive.org/details/myamericanjourne00powerich |url-access=registration |title=My American Journey |date=1995 |publisher=[[Random House]] |isbn=978-0307763686 |oclc=7059263772}}{{rp|27–28}}</ref> the ROTC fraternal organization and [[Military Drill Team|drill team]] begun by General [[John Pershing]].