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Welcome, from the Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science.
Welcome aboard the Navy/Marine Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit at the University of Minnesota! This is a professional Baccalaureate degree program leading to a commission as an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps. Competitively awarded scholarships for full tuition and books are available. Additionally, scholarship students will receive a monthly stipend of up to $400. It is also possible to complete our "College Program", without receiving a scholarship, and still earn an officer commission
Our mission is to produce leaders for the Navy and Marine Corps. Upon graduation and commissioning, those leaders will go on to fly aircraft, drive ships and submarines and lead Marines for a minimum of four years in the active component of the Navy/Marine Corps (length is dependant on service selection). Whichever path you choose, you will be operating high tech, state of the art equipment and leading the finest young men and women in the country.
Whether you make the Navy a career, or get out after your initial commitment, the leadership lessons you learn while at U of M and during your time in leadership positions as an officer will be invaluable for the rest of your life. Six of the last nine Presidents of the United States served as officers in the United States Navy. In addition to the incredible training, you will get the satisfaction of knowing you served your Country and made a difference in the world.
We are at this university because the American people and the Naval service think it is important that our officer corps be tempered by a cross section of citizens. We value higher education gained shoulder to shoulder with the diverse student/faculty population found in civilian colleges and universities like this, and our "cross-town enrolled schools" the University of Saint Thomas and Macalester College. In general, our students major in whatever they like. We do require them to complete other fully accredited college courses, applied as free electives or in addition to their chosen curriculum, in order to ensure adequate preparation for the challenges ahead as officers in Naval service.
The teamwork and professionalism we value begins here in the "Gopher" Midshipmen Battalion.
If you are interested to learn more, please contact us at nrotc@umn.edu or phone 612-625-6677, or better yet, visit us on the third floor of the Armory on the Twin Cities Campus.
Sincerely,
D.E. Nestor, CAPT, USN
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