25 August 2020 Navy Establishes Long Requested ROTC Program at UH Mānoa WASHINGTON -- The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has signed a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Navy to establish a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit at the University on the island of Oahu, which will begin training students in the fall of 2021...
12 August 2020 True Grit: NPS Research Helps Navy Build More Resilient Sailors, Teams Now more than ever, individuals, teams and organizations are discovering the invaluable role of individual and team resilience, especially with the additional stress created by the coronavirus crisis over the past several months...
11 August 2020 Recruit Training Command and Partners Work Together to Transform Drill Halls into Barracks GREAT LAKES, Ill. (August 11, 2020) – In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Recruit Training Command (RTC) at Naval Station Great Lakes, the U.S. Navy’s only boot camp, has added millions of dollars of safety precautions for America’s newest Sailors as they train to enter the fleet...
14 July 2020 NPS Faculty Help Princeton Undergrad Explore Missile Defense Tactics In August 2019, Princeton ROTC student MIDN 1/C Kara Dowling visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to conduct research with members of the university's Operations Research (OR) department for her senior year capstone project...
01 June 2020 Navy Announces Call for FY21 Seaman to Admiral Applications The annual call for applications to the 2021 Seaman to Admiral program, known as STA-21, is on the streets. This year's board will meet in mid-September...
28 May 2020 Naval ROTC Midshipmen Commissioned Virtually Around the country more than 1,400 Naval ROTC (NROTC) midshipmen, officer candidates and Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) Marines have just, or are about to commission as U. S. Navy Ensigns and U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenants...
26 May 2020 Officer Training Command Uses Remote Learning to Train Leaders During Pandemic Officer Training Command Newport (OTCN) is using online training to develop future Navy leaders during the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...
28 April 2020 Europe and Africa's Top Admiral and Fleet Master Chief Speak to Naval ROTC Midshipmen in Los Angeles Adm. James G. Foggo III, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA), and CNE-CNA Fleet Master Chief Derrick “Wally” Walters spoke with Midshipmen at the University of Southern California (USC) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) over a video chat, April 23...
10 April 2020 Naval Academy Cancels All Public Commissioning Week 2020 Events; USNA and NROTC Ceremonies Go Virtual The U.S. Naval Academy has announced the cancellation of all Commissioning Week 2020 public events due to the coronavirus pandemic...
09 March 2020 Zion-Benton NJROTC Wins Area 3 West Regional Title for 3rd Straight Year Zion-Benton Township High School's Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC) unit finished first in a dominating performance at the 2020 NJROTC Area 3 West Regional Academic, Athletic and Drill Competition at Recruit Training Command (RTC) here, Feb. 29...
03 March 2020 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipmen Select Ships More than 250 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen and Seaman to Admiral-21 officer candidates from 93 colleges and universities around the country chose the first ships of their Navy careers Feb. 26-28...
18 January 2020 Recruit Training Command Grads Eligible for Nine College Credits Curriculum changes at Recruit Training Command (RTC) will provide boot camp graduates with more college credits and potentially save the Navy millions in tuition costs...
19 December 2019 Naval Service Training Command Names Officer Instructor of the Year Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) recently named Lt. Sarah E. Howe the 2019 Officer Instructor of the Year (IOY)...
25 October 2019 U.S. 6th Fleet Commander Reviews Navy Basic Training Graduation Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F), served as reviewing officer at the graduation of the Navy’s newest enlisted Sailors at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Oct. 25, 2019...
24 October 2019 Student Naval Aviators Inspire Texas Junior ROTC Cadets Navy and Marine Corps officers served as judges for the annual Navy Junior ROTC Drill Meet at Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, Oct. 19...
18 October 2019 NJROTC Units Complete Basic Leadership Training Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from three Area Four high schools completed a three-day Basic Leadership Training (BLT) course at the Army National Guard Training Facility in Strafford, N.H. on Sept. 27-29, 2019...
04 June 2019 KU NROTC Volunteers Following Storms Eight members of the University of Kansas Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) volunteered following tornadoes that struck near the university last week...
23 April 2019 Vanderbilt University NROTC Hosts NJROTC/MCJROTC Drill Meet The Vanderbilt University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) hosted an Athletic Competition and Drill Meet Championship for Navy and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC/MCJROTC) units from three states, April 13...
11 April 2019 The Ohio State University NROTC Unit Hosts 2nd Annual Buckeye Invitational More than 300 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) student competitors and staff members from eight Midwest universities traveled to The Ohio State (OSU) University to participate in the 2nd Annual Buckeye NROTC Invitational here, April 6...
06 March 2019 University of Idaho NROTC Unit Hosts Annual Northwest Navy Competition More than 270 NROTC student competitors and staff members from the Universities of Idaho/Washington State, Oregon State, Utah and Washington overcame a snowstorm to travel to the University of Idaho (UI) campus and participate in the annual 2019 Northwest Navy Competition, March 2...
05 March 2019 University of Colorado NROTC Unit Hosts Competition The University of Colorado Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit hosted their annual multi-event competition, March 1-2...
14 January 2019 Officer Candidate School Graduations Now Being Live Streamed The graduations of the Navy's newest officers are now available live from Officer Training Command (OTC)...
17 December 2018 VCNO Visits Boot Camp, Reviews Last Graduation of 2018 The Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) visited Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp, to speak with leaders of Naval accessions training and serve as the reviewing officer for the Navy's newest Sailors, Dec. 14-15...