Reserve Officers' Training Corps

The Medical Service Corps’ mission statement is “to actively support Navy Medicine’s readiness and health benefits missions with a community of active duty and reserve component professionals.” This is a mission statement I am passionate about, and I am confident my personal and professional experiences both within and outside of the Navy would contribute towards the Medical Service Corps’ ultimate goals. I have always possessed a strong desire to make an impact within the medical field. Prior…

officially taken at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS). It is very important to be over your minimum or under maximum as not meeting either one will probably either stop you from enlisting or, even worse, prevent you from going to basic training. Height will be measured in stocking feet on a flat surface with the chin parallel to the floor. The body should be straight, but no rigid. Similar to the position of attention. The measurement will be rounded to the nearest inch with the…

unequal to men. The founding of the Navy Nurse Corps did not happen until a hundred years later when the United States Navy Department was established in 1789. Although the Navy Nurse Corps was not founded until 1908, women served as nurses away on Navy ships and hospitals. The Surgeon General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Rixey was a strong supporter of the founding of the Navy Nurse Corps. He appealed to the congress for an establishment of a female Navy Nurse Corp due to his belief that women of…

and professional life. These values were instilled in me over two decades ago as a freshman NROTC midshipman at Miami University. Following graduation I was assigned to Naval Flight Officer Training in Pensacola, Florida. After completion of flight training, I was assigned to Patrol Squadron Four, in Marine Corp Air Base Kaneohe Bay Hi. While assigned to my squadron I had the privilege of serving in the Fifth Fleet AOR in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While assigned to the Fifth…

commissioning to become a officer. They require that you must be under the age of 29 at time of enlistment and 28 at time of commissioning. You need to be a legal citizen of United States and have proof of residency. Enlistment requires a high school diploma and a physical examination. Officers must have earned a bachelor's degree (Requirements). Once you have meant all these qualifications than you are able to go to bootcamp. There are several places they may send you for training. They can…

ROTC, which was founded in 1916, stands for Reserve Officer Training Corps (TodaysMilitary). ROTC is a, “college program offered at more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the United States that prepares young adults to become officers in the U.S. Military” (TodaysMilitary). Cadets in the ROTC program who choose to receive an Army ROTC scholarship, or enter the Army ROTC Advanced Course must agree to complete an eight-year period of service with the Army. The Army, Navy, Marines, Air…

sophomore year I was a member of the golf team. Being that my father died of Cancer when I was six, I was a member of the Relay for Life committee. My freshman to junior year, I was apart of my school’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program and was an administrative officer, where I inputted data for the unit. While enrolled in NJROTC, I received multiple volunteer awards, an outstanding cadet award, an administrative award, and the Celebrate Freedom Award.…

of two years, I have realized that attending the US Air Force Academy is a great honor. I believe that the academy will provide me the opportunity of graduating from a secondary school with a degree while at the same time becoming a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force. Furthermore, attending the academy will allow me to further develop my leadership skills to one day…

As claimed by The Global Issue Blog, The U.S. military spending budget is used to pay training, healthcare, salaries of civilian and uniformed personnel, also, to maintain arms, equipment and facilities to fund operations and make new developments.(13 key pros and cons of military spending, pg 1). What they are insisting is that the money is not going to waste and it is being used for important and civilized matters. Although some may argue that the large amount of money in the budget is not…

the tenacity he exhibit.The strengths that made him rise to success were drilled into as he drilled his ancillary in military strategies. For instance, he went to City College of New York and graduated with the towering rank in ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps), Cadet Colonel. After graduated from college, Colin Powell joined the army and entered as a second lieutenant. In two years of duty in Vietnam, he was in a helicopter crash. Even though he was…