The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program is a college-based, commissioned officer training program of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
NROTC Midshipmen being commissioned in May 2004.
Navy NROTC Midshipmen in Naval Science Class
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The United States Navy Reserve, known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2004, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called reservists, are cate
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
…college, these prospective officer candidates are known as Midshipmen. Whereas Naval Academy Midshipmen are on active duty, NROTC Midshipmen are in the Navy Reserve but are on active duty for periods of training during the summer. The primary difference is that NROTC Midshipmen attend an ordinary civilian college…
P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 62 (VP-62) over downtown Jacksonville, Florida in 1991. A combat coded Navy Reserve squadron with unit-owned aircraft, VP-62 is under the operational control of Commander, Maritime Support Wing. VP-62 retired its last P-3C in June 2022 and commenced transition to the P-8A Poseidon, utilizing Regular Navy P-8A aircraft until the squadron received its first P-8A in Spring 2023.
An F/A-18B of the Navy Reserve's Fighter Composite Squadron 12 (VFC-12) lands aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in 2005. Assigned to the operational control of Commander, Tactical Support Wing, VFC-12 is now equipped with the F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet.
Navy reservists from the USS Frederick visiting an Oregon hospital in June 2002
A U.S. Navy Reserve optometrist uses a retina scope and lens rack to check the eyes of 9-year-old Honduran boy during the Beyond the Horizon humanitarian assistance exercise in Honduras