{"id":674882,"date":"2020-01-01T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=674882"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:18:56","slug":"salute-to-nrotc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/salute-to-nrotc\/","title":{"rendered":"Salute to NROTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>One of the longest-running, continuous programs in the country, the University\u2019s Naval ROTC unit celebrates 75 years of leadership.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-embed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NROTC at Rochester: 75 Years of Service\" width=\"1062\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITIb6bYTK94?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katarina Vogel \u201920 is packing a lot into her life as a Rochester undergraduate who aspires to become a commissioned officer in the US Marine Corps.<\/p>\n<p>One of 81 midshipmen in this year\u2019s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, the senior from Raymond, New Hampshire, carries a full load of courses for her international relations major, and she finds room in her schedule over four years for eight naval science courses required by NROTC.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also an active member of the Ballet Performance Group and other campus clubs and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>And she joins her fellow NROTC students for physical training drills that begin at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot,\u201d Vogel says. \u201cBut my dad was in the Navy 25 years and always told me, \u2018Those who do, do more.\u2019 And he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That commitment to doing more as an NROTC student is being marked this year as the program celebrates its 75th anniversary. Part of the post\u2013World War II cohort of universities selected for the college-based program for aspiring commissioned officers in the US Navy and Marine Corps, Rochester is home to one of the longest-running units in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Nathan York, commanding officer of the University\u2019s NROTC program and a professor of naval science, says Rochester deserves recognition for supporting the program when units at other campus have struggled, particularly during the 1960s amid protests over the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that Rochester has stood behind this program for 75 years is fabulous,\u201d York says.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral Jamie Sands, commander of the Naval Service Training Command, which includes the NROTC program, also commends Rochester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 75 years, the University of Rochester Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps has produced outstanding officers to lead our Navy and Marine Corps as they serve our nation around the world,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese men and women are the professional, dedicated Naval warfighters who exemplify our core values: honor, courage, and commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_674902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-674902\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-674902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fea_nrotc2.jpg\" alt=\"A group of soldiers standing in a circle, joining hands in unity, symbolizing teamwork and camaraderie.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fea_nrotc2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fea_nrotc2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fea_nrotc2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fea_nrotc2-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-674902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOME BASES: Based at the River Campus, the NROTC program includes about 50 Rochester students as well as students from RIT, SUNY Brockport, and other area colleges and universities who are interested in joining the US Navy or the Marine Corp. Students interested in options for the US Army and Air Force undergo their ROTC training at RIT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<h3>75 Years of History<\/h3>\n<p>Rochester was one of 25 colleges and universities chosen by the Navy to house a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1945, following the end of World War II. Here\u2019s a timeline of key events as Rochester\u2019s unit celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1943: The Navy establishes the V-12 College Training Program to train more than 125,000 future military officers at 131 college campuses, including Rochester, across the United States. The program is phased out when World War II ends in 1945.<\/li>\n<li>1945: The Navy selects Rochester as one of 25 colleges and universities to host new NROTC programs. Of the 380 midshipmen that fall, 175 are transfers from other college V-12 programs. Rochester president Alan Valentine is named president of the National Association of Naval Colleges and Universities.<\/li>\n<li>1946: Harkness Hall, named after Admiral William Harkness, Class of 1858, opens. It\u2019s only the second building in the country built solely for naval science and tactics, joining the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.<\/li>\n<li>1962: A third floor is built at Harkness, and the University\u2019s Naval and Air Force ROTC programs are housed together.<\/li>\n<li>1966: With America heavily involved in Vietnam and student protests rising, Rochester\u2019s battalion drops to 60 members, down by 120 from the start of the decade.<\/li>\n<li>1973: Rochester is one of 56 colleges to admit women into its NROTC program, part of the Navy\u2019s attempt to end sex discrimination. Four women join the battalion.<\/li>\n<li>1987: Rochester\u2019s NROTC battalion moves to Morey Hall, its current home. 2002 On the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the NROTC stands in formation to honor those who perished. Each year on 9\/11, members of the battalion hold a vigil on the Eastman Quad.<\/li>\n<li>2020: The program celebrates its 75th anniversary, one of 19 units nationally marking the milestone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<h3>25 in \u201945<\/h3>\n<p>A total of 25 colleges and universities were selected by the Navy in 1945 to house NROTC units. Rochester is one of 19 celebrating 75 years of continuous service. (Italics means program was disbanded at some point).<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University),\u00a0<em>Case School of Applied Sciences (now Case Western)<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Columbia University<\/em>, Cornell University,\u00a0<em>Dartmouth College<\/em>, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now Iowa State University), the University of Idaho, the University of Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Kansas,\u00a0<em>University of Louisville<\/em>, Miami (Ohio) University, the University of Mississippi, the University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska, Oregon State, Penn State,\u00a0<em>Princeton University<\/em>, Purdue University, the University of Rochester,\u00a0<em>Stanford University<\/em>, the University of Utah, Vanderbilt University, Villanova University, and the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>V-12 Becomes NROTC<\/h3>\n<p>The NROTC was established by Congress in 1926, with units housed at six colleges. Today, more than 150 colleges and universities offer programs. Rochester\u2019s unit was an offshoot of the V-12 Navy College Training Program, formed in 1943 at the height of World War II to train future military officers at campuses across the United States. The V-12 program was phased out when the war ended two years later, but military leaders decided to expand its NROTC programs from 27 to 52 to replace Naval officers who would be leaving. Rochester joined Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Nebraska, Oregon State, and Villanova among the 25 colleges and universities selected.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having one of the smallest student bodies among the new units, Rochester took a lead role from the start. University president Alan Valentine was selected the first president of the National Association of Naval Colleges and Universities, and Rochester made national news with the construction of Harkness Hall, named after Admiral William Harkness, Class of 1858, a famed naval astronomer. Dedicated on June 1, 1946, Harkness was the first building in the country other than the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, devoted entirely to naval science and tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Harkness was designed like a ship, and the second floor was accessed by climbing a gangway. The building came fully loaded\u2014rifles, bayonets, antiaircraft guns, machine guns, complete sets of Navy signal flags, a dark room for night vision training, and a shooting range.<\/p>\n<p>The NROTC stayed at Harkness until 1971, then moved to Fauver Stadium, Morey Hall, and Todd Union before returning to Morey\u2014its current residence\u2014in 1987. Harkness is now home to the University\u2019s economics and political science departments but still houses a ship simulator program used to train midshipmen on navigation.<\/p>\n<h3>Turbulent Times<\/h3>\n<p>The nation\u2019s escalating involvement in the Vietnam War\u2014and the student protests that followed\u2014took its toll on NROTC programs in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>While Rochester\u2019s program survived, others at major universities did not. In 1968, arsonists burned Stanford\u2019s NROTC building to the ground. The school began phasing out its program and terminated it in 1973. Also in 1968, dynamite destroyed the NROTC building at the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>At Northwestern, the NROTC office was moved off campus for seven years, following student protests and faculty dissension. More programs disbanded in 1970 following the shooting deaths of four students by National Guard soldiers at Kent State. Harvard terminated its program in 1971, in the wake of antiwar protests. Forty years passed before the program was reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>At Rochester, the battalion was around 180 at the start of the 1960s. By 1966, when nearly 400,000 American troops were in Vietnam, that number had dropped to 60. By the late 1960s, Rochester\u2019s NROTC students were subjected to heckling, and carried on amidst protests, criticism in the\u00a0<em>Campus Times<\/em>\u00a0student newspaper, and hearings between faculty and students questioning the program\u2019s very existence. History professor Arthur Mitzman called for its abolition, saying, \u201cThe University should have no connection with military affairs . . . or play any partisan roles in quarrels between nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With low enrollment came a major change. In 1973, Rochester became one of 56 schools to accept women into its NROTC program\u2014part of the Navy\u2019s effort to end sexual discrimination. Four women joined.<\/p>\n<p>By 1977, only nine of the 170 midshipmen\u2014just 5 percent\u2014were women. This year, 23 of the 81 midshipmen (28 percent) are women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never felt different, and no one has ever made me feel different because I\u2019m a woman,\u201d says Kaileigh Davis \u201920, a microbiology major from Newbury, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<h3>Program Today<\/h3>\n<p>Having weathered the broader cultural shifts of the 1960s and early 1970s that affected higher education, Rochester\u2019s NROTC program is firmly part of campus life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur NROTC unit is such a hidden gem,\u201d says Lisa Norwood \u201986, \u201995W (MS), assistant dean at the Hajim School of Engineering &amp; Applied Sciences and the College\u2019s NROTC liaison. \u201cOur NROTC students are some of Rochester\u2019s best students academically and most involved socially. They take very seriously their leadership responsibilities and oath to maintain a high degree of moral character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of an agreement among Rochester-area institutions to share resources, the current Rochester NROTC unit includes students from the Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Brockport, and St. John Fisher College. Students who take part in ROTC training for the Army and Air Force are in a program based at RIT.<\/p>\n<p>About 50 Rochester students are enrolled in NROTC and another 11 are in the ROTC program at RIT.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be part of the NROTC program, students must successfully apply for a Navy or Marines scholarship, then earn acceptance into a college of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basically a double application,\u201d says York, who heads a staff of 10.<\/p>\n<h3>Life of an NROTC Student<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout their college careers, NROTC students take naval sciences courses, ranging from Seapower and Maritime Affairs to Leadership and Ethics. Most days start at 6 a.m. with physical training or close-order drills. The drills include physical challenges like rope climbing, pushups, pullups, and grappling, as well as running while carrying a fellow student or swimming while attached to a cinder block.<\/p>\n<p>Rochester also competes each year in drill and fitness competitions against other programs, hosted by Cornell and Villanova.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellowjackets finished second to the US Naval Academy last fall at Cornell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe push ourselves now so that once we hit the fleet we can lead by example,\u201d says Joseph Ginnane \u201920, a mechanical engineering major from Buffalo. \u201cWhen the day comes that we have to execute a mission that requires physical stamina, we\u2019ll already have that down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students spend a month each summer with active soldiers\u2014aboard a ship, submarine, or aviation squadron, or in ground training with Marines. \u201cThe summer training cruises are the most beneficial experiences I\u2019ve had here,\u201d Ginnane says. \u201cI\u2019ve learned so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ginnane was 11 when his family toured his uncle\u2019s Naval ship, the USS\u00a0<em>Carl Vinson<\/em>, in San Diego. \u201cThat was the day I decided what I wanted to do with my life,\u201d he says. Ten years later, he was back on the Carl Vinson as an NROTC student during a summer training mission to the South Pacific, where he participated in a joint naval exercise that included 25 other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Ginnane says a common misconception is that midshipmen don\u2019t have time to join extracurricular activities. \u201cIt\u2019s not true,\u201d he says. \u201cI spent two years on a club rowing team, was a lifeguard, a member of a fraternity, and studied abroad for a semester in the United Arab Emirates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being part of the Ballet Performance Group, Vogel also played women\u2019s club soccer. Davis is a midfielder on the varsity women\u2019s lacrosse team, and several NROTC students play other varsity sports. Matthew Watrous \u201920, a chemical engineering major from Brookline, New Hampshire, works 40 hours a week as an EMT, serves as a laboratory teaching assistant, and was the NROTC\u2019s drill officer this past fall.<\/p>\n<p>Davis didn\u2019t even consider the NROTC until her senior year of high school, but she says joining the Rochester unit has been the best decision she has ever made. \u201cIt has shaped me into someone I never thought I could be,\u201d she says. \u201cI began my NROTC career not being able to imagine a future in the military. Now, I can\u2019t imagine a future without the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seniors recently learned which warfare community they\u2019ll be joining after graduation. Vogel will head to The Basic School (TBS) in Quantico, Virginia, joining other newly commissioned Marine Corps officers who will train for six months before receiving job assignments. Watrous will commission into Navy Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina. Ginnane and Davis will head to flight school in Pensacola, Florida, the next step in their path to becoming naval aviators.<\/p>\n<p>The students are proud to be part of a University program that is still going strong after 75 years\u2014through war, peace, and campus protests. \u201cWhen we go out for summer training, we interact with real sailors and Marines, and that\u2019s when you see that our unit is known and has a strong reputation,\u201d Vogel says. \u201cThey\u2019ll say \u2018Oh, you\u2019re from Rochester? That\u2019s a really good unit.\u2019 It\u2019s a pretty cool feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ginnane says he\u2019s honored to carry on the legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 1945, the University of Rochester has been producing high-performance officers to the Navy and Marine Corps,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a humbling feeling to know that I\u2019m a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared in the winter 2020 issue of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/pr\/Review\/archive\/\">Rochester Review<\/a><em>, the magazine of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/index.html\">University of Rochester<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the longest-running, continuous programs in the country, the University\u2019s Naval ROTC unit celebrates 75 years of leadership. 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