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Starting in 2009, the scholarship program was changed to favor STEM degrees at the expense of the humanities. [2] Each military service is permitted by law to grant scholarships to 5,500 midshipmen or cadets at a time. The US Navy maintains about 6,000 midshipmen at any given time, with the remainder competing for scholarships. [3]
Waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis under specific conditions, including cases where the applicant is competitive for an offer of appointment, awarded a scholarship, or meets particular performance standards in a campus-based ROTC program. The medical waiver authorities are designated by the Academies, ROTC programs, USUHS, and ...
David Axe (2007) Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War. Charles Johnson (2002) African Americans and ROTC: Military, Naval, and Aeroscience Programs at Historically Black Colleges 1916 — 1973. Betty J. Morden (1990) Women's Army Corps, p 287. Jennifer M. Silva, "ROTC", chapter 35 of Gender and Higher Education by Barbara J. Bank.
Under both Army Regulation (AR) 145-1 and federal law, the ROTC programs at the senior military colleges are treated differently from those at other schools.. Unlike ROTC programs elsewhere, the Department of Defense is prohibited from closing or reducing the ROTC programs at an SMC, even during time of war (full or total mobilization).
In the United States, the National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC) was the forerunner to the current Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program and is essentially identical to it with just one exception: The NDCC is funded internally by the schools that opt for a military training system like JROTC but without any financial assistance from the Department of Defense.
The admissions process to the U.S. service academies is an extensive and very competitive process. The Military Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy all require an applicant to submit an online file and proceed through pre-candidate qualification before an application is provided.
The F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program [1] (HPSP) offers prospective military physicians (M.D. or D.O.), dentists, nurses, optometrists, psychologists, pharmacists, and veterinarians a paid professional education in exchange for service as a commissioned non-line or special branch officer.
Naval Medical Center San Diego official webpage (on USN official website). Retrieved 2009-12-05. Medical Corps. Navy.com (Health Care Opportunities). Retrieved 2009-12-05. Virtual Naval Hospital - a digital library of military medicine and humanitarian medicine. Retrieved 2010-09-22. Per NAVEDTRA 12966 Commander Naval Medical Education and ...