NROTC Prospective Midshipmen

Students who have been awarded a 4-year NROTC scholarship and have been assigned Morehouse College, Spelman College, or Clark Atlanta University will be contacted via email by Morehouse’s scholarship officer in May.

MIDSHIPMEN SCHOLARSHIP STANDINGS

Midshipmen in the Naval ROTC program are either Scholarship students or College Program students.

Scholarship students have their tuition and academic courses paid for in full by the Navy. They also receive a monthly stipend as pay and a book stipend once a semester. Housing pay is not covered by these stipends. If you option for the scholarship to cover room and board instead of tuition and fees, you must express this to your advisor so that stipend will paid to you instead of tuition and fees being paid to the school. Uniforms and all required apparel are provided by the Navy as well. Being on scholarship also entails a summer cruise between each year of schooling.

Details on the Scholarship are provided on the Morehouse College NROTC page and the official Navy page.

College Program students do not receive any sort of direct pay for their schooling. These are motivated students that have not yet received a scholarship but still opt to participate fully in the NROTC program.

Details on the College Program are provided at the official Navy page. Frequently asked questions about the college program at Morehouse can be found here.

UNIT OPERATION

Regardless of standing, Scholarship students and College Programmers participate in all ROTC functions throughout each semester.

Lab/Drill is a one credit hour class and is held twice a week for one hour. Here, midshipmen learn about all aspects of being a Naval Officer. These drill periods can cover close order drill, CO briefs, personal finance, and briefs from fellow midshipmen on their experiences during summer cruise. Attendance at lab/drill is mandatory.

Physical fitness is of the utmost importance to the Navy and Marine Corps. Therefore, every midshipmen must attend at least two PT (Navy Options) or three PT (Marine Options) sessions each week. Once a week, the Battalion meets as a whole for PT. The other sessions are covered by other groups depending on a few factors. Most midshipmen will PT with their respective battalions for the other PT once a week. If midshipmen are lacking in certain physical areas, they will be placed on Remedial PT. Remedial is meant specifically to improve overall performance and get midshipmen back to working out with their unit. Marine Options PT separately in order to prepare for Officer Candidate School and the more rigorous standards that the Marine Corps places on these midshipmen.

MIDSHIPMAN BILLETS

Regardless of standing, Scholarship students and College Programmers participate in all ROTC functions throughout each semester.

Lab/Drill is a one credit hour class and is held twice a week for one hour. Here, midshipmen learn about all aspects of being a Naval Officer. These drill periods can cover close order drill, CO briefs, personal finance, and briefs from fellow midshipmen on their experiences during summer cruise. Attendance at lab/drill is mandatory.

Physical fitness is of the utmost importance to the Navy and Marine Corps. Therefore, every midshipmen must attend at least two PT (Navy Options) or three PT (Marine Options) sessions each week. Once a week, the Battalion meets as a whole for PT. The other sessions are covered by other groups depending on a few factors. Most midshipmen will PT with their respective battalions for the other PT once a week. If midshipmen are lacking in certain physical areas, they will be placed on Remedial PT. Remedial is meant specifically to improve overall performance and get midshipmen back to working out with their unit. Marine Options PT separately in order to prepare for Officer Candidate School and the more rigorous standards that the Marine Corps places on these midshipmen.