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Wednesday, August 18, 1993
ACTIVITIES NERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ROTC starts students toward a career
By Todd Puntney
Kansan staff writer
Sometimes military service is a job, not just an adventure.
KANSAN file photos
While the shugish U.S. economy is making it difficult for many college graduates to find jobs, members of the three ROTC units at KU need not worry about interviews or resumes.
**Above:** Members of the Navy ROTC line up in formation for an inspection. Drilling is constant for members of the ROTC program.
"Unlike most college students, we have a guaranteed job once we graduate," said Dan Bradley, a St Louis law student. "It's not really NOT, but you can say that."
Air Force Capt. Robert Wicks said even with budget cuts at the Pentagon, all three units — Army, Naval and Air Force ROTC — were trying to increase their numbers.
Left: Members of the three ROTC programs at the University march during graduation ceremonies in May. After graduation, ROTC graduates join one of the four branches of military service in the United States.
"As far as ROTC goes, we've not really being cut," Wicks said. "We're trying to increase the amount of people.
"A lot of people are not looking at the military as a viable option because of downsizing, when actually the amount of people that need to come in every year has stayed about the same," he said. "There are more than enough jobs out there."
Currently, about 250 cadets and midshipmen are enrolled in ROTC courses.
Although there is not a specific military major, all ROTC students must take about 30 hours of military classes, in addition to the ones required for their major. Classes range from military history to foreign policy to basic engineering. Additionally, a weekly practical lab immerses students in such things as war games, drill and physical training — all to touch the students how to become officers once they graduate.
During the summer, most students attend special schools or training camps for up to seven weeks. They can also spend time aboard a submarine or ship, with an air squadron, or at the Army's parachute school in Fort Benning, Ga.
Larry Henke. Pleasant Hill, Mo.
senior, spent almost a month this
summer on the aircraft carrier U.S.S.
Nimitz in the Persian Gulf.
"I flew to Bahrain to meet the ship, sailed around the gulf for a while, and then it dropped me off in Singapore." Henke said. "It was great because, whether in a plane or on a ship, I went all the way around the world. That's a big summer."
A wide range of scholarships are available for most ROTC students, including one that covers tuition, books and a $100 monthly stipend. Some also get bonuses for selecting a particular military field.
Midshipman or cadets are commissioned after graduation and must spend several years in the military.
After their initial commitment, which ranges from four to nine years depending upon their particular field in the military, they can choose to stay in or move into the civil world.
"A lot of employers like people with previous military experience because of the leadership and responsibility that they learned while in," said Lt.
John York with Naval ROTC. "You can't learn a lot of that from anywhere else."
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