Our own ENS Kriesch has been selected as one of 19 women across the country set to make history and become one of the first female crew members aboard US submarines. A 2010 graduate (Summa Cum Laude) in Radiation Health Physics, ENS Kriesch will attend school later this summer to begin her training as a submarine officer.
As a STA-21 NROTC student, ENS Kriesch was a leader and mentor in the unit and an example to all midshipmen, not only future female submarine officers, of what can be achieved in the Navy. We congratulate ENS Kriesch and wish her fair winds and following seas.
NSO is the starting point on a long journey for a midshipman at Oregon State. Before arriving to Oregon State, most midshipment have no idea of what NSO will be all about. Come in good shape and be ready for some stress is what they are told. That sounds simple enough, but for many of these future officers, the intense Squad Instructors and regimented training can change their lives, and thier view of NROTC.
NSO is four days in Monmouth, OR, where candidates for midshipman learn the basics of military life and bearing. By the end, midshipmen have the skills necessary to start their officer training.
SEMPER FI TRAINS FOR OCS
Each summer, soon to be senior active duty Marines and midshipmen Marine options attend the Officer Candidate School (OCS). Designed to strengthen their body, mind and leadership skills, OCS is a grueling and rigorous test of endurance. To prepare for this six week event, Marines train hard, through structured fitness routines and periodic hikes or humps throughout the Corvallis area. This last Spring, Semper Fi (a Marine leadership development club required for all Marines in the battalion) completed a several mile long hump to the top of Bald Hill. Midshipmen learn the basics of mental fortitude, land navigation and pain.
Welcome to the official home page of Oregon State University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC).
If you are interested in learning more about our program and attending OSU we encourage you to look around our site and to contact our staff with any questions you might have.
This site contains general information about the NROTC program at OSU for both current and prospective students as well as information and resources for our active duty STA-21 and MECEP students.
.Our Mission
.NROTC Vision
“The mission of the NROTC Unit at Oregon State University is to develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically, and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor, and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to the Naval Service, and have potential for future development in mind and character, to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.
To establish the Naval ROTC unit as a beacon on
this university campus where the strength of
commitment shared by all Midshipmen, Officer
Candidates and Marines will foster an environment of
mutual support and dedication that will rival the
strongest fraternal organizations on this campus and
provide the finest junior officers to the fleet.
Physical Address: 2201 SW Washington Way, Corvallis, OR 97331
Mailing Address: Naval ROTC Unit, 104 Naval Armory, Corvallis OR 97331-5401
Contact by telephone at: (541) 737-6289 or 1-888-499-NAVY
