awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in one of 18
majors and an ensign’s or second lieutenant’s gold bars.
NAVAL ACADEMY PREPARATORY
SCHOOL
The Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) is
located in Newport, Rhode Island, as a part of the Naval
Education and Training Center. With up to 300 male and
female students, the school offers a balanced academic,
military, and physical program patterned after the Naval
Academy.
Academically, the school teaches mathematics,
chemistry, physics, and English at three levels of
difficulty. It also teaches an introductory computer
course.
Although not required to gain a Secretary of the
Navy appointment to the Academy, attendance at NAPS
greatly improves the chances for obtaining one of these
appointments.
NROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
(NROTC) Scholarship Program leads to an
appointment as a Reserve or Regular officer in the Navy
or Marine Corps at the grade of ensign or second
lieutenant. If you qualify and are selected for this
program, you will receive a scholarship to a college or
university with an NROTC unit. You must sign an
agreement to spend 6 years in the Navy upon
completion of or withdrawal from school. If you are on
active duty at the time you sign the agreement, you will
be discharged to attend school for a maximum of 40
months. During that time you will receive tuition,
books, and fees. Personnel who have entered the
program from active duty will also receive a subsistence
allowance.
BROADENED OPPORTUNITY FOR
OFFICER SELECTION AND TRAINING
(BOOST) PROGRAM
If you are interested in the Naval Academy or the
NROTC Scholarship Program and qualify in all
respects except academically, you may want to apply for
the BOOST program. BOOST stands for Broadened
Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training. The
BOOST program is intended to help people who have
been educationally deprived but have demonstrated
they have the basic qualities and desires needed to gain a
commission.
If you are selected for BOOST, you will receive
academic, physical fitness, and general military training
as well as counseling. Selection for BOOST does not
guarantee your selection for the Naval Academy or the
NROTC Scholarship Program, but it certainly increases
your opportunities.
ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM
If you are interested in a commission and have
enough college credit to complete all the requirements
for a baccalaureate degree within 2 years, you may
qualify for the Enlisted Commissioning Program
(ECP). If you are selected for the ECP, you will attend a
college of your choice and receive full pay and
allowances while you do so. However, you will pay your
own educational expenses. Upon graduation, you will
attend Officer Candidate School and be commissioned.
You must agree to a 6-year obligation for active
enlisted service from the date of enrollment in the
Enlisted Commissioning Program. Upon your
commission, that obligation is canceled and you assume
an obligation of 4 years of commissioned service.
NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER PROGRAMS
Six programs lead to commissions in the U.S. Naval
Reserve for enlisted personnel who possess a
baccalaureate degree or higher. These programs are as
follows:
1. Unrestricted Line Appointment
2. Program Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate
3. Program Aviation Officer Candidate School
4. Program Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG)
Corps
5. Program Civil Engineer Corps
6. Direct Appointment Program Nuclear Power
Instructor and Naval Reactor Engineer Direct
Appointment Program
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