Alcala Yearbook 1999

At left: NROTC Fa culty and Sta ff.

the regu lar courses required by the Uni– versity th e s tud ents in ROTC mus t take severa l other Naval Science classes. ava l His tory, Engineering & Weapons Systems, aviga tion and Leadership, as well as a weekly Drill Prolab in which mid shipmen are afford the opportunity to apply cla ssroom knowl ed ge to real life s itt1ations . ROTC is a lso involved in nu– m erou s con1munity se rvice activities, including th e a nnual Mother Goose Parade in El Cajon, the Massing of the Colors Ceremony in Balboa Park, the Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fa ir, and the annual Sp cia l Olympi cs Ba ske tball Tournaments.

NROTC (Naval Reserve Offi cers Training Corps) is a program in which s tud en ts can attend a non-n1ili tary a ffili– a t d university at the same time as train– ing to become a military officer in the futur e. The m.ission of the program is to d evelop the young men and women not just acad emically, but also morally and physically . Duty, honor, and loyalty are th e three hi ghes t ideals that the officers– in-training live by, day in and da y out. Most s tudents come to USO for a good edu ca tion and overall college ex– perience; but for the s tud ents involved in NROTCa typi ca l day of schoo lmeans a lot more. Besides being respons ible for

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