Military Science
 The University of Florida offers instruction
in the Military Sciences to students preparing
for military service. The Departments of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force each maintain a
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and
provide staffs of military personnel for the
instruction and administration of cadets and
midshipmen.

ROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 The ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964 provides
for college scholarships to ROTC cadets and
midshipmen. Those receiving scholarships are
selected on a competitive basis. The scholar-
ships pay either the cost of tuition, books, fees,
supplies, and equipment or an amount toward
that coverage (depending on the service) plus a
monthly subsistence allowance of $100. Scholar-
ships are offered for two, three, and four years.

ARMY BASIC, NAVY BASIC, AND AIR
FORCE GENERAL MILITARY COURSE
PROGRAMS
 The Army and Navy Basic Courses and the
Air Force General Military Course include four
semesters of instruction. Non-U.S. citizens must
receive departmental approval before enroll-
ment.
 Cadets and midshipmen are issued uniforms
and textbooks by their respective services and
are held financially responsible for the care of
such property and for its prompt return when
directed.
 Outstanding Army Basic Course cadets may
be selected to attend airborne, air assault, north-
ern warfare, and/or jungle operations training
courses.

STATUS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE HAD
MILITARY TRAINING AT OTHER SCHOOLS
 Students transferring from other college
level institutions with ROTC units are allowed
credit for military studies completed at such
institutions, up to the amount allowed by the
institution from which the transfer is made, pro-
vided such credit does not exceed four semester
hours for the Army or the Air Force General
Military Course. A cadet who transfers to anoth-
er institution where an ROTC detachment of the
same service is located may transfer member-
ship in the Army or Navy Advanced Course or
the Air Force Professional Officer Course to that
detachment. The eligibility for admission of
such students to Military Science, Naval Sci-
ence, and Aerospace Studies courses at the Uni-
versity of Florida is determined by the Professor
of Military Science, Professor of Naval Science,
or the Professor of Aerospace Studies, as appro-
priate.

MILITARY COMMITMENT UPON COURSE
COMPLETION
 Nonscholarship students enrolled in Army,
Air Force, or Navy ROTC incur no military
commitment during their first two years (Basic
Course) in the program. Upon selection by the


respective departments, students completing
the basic course or its equivalent may enter the
Advanced Course (junior/senior ROTC). Such
students execute a contract at time of entry
which obligates them upon successful comple-
tion of the Advanced Course and commission-
ing to serve on active duty for a period of not
less than three years for Army, three years for
Navy, and four years for Air Force, subject to
orders of the appropriate service secretary and
to continue as a member of the regular or
reserve component of that service until at the
earliest the sixth and not later than the eighth
anniversary of the receipt of commission. ROTC
scholarship students incur an identical military
commitment except they must serve at least
four years on active duty, if selected, depending
on the service selection and warfare specialty.
 Army ROTC students may also elect to par-
ticipate in the guaranteed reserve option,
whereby they are not required to serve on active
duty. After commissioning and completion of
their basic branch school they are then assigned
to an Army Reserve or National Guard unit to
fulfill the remainder of their eight year obliga-
tion in a reserve forces status.
 Interested students should apply in person
at the office of the Professor of Military; Naval,
or Aerospace Science in Van Fleet Hall.

UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT, AND TEXTBOOKS
 The ROTC uniforms are identical to the reg-
ulation uniform except for insignia. Cadets and
midshipmen are required to wear the uniform
on specified days.
 Newly entering students in the Army and
Air Force ROTC are issued required uniforms
and texts from supply. The uniforms and texts
remain the property of the ROTC and are
returned to supply during semesters of nonat-
tendance, transfer to another institution, or
upon completion of the prescribed course of
instruction.
 Navy uniforms are issued to midshipmen in
two ways: some uniforms are permanent issue
so long as satisfactory NROTC participation is
carried out; other uniforms are issued for spe-
cial events such as summer cruises and must be
returned.

Upper Level Officer Training
Programs,


ARMY ADVANCED COURSE
 The general objective of the Advanced
Course of Instruction is to provide junior offi-
cers who, by their education, training, and
inherent qualities, are suitable for continued
development as officers in the United States
Army. The aim is to provide a basic military
education, and, in conjunction with other col-
lege disciplines, to develop individual character
attributes essential to an officer.
 The Army Advanced Course.includes four
semesters of instruction at the university and six
weeks of summer camp at a military installa-
tion, normally at the end of the first year's


Advanced Course work. Upon'completing the
junior year of instruction, students attend a one-
week tactical field exercise in preparation for
Advanced Camp.

ADMISSION
 Each student applicant for the Advanced
Course must have either completed the Army
ROTC Basic Course, attended a basic ROTC
summer camp of six weeks, or participated in
equivalent military training. Cadets who have
successfully completed at least three years of
Junior ROTC may be granted a waiver of the
Basic Course upon approval of the Professor of
Military Science. Final selection of students for
the Advanced Course is made by the Professor
of Military Science.

TRAINING ALLOWANCES AND SERVICE
OBLIGATION
 Each student receives from the United States
Government a monetary subsistence allowance,
presently $100.00 per month, paid monthly dur-
ing the period of enrollment in the Advanced
Course for not more than a total of 20 months.
Students are paid for their travel to and from
the six-week summer camp. While at camp they
are provided quarters, rations, and one-half of a
second lieutenant's pay per month. Qualified
cadets may be eligible to serve as drilling mem-
bers of reserve component units, in the pay
grade of E-5 or higher, under the Simultaneous
Membership Program. Upon the student's suc-
cessful completion of the Advanced Course, the
cadet is commissioned a second lieutenant in
the United States Army.
 Outstanding cadets may be selected to
attend airborne, air assault, northern warfare,
jungle operations, ranger, and/or flight train-
ing. Nursing students will attend the Nurse
Summer Training Program at an Army Hospital
instead of the regular Advanced Camp. Several
cadets are offered the opportunity to serve in
leadership positions in active and reserve units
immediately following Advanced Camp under
the Cadet Troop Leadership Training Program.
This program includes an opportunity for
selected cadets to serve in Germany. Prior to
commissioning, students will take one semester
of the following courses: Military History,
Human Behavior, Math Reasoning, Computer
Literacy, and an Indo-European language (for
scholarship cadets only), under the title Profes-
sional Military Education.

Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps

 The NROTC Unit was established at the Uni-
versity of Florida in 1972 to develop qualified
men and women officers for the Navy and
Marine Corps. Students who complete the pro-
gram are tendered commissions in either the
Regular Navy, the Naval Reserve, the Marine
Corps, or the Marine Corps Reserve, and are
immediately placed on active duty.
 The program consists of a Naval Science
course and a non-credit two-hour leadership