NSTRUCTION IN MILITARY TACTICS began at Oregon State University
I about 1872 in conformity with a requirement of the Federal Morrill Act of 1862 establishing the land-grant universities. Cadets
trained in the early years saw service in the Spanish-American War.
Another Act of Congress passed on June 3, 1916, brought about the
reorganization, in 1917, of the Cadet Regiment into a Reserve Officers
Training Corps unit. In World War I, World War II, and the Korean
conflict, former students served with distinction in our armed forces
and gave proof of the high quality of their preparation and the value
to the Nation of such military instruction.
Oregon State is one of the 236 colleges and universities offering
ROTC (Army), one of the 53 offering NROTC (Navy and Marine
Corps), and one of 175 offering AFROTC (Air Force). It is one of
the 33 which offers all three. Training in the Department of Military
Science leads to a commission as an officer in one of fourteen
branches of the U. S. Army. The Department of Naval Science, which
was commissioned on September 17, 1945, includes a program of
training for Marine Corps as well as Naval Officers. The Department
of Aerospace Studies, activated on July 1, 1949, as the Department
of Air Science, was one of the first Air Force ROTC units established;
its program leads to active duty aerospace flight training in a commissioned status or to a commission as a nonrated officer on the aerospace team.
The ROTC selects and prepares young men, through a program
of instruction coordinated with the student's normal academic curriculum, to serve as officers in the Regular and Reserve components
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Each of the units
on the campus strives to develop in the student a capacity for leadership, to develop him morally, mentally, and physically, and to provide
him with the basic working knowledge required of a young military
or naval officer.
Enrollment in ROTC does not preclude registration under the
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951. Each student
enrolled and of age must register with his draft board. In all pro-
grams, however, the active duty obligation assumed by ROTC
participation defers students from military service during college
training.
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Armed Forces Officer Education
Allowances, Summer Activities
Students in each of the units receive uniforms to be worn
at drill periods and on special occasions.
In the third and fourth years, cadets in the Army and Air
Force units and "contract students" in Naval Science receive an
allowance of approximately 90¢ per day for a period not to exceed 595 days. Between the third and fourth years, these students attend a summer camp or summer cruise of approximately
and approximately $117 for the summer training period. "Regular students" in Naval Science receive additional allowances described on a later page.
Flight Training
Eligible students in each of the three units may be selected
for flight training during their senior year. This training, pro-
six weeks' duration. During this period they receive food and
vided at government expense, leads to a private pilot's license
and an opportunity to continue flight training as a commissioned
quarters at government expense, 50 per mile to and from camp,
officer.
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Department of Aerospace Studies
Personnel detailed from United States Air Force as of January
1965
Professor FRoss (Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force)
Commander.
Outstanding Advanced Course cadets are designated Distinguished Air Force ROTC Cadets. Distinguished Air Force
ROTC Graduates are given the opportunity to apply for commission as a regular officer in the Air Force.
Associate Professors: Captains HANSEN, ANDERSON, KINSLEY.
Flight Training
Instructors: Master Sergeant GIBBON; Technical Sergeant KozowsKI; Staff Sergeants BENTON, SHAW.
Students in Aerospace Studies pursue the Basic Course the
first two years and receive 1 term hour of credit each term.
Those who go on into the Advanced Course (the third and
fourth years) receive 3 term hours of credit each term and 6
term hours for attending summer training at an Air Force base.
In all, the student on graduation will have a total of 30 term
hours of credit in Aerospace Studies, 24 hours of which will be
upper division. He may include SSc 441,442,443 to provide a
comajor in Aerospace Studies with whatever other major he submits for a baccalaureate degree.
Enrollment in Advanced Course
Each student enrolled in the advanced course of the Air
Force ROTC must:
1. Be selected by the professor of Aerospace Studies and the
President of Oregon State University.
2. Be eligible for commissioning prior to his 28th birthday.
3. Successfully complete such survey and general screening
tests as may be prescribed.
4. Have completed the Basic Course or received credit in
lieu thereof for having had previous honorable active service in
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force.
5. Be a citizen of the United States.
6. Be physically qualified under standards prescribed by the
Department of the Air Force. Due allowance will be made for
those defects that are correctable before the student becomes
eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer.
7. Be accepted by Oregon State University as a regularly enrolled student.
8. Execute a written agreement with the government to
complete the Advanced Course, contingent upon remaining in
college, and to attend the summer training unit at the time specfled.
9. If physically qualified, agree to apply for flight training
unless otherwise specifically exempt.
Commissions
A student must be 21 through 27 years of age and must complete the Advanced Course Air Force ROTC and receive a baccalaureate degree to be recommended for a commission as an
officer in the Air Force.
Eligible seniors are given flight training. Qualified cadets
who complete this flight training, the Advanced Course in Air
Force, and are awarded a commission in the Air Force are eligible to participate in the Air Force pilot training program as
commissioned officers. Students determined eligible for other
than pilot training will receive navigation or other training in
the Air Force as commissioned officers.
Lower Division Courses
Air Science I.
1 hour each tern.
AS 111,112,113.
3 QI , 1 OI , 3 QI
Defense of the United States. Causes of present world conflict as they
affect the security of the United States. This course includes analysis of
democracy and communism, the U. S. power position in world affairs,
the armed forces as an instrument of national policy, missions and functions of the Air Force, and the student's relation to U. S. world com-
mitments.
Air Science II.
1 hour each term.
AS 211,212,213.
1 (D,
3 (D,
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World Military Systems. A comparative study of world military forces
to include Free World land and naval forces; Free World air forces;
Communist military systems,and trends in the development and employment of military power.
Upper Division Courses
Air Science III.
3 hours each term.
AS 311,312,313.
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Growth and Development of Aerospace Power. A survey course about
the nature of war; development of airpower; mission and organization
of the Defense Department; Air Force concepts, doctrine, and employment; astronautics and space operations; and the future development of
aerospace power. Includes space programs, vehicles, systems and problems in space exploration.
AS 314. Summer Camp.
6 hours summer.
Junior Officer Training. Emphasis on military discipline, air crew and
aircraft indoctrination, a -career in the Air Force, organization and
functions of in Air Force base, physical training, and weapons familiariz rtion. Students attend this training at an Air Force base designated by the Defense Department.
AS 411,412,413. Air Science IV.
3 hours each term.
5Q
The Professional Officer. Professionalism, leadership, and management.
Includes the meaning of professionalism, professional responsibilities, the
Military Justice System;leadership theory, functions, and practices; management principles and function; problem solving; and management
tools, practices, and controls.
Department of Military Science
Personnel detailed from United States Army as of January 1965
Professor HANCOCK (Colonel, Artillery) Commandant.
Associate Professor: Lieutenant Colonel BUCKLEY (Infantry).
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Assistant Professors: Major BURTCHETT (Corps of Engineers),
Captains DAVIS (Signal Corps), MANN (Intelligence and Security), DELUMPA (Armor).
Instructors: Sergeant Major SCHMIDT, Master Sergeant BARTCHER, Staff Sergeant BRUMBELOW, Sergeants First Class
CARTER, CATIZONE.
Instruction in the Military Science Department is designed to
produce junior officers for the United States Army. The basic
military education, in conjunction with the student's regular
course of study, develops character and attributes essential to
an Army Officer.
The Military Science Prograim, is divided into four phases or
units of training: the Basic Course, the Advanced Course, Summer Camp, and authorized on-campus electives. Upon completion of Military Science requirements the student will receive 30
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credit hours in Military Science with 24 of these hours appli-
Pay
cable toward graduation.
a. During the freshman and sophomore years, which comprise the Basic Course, the student receives one credit hour per
term.
b. Students in the Advanced Course, the junior and senior
Advanced Course cadets receive a subsistence allowance
which totals about $535. In addition they are paid $117 for
the six-week summer training session plus a 5c-per-mile travel
allowance to and from camp.
years, receive 3 credit hours per term.
c. During the summer between the junior and senior years,
cadets will attend a summer camp of approximately six weeks'
duration. Six hours of credit are allowed.
d. While enrolled in the Advanced Course, the cadet will
take 9 credit hours of selected electives. Credit for these electives is in addition to 30 credit hours for Military Science and
will satisfy requirements for ROTC and for the student's primary course of study. Electives will be selected with the advice
of the departmental faculty from electives approved by the
PMS. Only subjects which are not required in the student's normal academic curriculum during the freshman and sophomore
years, will be selected to meet this requirement. By including
SSc 441, 442 and 443 as the selected electives, a student may
submit Military Science as a comajor for a baccalaureate degree.
Successful completion of the program in Military Science
leads to a commission as an officer in one of fourteen branches
of the Army. A student who successfully completes the cadet
flight training program may be selected for Army Flight Training
which will qualify him as an Army Aviator.
Enrollment in the Advanced Course
Commissions
For a reserve commission a student must meet the following
minimum requirements:
1. He must have received a baccalaureate degree.
2. He must successfully complete the course in Military Science. The branch of service in which he is commissioned
is determined by his academic concentration and the
needs of the Army.
Distinguished Military Students may apply for appointment
as commissioned officers in the Regular Army. They must pos-
sess outstanding qualities of military leadership, high moral
character, and definite aptitude for the military services, be between the ages of 21 and 27 years, and meet certain physical
standards.
Flight Training
A limited number of seniors will have an opportunity to
take flight training leading to a private pilot's license and to an
opportunity to attend the U. S. Army flight training program
after graduation.
Each student enrolled in the Advanced Course of the ROTC
must:
1. Be selected by the professor of Military Science and the
President of Oregon State University.
2. Be able to complete requirements for commission before
reaching 28 years of age.
3. Have successfully completed such survey and general
screening tests as may be prescribed.
4. Have completed the basic course or received credit in lieu
thereof for having had twelve months or more previous
honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, or Air Force.
5. Be a citizen of the United States.
6. Be physically qualified under standards prescribed by the
Department of the Army. Due allowance will be made
for those defects that are correctable before the student
becomes eligible for appointment as a commissioned
officer.
7. Be accepted by Oregon State as a regularly enrolled
student.
8. Execute a written agreement with the United States to
complete the Advanced Course, contingent upon remaining in college; to attend summer camp at time specified
unless deferred for cogent reasons; to accept a commis-
sion if offered; and satisfy the service obligation after
graduation.
Lower Division Courses
MS 111,112,113. Military Science I.
1 hour each term.
2 tQ
Leadership laboratory: organization of the Army and ROTC; individual
weapons and marksmanship; U. S. Army and National Security; elective
subjects totaling 3 credit hours chosen from general academic courses
in effective communications, science comprehension, psychology, or
political development and political institutions.
MS 211,212,213. Military Science H.
2 hours each term.
30
Leadership laboratory; map and aerial photo reading; introduction to
operations and basic tactics; counter insurgency; American military
history.
Upper Division Courses
MS 311,312,313. Military Science III.
3 hours each term.
3 T, 3 T,
4 QQ
Leadership laboratory; military teaching principles; branches of the
Army; small unit tactics and communications; precamp orientation;
counter insurgency operations; selected academic subjects.
MS 314. Advanced Summer Camp.
6 hours.
Practical and theoretical instruction for six weeks at Fort Lewis, Washington. Prerequisite: MS 311,312,313.
MS 411,412,413. Military Science IV.
3 hours each term.
3 QQ ,
4 (D, 3Q
Leadership laboratory; operations, logistics; role of the United States
in world affairs; army administration; military law, service orientation;
review of map reading; selected academic subjects.
Department of Naval Science
Personnel detailed from United States Navy and Marine Corps
as of January 1965
Professor LOCKE (Captain, USN) Commanding Officer.
Associate Professor BACON (Commander, USN) Executive Officer
Assistant Professors: BRYER (Lieutenant Commander, USN);
BENCH (Major, USMC); SHRECKENcAUST (Lieutenant, USN);
RYAN (Lieutenant, USN); REECE (Lieutenant Junior Grade,
USNR).
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Instructors: GRAY (Senior Chief Quartermaster); FARMER
(Chief Gunner's Mate); ADAMS (Chief Fire Control Technician); HAMMAR (Chief Storekeeper); PHILLIPS (Gunnery
Sergeant, USMC); REBER (Chief Yeoman).
Regular students are selected by means of a nationwide examination administered by state or regional selection boards.
This examination is given each year, generally in December, for
entry the following fall term. Students are appointed Midshipmen, USNR. Their tuition, fees, and textbooks are paid for by
the Navy for a period not exceeding four years. Their uniforms
Status and Curriculum
are provided and they receive retainer pay of $600 per year.
They obligate themselves to complete the prescribed naval science curriculum, to attend three summer cruises, each of from
six to eight weeks' duration, to accept a commission as Ensign,
USN, or Second Lieutenant, USMC, on graduation, and to serve
on active duty for four years unless sooner released by the Secretary of the Navy.
Contract students are selected by the Department of Naval
Science at Oregon State University during the new student orientation period from among voluntary applicants. They are paid
subsistence amounting to $27 per month during their last two
years only. They are offered commissions as Ensign, USNR, or
Second Lieutenant, USMCR upon graduation and are required
to serve on active duty for three years.
The active duty obligation in both foregoing categories defers participating students from military service during university training.
Any undergraduate student may, with the prior approval of
the Professor of Naval Science, undertake Science courses for
credit. Such students, however, are classified as Naval Science
students and are not actually enrolled in the NROTC program
which leads to a commission upon graduation.
Students enrolled in the NROTC program are not on active
duty. They wear the uniform only for drills, on special occasions,
and during the summer training cruises.
The program of study covers four years and fits into curricula leading to first baccalaureate degrees. It includes the following minimum requirements:
1. 33 term hours of Naval Science.
2. One year of college physics to be completed by the end
of the sophomore year for regular students only. This course
provides background for the courses in naval engineering (NS
411,412).
3. One year of college mathematics to be completed by end
of sophomore year for regular students only. Contract students
must have completed mathematics through trigonometry or take
one term of college mathematics by the end of the sophomore
year. This is required as background for navigation courses
(NS 312,313).
4. One term of general psychology (Psy 212) ordinarily
taken in spring term of sophomore year.
5. Proficiency in written and oral expression. (One year of
English is considered adequate.)
Requirements
Every acceptable NROTC candidate, whether applying as a
regular or contract student, must:
1. Be a male citizen of the United States.
6. Two years of physical education. Each student must qualify as a swimmer and will be instructed in lifesaving and resuscitation.
Naval Science (including summer cruise) pursued for four
years in one of the undergraduate curricula constitutes a comajor with several of the majors offered in degree-granting
divisions of schools.
2. Be a regularly enrolled student in good standing at a college of which the NROTC unit is a part.
3. Have attained his 17th birthday on or before July 1 of the
year in which enrolled, but must not attain his 25th birthday before July 1 of the year in which he would normally receive his
first baccalaureate degree and be commissioned.
4. Be unmarried and agree to remain unmarried until commissioned or otherwise separated from the NROTC program.
Lower Division Courses
NS 111,112,113. Naval Science I.
3 hours each term.
5 QQ
Orientation and History of Sea Power: One orientation term of naval
organization, naval customs and traditions, and naval discipline followed
by two terms of naval history designed to provide an understanding of
the role of sea power in world development.
NS 211,212. Naval Science II.
3 hours fall and winter.
5 QQ
Naval Weapons: Basic science of naval ordnance and gunnery, weapon
5. Agree, with the consent of his parent or legal guardian, to
undergo whatever period of training may be necessary to complete all requirements of the NROTC curriculum.
6. Agree to participate in required summer training courses
and cruises.
7. Agree to accept the appropriate commission in the Navy,
Marine Corps, Naval Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve, when
offered.
8. Meet general physical requirements as follows: Height,
minimum 5 feet 4 inches, maximum 6 feet 6 inches. Vision 20/20
each eye; color perception normal. Contract applicants may request waiver of the vision requirement if vision is not less than
20/40 each eye and can be corrected to 20/20 with glasses.
Weight, in proportion to height. Teeth, a minimum of 16 vital,
of which 8 must be in each arch. Other physical requirements as
prescribed by the Manual of Medical Department for candidates for commissions.
9. Be morally qualified and possess potential officer qualities as evidenced, for example, by appearance, scholarship, and
extracurricular activities.
10. Agree, with consent of parents or guardian, to serve on
active duty in the Navy or Marine Corps, after receiving his
commission, for a period of four years (for regular student) or
three years (for contract student).
types and principles of construction, operation and delivery, anti-submarine warfare, missile systems, principles of nuclear weapons, and
introduction to space technology.
Upper Division Courses
Naval Science III.
3 hours each term.
NS 311,312,313.
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Naval Operations and Navigation: Fleet tactics and maneuvers, fleet
communications, piles of the nautical road, relative movement problems,
piloting, celestial navigation, and electronic aids to navigation.
NS 321,322,323.
Naval Science III: Marine Option.
3 hours each term.
50
Evolution of Art of War and Modern Basic Strategy and Tactics: Art
of war from Alexander to present, principles of modem strategy and
small unit tactics. For U. S. Marine Corps candidates.
NS 411,412,413.
Naval Science IV.
3 hours each term.
5C
Naval Machinery, and Principles and Problems of Naval Leadership:
Principles of typical marine engineering plant; boilers, turbines, condensate system, auxiliary equipment, diesel engines; fundamentals of
ship stability; naval administration, military justice, and naval leadership.
NS 421,422,423.
Naval Science IV: Marine Option.
5 (i)
3 hours each term.
Amphibious Warfare and Administration: Theory of amphibious operations in World War II and Korean conflict; administration; leadership;
and military justice. For U. S. Marine Corps candidates.
NS 450.
Summer Cruise.
6 hours summer.
Six- to eight-week training cruise taken aboard naval ships as arranged
by professor of Naval Science.
Reserve Officers Training Corps
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