57 Years & Counting

The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) was first established in 1926 to offer college students the necessary naval science courses required to qualify them for commissions in the Naval Reserve.  NROTC Units were established in six universities. 

Throughout the years preceding World War II, the program was expanded to include additional universities and colleges.  During the course of World War II, the Navy expanded from a force of 100,000 to over 3.5 million, becoming the world's leading sea power, and the requirement for a large regular officer corps became apparent.  As a result, the mission of NROTC was greatly increased.  

The NROTC unit at Iowa State takes pride in producing positive, well-trained and educated, and career minded junior officer for the Navy and the Marine Corps.  Since 1945, ISU has turned out hundreds of such young men and women who have gone on to make careers out of the Naval Service or have successfully pursued a career in the civilian world.