The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is a college program offered at more than 1,700 colleges and universities across the United States that prepares young adults to become officers in the U.S. Military.

In exchange for a paid college education and a guaranteed post-college career, participants, or cadets, commit to serve in the Military after graduation. Each Service branch has its own take on ROTC.  For more information about the different ROTC programs, please go to this link: https://www.todaysmilitary.com/education-training/rotc-programs?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4omaBhDqARIsADXULuW2u-GGLKSWY8SNlhqY0GFo0c8ZZ8wHvNjrd1kXGuYHaOYKVNu7CGsaAojwEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 Military Service Academies

The five United States Military Academies also called Service Academies, are undergraduate colleges that provide education and training to develop future commissioned officers of the U.S. Armed Forces.

The five military academies are:

• U.S. Military Academy (USMA), or West Point at West Point, New York
• U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland
• U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) at Colorado Springs, Colorado
• U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) at New London, Connecticut
• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York

Each of the Service Academies provides a rigorous and comprehensive education to its students, offering undergraduate degrees in many areas of study while training them to become leaders and officers within their respective branches of the U.S. military.

In addition, cadets or midshipmen at these academies also receive extensive physical and leadership training and extracurricular activities and sports opportunities.

For more information about the different Military Academies, please go to this link: 

https://www.gainserviceacademyadmission.com/service-academies/