There's always the Merchant Marine Academy.

Originally Posted by USAOwnz

Marines are part of the Navy. They are with the department of the Navy, they don't even have their own medics, the Navy takes care of that in the form of the Corpsman.

lol ijust read that in a book today

I find it interesting you say that most don't go to Annapolis to become Marines. Our Commander, First Sargeant in USMC (ret.), joined the army. His brother went to West Point. At the end of his brother's graduation at West Point, the USMC came to the graduating class and say "We need volunteers for the USMC. All interested come over here.'' And they took 16% of the graduating class. If not enough people volunteered they chose random. So, I find it interesting you say that about the Navy.

And I believe, from what I've seen, the USMC has their own ROTC. It's called MCJROTC. There website is posted in the forum title "How to get JROTC in my school" or something to that effect.

Originally Posted by cullion

I find it interesting you say that most don't go to Annapolis to become Marines. Our Commander, First Sargeant in USMC (ret.), joined the army. His brother went to West Point. At the end of his brother's graduation at West Point, the USMC came to the graduating class and say "We need volunteers for the USMC. All interested come over here.'' And they took 16% of the graduating class. If not enough people volunteered they chose random. So, I find it interesting you say that about the Navy.

And I believe, from what I've seen, the USMC has their own ROTC. It's called MCJROTC. There website is posted in the forum title "How to get JROTC in my school" or something to that effect.

They have their own JROTC, not ROTC, I believe they go to NROTC. Correct me if I am wrong.

MCJROTC: Marine Corps JROTC
http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/mcjrotcrank.shtml

MCJROTC: Marine Corps JROTC
http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/madisonpk/JROTC%20Web/

(The second is a better source, all .k12.<state>.us websites are official government websites.)


But apparently it can be listed as NROTC or MCJROTC.

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/websites.nsf/education

Huh?

whats the difference between rotc, and jrotc?

naval academy is an option for a marine to become an officer but only like 10 or 15% of ur graduating class becomes marine officer all ur three years in naval academy ur a navy guy then ur fourth year is when u say if u want to become an officer in the marines or navy but if u say marines u have to be like he top 10 or 15%
ROTC is for people who are in collge i believe and JROTC is for kids in high school who take ROTC so its junior ROTC

Originally Posted by CadetEnsignAraque

naval academy is an option for a marine to become an officer but only like 10 or 15% of ur graduating class becomes marine officer all ur three years in naval academy ur a navy guy then ur fourth year is when u say if u want to become an officer in the marines or navy but if u say marines u have to be like he top 10 or 15%
ROTC is for people who are in collge i believe and JROTC is for kids in high school who take ROTC so its junior ROTC

thank you

Couldn't you just become a marine officer and then switch over to the marines later on?