Maverick Battalion ROTC Program

ROTC stands for the Reserve Officers Training Corps, and it has been in existence since 1916 and produces 56 percent of all officers for the U.S. It looks for committed college students who embody student-athlete-leader characteristics and molds them into Second Lieutenants for the U.S. ROTC cadets, much like actual soldiers in the active Army, National Guard and Army Reserves have a sense of prid

e in their individual accomplishments, teamwork, and in service of the nation. Maverick Army ROTC is also known as the Department of Military Science & Leadership at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Once cadets have completed requirements for a bachelors or masters degree AND the ROTC program, they will receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Depending on their status and the needs of the U.S. Army, newly commissioned Second Lieutenants may go on Active Duty, the Army National Guard, or U.S. Cadets who choose wish to stay in either the National Guard or the Army Reserves may request reserve duty, and they will be allowed to go reserve forces without serving Active Duty time. Officers are highly recruited by the civilian job market once they have left the military, due to the superb leadership and management skills they have acquired.