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Members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, from 66 different colleges, explored life as a Marine during the Marine Week of Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen East on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, July 15 through 21.
CORTRAMID is designed for ROTC members to decide between pursuing a career in the Navy or Marine Corps. To do this, the midshipmen experience different areas of the Navy and Marine Corps via several weeks that include Navy Aviation Week, Sub Surface Week, and Marine Corps Week.
“Marine Corps Week during CORTRAMID is an introduction to what Marines do,” said Maj. Rodney Daniels, executive officer for CORTRAMID East. “They get an honest experience from both the officers and the enlisted while here. This helps make them better leaders in the future.”
A significant part of Marine Corps Week is giving midshipmen the opportunity to fire M9 service pistols, M16A4 service rifles, M203 grenade launchers and M240B machine guns.
“The exercise went very well,” said Col. Steven Wolf, commanding officer, CORTRAMID East. “One of the core tasks that our midshipmen have to do is gain a familiarization with safely employing small arms. They all got that today which is difficult for the ROTC units to do. They also built a sense of confidence with the weapons systems.”
Some of the midshipmen have already chosen to serve in a specific military branch, giving them the title of a Navy Option or Marine Corps Option.
“This is a fantastic experience for us,” said Maria Gholson, a Navy Option with NROTC at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Especially for us Navy options, these are some things that we may not get to see or do for a long time. It has given us a real appreciation for the capabilities of what the Marines can do outside of what we are familiar with.”
| Date Taken: | 07.19.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2018 14:28 |
| Story ID: | 285828 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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