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Subject: CHANGE TO NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ACTIVE MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENTS (CORRECTED COPY)
Originator: CNO WASHINGTON DC(UC)
DTG: 081310Z Sep 09
Precedence: ROUTINE
DAC: General
To: AL NAVADMIN(UC)
Cc: CNO WASHINGTON DC(UC)
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NAVADMIN 257/09
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SUBJ/CHANGE TO NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ACTIVE MINIMUM
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS//
REF/A/DOC/TITLE 10 U.S.C, SECTIONS 2005, 2104 AND 2107//
REF/B/DOC/SECNAV ACTION MEMO/09JAN09//
REF/C/DOC/CNSTCINST/02JUL07//
NARR/REF A IS TITLE 10 U.S.C., SECTIONS 2005, 2104 AND 2107.
REF B IS SECNAV ACTION MEMO OF 4 DECEMBER 2008, DIRECTING A CHANGE
TO THE MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS
TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) NAVY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
REF C IS CNSTCINST 1533.2, REGULATIONS FOR OFFICER DEVELOPMENT//
RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NAVADMIN IS TO PUBLISH THE REVISED
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS (MSR) FOR NROTC NAVY
OPTION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
2. REF A, SECTION 2005(B), AUTHORIZES SECNAV TO DETERMINE THE
PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY TO BE SERVED BY ANY PERSON RECEIVING ADVANCED
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE NAVY. REF A, SECTIONS 2005, 2104
AND 2107, STATE THAT A MEMBER MUST SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR A
PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF TIME. HISTORICALLY, THE ACTIVE DUTY MSR FOR
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN 4 YEARS AS OUTLINED IN REF A AND REF C.
3. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY DELEGATED TO SECNAV IN REF A,
SECTION 2005(B), REF B REVISES THE MSR REQUIREMENT, INCREASING THE
ACTIVE DUTY MSR TO 5 YEARS FOR ALL NROTC NAVY OPTION SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS WHO SIGN AN NROTC CONTRACT FOR RECEIPT OF ADVANCED
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 2010.
4. THIS CHANGE IN MSR IS NOT APPLICABLE TO NAVY NURSE OPTION
CANDIDATES, NAVY COLLEGE PROGRAM ADVANCED STANDING CANDIDATES,
MARINE OPTION CANDIDATES, MARINE ENLISTED COMMISSIONING EDUCATION
PROGRAM (MECEP), OR SEAMAN-TO-ADMIRAL (STA)-21 CANDIDATES.
5. POINT OF CONTACT: NAVAL SERVICE TRAINING COMMAND, OFFICER
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (OD4), MAJOR JAMES STANLEY AT
(850)452-4962/DSN 922, OR E-MAIL AT JAMES.L.STANLEY2(AT)NAVY.MIL.
6. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//