NROTC FACTS & TERMS QUALS PACKET

Navy BDAY

13 October 1775

Father of the Navy

John Paul Jones

Father of the Nuclear Navy

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover

Navy Motto

Semper Fortis (Always Courageous)

Marine Corps BDAY

10 November 1775

Marine Corps Birthplace

Tun Tavern (Philadelphia, PA)

Marine Corps Motto

Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)

Navy/Marine Corps Core Values

Honor, Courage, Commitment

Chief of Naval Operations’ Priorities

Foundary, Fleet, Fight

NROTC Mission Statement

The NROTC program was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally, and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, and loyalty, and with the core values of honor courage and commitment in order to commission college graduates as naval officers who possess a basic professional background, are motivated toward careers in the naval service, and have a potential for future development in mind and character so as to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

The US Constitution Preamble

We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.