§ 711.507 Aptitude for the Service.

(a) Each NROTC student will be observed closely by the Professor of Naval Science and the officers of his staff, for those qualities considered most desirable in a young naval officer. Students shall be evaluated particularly from the standpoint of attitude (as manifested by their interest, motivation and cooperation), performance of duty, leadership, bearing and dress.

(b) Aptitude marks will be given with in accordance §§ 711.509 and 711.802(d) (6).

§ 711.508 Practice cruises.

(a) To furnish NROTC students the opportunity to gain experience in the practical application of their studies in Naval Science, a practice cruise or training period is held each summer. For Regular students, these cruises and training periods are normally six to eight weeks in length. For Contract students, these cruises normally will be six weeks in length.

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(b) Each Regular NROTC student (§ 711.301(a)) is required to make three such cruises or training periods. Normally, a cruise is made between the freshman and sophomore years; "Aviation Summer" training period, including both aviation and amphibious training, is held between the sophomore and junior years; a second cruise is made between the junior and senior years.

(c) If, for any reason, the Chief of Naval Personnel authorizes a student to postpone a cruise from one to the following summer, all three cruises shall, nevertheless, be taken in the normal sequence: Third Class Cruise, Aviation/ Amphibious and First Class. Departure from this sequence to allow a student to take the same cruise as his classmates, rather than one which was previously postponed, is not authorized.

(d) Each Contract NROTC student (§ 711.301(b)) is required to make only one cruise, normally between the junior and senior years.

(e) Regular and Contract students who are candidates for Supply Corps commissions shall complete prescribed practical training in regular supply duties afloat while on the summer cruise between the junior and senior years.

(f) Regular and Contract students who are candidates for Marine Corps commissions will train at a Marine Corps

Station in the summer between the junior and senior years.

(g) It is expected that during each annual competition a number of Contract students will be selected for regular status. In order that such students, at the time of their appointment as Midshipmen, Naval Reserve, may have had all the advantages of the same training as their classmates, it is desirable that they participate in the 3/c cruise during the summer intervening between their selection for regular status and their appointment. The Professor of Naval Science is authorized, therefore, to order such Contract students to participate in one of the Regular NROTC summer cruises during the summer immediately preceding their appointment. They will participate in such cruises, however, as Contract students.

(h) Midshipmen, while on active duty for training, are subject to all laws and regulations of the U.S. Naval Service. Contract students, although not strictly members of the U.S. Naval Service, are expected, while on training duty, to abide by all laws and regulations of the Naval Service including pertinent ship or station orders.

(i) NROTC students who are members of a Varsity, Junior Varsity or Freshmen Crew competing in the annual Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta may request postponement of a scheduled summer cruise in order to permit participation, Similar postponement may be requested by athletes who desire to compete in Olympic try-outs or who are selected as members of an Olympic team. Such postponed cruises will be scheduled later in the same summer, during a subsequent summer, or, if necessary, during the summer immediately following the completion of all academic and other Naval Science requirements for a commission. § 711.509

Marking, student records, and class standing.

(a) Marks in Naval Science subjects and in Aptitude for the Service shall be assigned on the basis of the Navy 0 to 4.0 scale.

(b) In reporting to the institution the grades earned by the students in the Naval Science courses, the Professor of Naval Science shall employ the same system of marking used by other academic departments.

(c) The Professor of Naval Science shall maintain individual records of the

progress made by all midshipmen and NROTC Contract students. For the purposes of uniformity in the keeping of naval records and in calculating class standing, all marks will be translated from the marking system used by the institution to the Navy 0 to 4.0 scale. In making this translation the Navy mark of 2.5 shall be considered to be the equivalent to the pass-fail standard in the institution's marking system, and the institution's passing grades will be assigned values between 2.5 and 4.0 consistent with the relative values of such grades as defined in the institution's system of marks. Similarly, failing grades will be assigned Navy scale values less than 2.5 consistent with the extent to which the institution's marking system provides marks indicating the degree of failure.

(d) When any NROTC student is transferred from one NROTC unit to another, the Professor of Naval Science shall forward a copy of the student's individual record to the Professor of Naval Science of the institution to which the transfer is made. In computing class standing for NROTC units, the Navy marks as determined by the Professor of Naval Science at the institution where the courses were taken shall be used, rather than a retranslation of the transcript grades.

(e) A mark in Aptitude for the Service shall be assigned to each NROTC midshipman at the end of each term and at the end of each summer cruise or training period. These Aptitude for the Service marks should be kept as clearly as possible ratings of "officer-like qualities" and should not be made a means of further penalizing or rewarding performance in academic or Naval Science courses. (§ 711.507.)

(f) For the purposes of preparing the graduation reports required by § 711.316 (b), the class standing of each student commissioned shall be determined by a final multiple in which the total Aptitude for the Service marks will be given a weight of 1, the average of all marks in Naval Science courses a weight of 4, and the average of all marks in academic courses other than Naval Science taken while enrolled in the NROTC program, a weight of 4. The total Aptitude for the Service shall be calculated, as indicated below, by weighting the aptitude marks (a, b, c and d) earned during each of the four years of NROTC training, the cruise mark where applicable

being given equal weight with the final aptitude mark covering the entire academic year immediately preceding. The final class standing of a student in the program four or more years shall be determined, therefore, according to the following formula:

S=(0.1a+0.2b +0.3c + 0.4d) +4N+4G, where

the number used in determining final class standing on commissioning; a= the average of the aptitude mark for the first (normally freshman) academic year of NROTC training and the aptitude marks for the cruise following that year (if made);

b= the average of the aptitude mark for the second (normally sophomore) academic year of NROTC training and the aptitude mark for the cruise following that year (if made);

o the average of the aptitude mark for the third (normally junior) academic year of NROTC training and the aptitude mark for the cruise following that year (if made);

d the aptitude mark for the fourth academic year of NROTC training. If a cruise is made in the summer following graduation, however, the aptitude mark shall be the average of the aptitude mark for the last academic year of NROTC training and the aptitude mark for the cruise following that year;

N= the average per credit hour of all Naval Science courses marks, and

G= the average per credit hour of all academic course marks other than Naval Science while enrolled in the NROTC program. Both passing and failing marks shall be included.

(g) Psychology and other authorized substitutions for Naval Science courses shall be considered as Naval Science courses and shall be included in figuring the value of "N" above and shall not be considered in calculating the value of "G".

(h) If for any reason, a student does not participate in a particular cruise, the aptitude mark for that year (a, b, or c, above) shall be the aptitude mark earned during the academic year. Use of the formula indicated will result in 30 percent of the final overall aptitude mark being derived from the three cruises for most Regular students; whereas in the case of most Contract students, 15 percent from the one cruise.

(i) In calculating the final class standing of a student who has been under NROTC training for fewer than four years, the Professor of Naval Science shall determine the final aptitude aver

age according to the following formulas: (1) If a Regular student is in the program for three years only and makes a cruise after each academic year:

S=(0.28+0.3b+0.5c) +4N+4G

(2) If a Contract student is in the program for three years only and makes a cruise after his second year in the program:

S=(0.28+0.4b+0.4c) +4N+4G

(3) If a Contract student is in the program for three years only and makes a cruise after his third year in the program:

S=(0.2a+0.3b+0.5c) +4N+4G

(j) The Professors of Naval Science may desire to calculate class standings at the end of each year in order that such standings may be used in selecting student officers. Cumulative class standings may be calculated at the end of any year by modifying the formula given in (f) above, as follows:

S1=cumulative class standing at beginning of second year of NROTC training; S1=cumulative class standing at beginning of third year of NROTC training; S,=cumulative class standing at beginning of fourth year of NROTC training.

§ 711.510 Status-of-training reports.

The Professor of Naval Science, as Head of the Department of Naval Science, shall furnish the President and other administrative officials of the institution with such reports of the Department and the students enrolled therein as may be required by the rules of the institution or as may be specifically requested.

NROTC members may participate in college athletics under the same terms and conditions that govern the participation of other students at the institution concerned.

§ 711.512 Absence from instruction.

Absence of students from training or instruction in the Department of Naval Science shall be subject to the same rules which apply to absences from other academic classes at the institution concerned. An NROTC student who is absent for authorized reasons from any part of the practical or theoretical instruction shall be required, according to the practice obtaining at each institution, to make up the omitted training before being granted credits towards

graduation. Absence from classes in either Naval Science or other academic courses, in excess of the number authorized, will be treated as disciplinary infractions and may lead to disenrollment from the NROTC Program for disciplinary reasons.

§ 711.513 Military organization.

(a) The NROTC unit, assuming normal strength of approximately 300, will be organized in general as follows:

1 battalion containing 3 companies.
Each company containing 3 platoons.
Each platoon containing 3 or 4 squads.
Each squad containing 8-10 men.

(b) NROTC student officers will be organized in general as follows. Battalion staff:

Commander: Midshipman lieutenant commander.

Executive Officer: Midshipman lieutenant. Operations officer: Midshipman lieutenant (junior grade).

Communications officer: Midshipman ensign.

Supply officer: Midshipman ensign. Chief petty officer: Midshipman chief petty officer.

Color guard:

National color bearer: Midshipman chief petty officer.

Battalion color bearer: Midshipman chief petty officer.

Color escort: Midshipman petty officer, first class.

Color escort: Midshipman petty officer, first class.

Drum and bugle corps or band:

Commander: Midshipman lieutenant (Junior grade).

Executive officer: Midshipman ensign. Chief petty officer: Midshipman chief petty officer.

Mustering petty officer: Midshipman mustering petty officer.

Company staff (three companies): Commander: Midshipman lieutenant. Executive officer: Midshipman lieutenant (junior grade).

Chief petty officer: Midshipman chief petty officer.

Platoon organization:

Commander: Midshipman ensign.

Mustering petty officer: Midshipman mustering petty officer.

Guide: Midshipman petty officer, first class. Squad leader (each squad): Midshipman petty officer, second class.

(c) Effective with the beginning of the academic year 1963-1964, the Battalion Commander will, in all cases, be given the rank of Midshipman lieutenant commander (a "4-striper") regardless of the designation given the Army or Air Force

ROTC student commander on the same campus.

(d) Although the military organization outlined in this section makes provision for a drum and bugle corps or band, such items as musical instruments, music and musical supplies for such activities will not be provided at Navy expense.

[25 F.R. 10824, Nov. 15, 1960, as amended at 28 F.R. 12363, Nov. 22, 1963]

Subpart F-Supply Corps

§ 711.601 Specialized training.

Specialized courses in Naval Science leading to commissions in the Supply Corps of the U.S. Navy or Naval Reserve are offered at approximately one-fourth of the NROTC Units, as listed in Appendix 1. (Subpart M, § 711.1301.) § 711.602

Eligibility.

Students desiring to become eligible, upon graduation, for initial commissions in the Supply Corps of the U.S. Navy or Naval Reserve should, in addition to meeting all general requirements for a commission, fulfill the specific requirements outlined in this subpart. § 711.603 Selection of candidates.

(a) All NROTC students who desire to apply for Supply Corps courses shall submit applications therefor during their second year of NROTC training. Applications will be submitted on NavPers 703 (Application for NROTC Supply Corps Option) and should be received in the Bureau of Naval Personnel by April 25 of each year.

(b) All applications received by the deadline date will be transmitted to the Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, for submission to the Pre-Selection Board convened by him and composed of Supply Corps officers. Late applications will be processed if received in sufficient time to permit consideration prior to the commencement of the junior year and if the quota for Supply Corps candidates has not already been filled.

(c) The Pre-Selection Board will select from the applicants those to take the Supply Corps course of study within the quota limitation set forth in § 711.607. In addition, not more than 40 students will be selected for enrollment in the Supply Corps Option at any single NROTC unit.

(d) In addition to the principal selectees, the Board may select alternates as desired in order of priority but only

from among those applicants who are already enrolled in the institutions at which the Supply Corps Option is offered. Alternates may be advanced to principal status in the listed order of priority to fill such vacancies as may occur. Alternates will not be advanced to principal status, however, after the commencement of classes in Naval Science 301(S) or Naval Science 311(S).

(e) It is anticipated that the names of those selected will be promulgated by the Chief of Naval Personnel to the Professors of Naval Science within a period of approximately three weeks after receipt of applications.

[25 F.R. 10824, Nov. 15, 1960, as amended at 26 F.R. 9408, Oct. 6, 1961]

§ 711.604 Processing procedures.

The following procedures will be taken by the Professor of Naval Science on each application:

(a) Insure completion of NavPers 703 (Application for Supply Corps Option). (b) Enclose the latest available transcript of college grades.

(c) Forward all applications to the Chief of Naval Personnel singly or in one group, as may be desired, except that the Professor of Naval Science at a unit where the Supply Corps Option is not given will:

(1) Limit the applications from any such unit to three.

(2) Follow the procedures outlined by § 711.308 in submitting requests for transfer. The transfer of Regular students will not be approved if contrary to the Plan of Distribution of NROTC Students. Approval by the Chief of Naval Personnel of requests for transfer of Regular students for purposes of taking the Supply Corps Option will be predicated upon the action of the PreSelection Board.

(3) Forward completed applications with the correlative request for transfer from both Regular and Contract students to the Chief of Naval Personnel via the Professor of Naval Science of the unit to which the applicant desires a transfer for purposes of taking the Supply Corps Option. Recipient Professors of Naval Science are not required to endorse such applications further but shall endorse all transfer requests, in accordance with § 711.308 except that the last sentence of 711.308 (a) (i) does not apply; the transcripts of the students' academic records shall remain attached to the other papers and shall be forwarded to the Chief of Naval Personnel.

§ 711.605 Selected Line students for Supply Corps commissions; application and selection procedures.

(a) Eligibility. Those Regular or Contract NROTC students who are pursuing the Line curriculum but who during their second, third or fourth year are found not physically qualified for a Line commission, but who may be found physically qualified for a Supply Corps commission.

(b) Selection procedure. The following selection procedures are applicable: It is recognized that each year a limited number of NROTC Regular and Contract students in good academic standing who are pursuing the Line Naval Science curriculum will be found not physically qualified for a Line commission, but may be physically qualified for a Supply Corps commission. The retention of such students in the program as candidates for commissions in the Supply Corps may be effected in accordance with the following:

(1) NROTC students in this category who have completed only their first year of study in Naval Science are not eligible for transfer to the Supply Corps Option and will be disenrolled for physical

reasons.

(2) NROTC students who are enrolled in their second year of study in Naval Science shall have their requests processed as follows:

(i) If a transfer to the Supply Corps Option under the provisions of this section is desired by the NROTC student, a request to the Chief of Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers-C24), via the Professor of Naval Science will be submitted. Each request will include a completed NavPers Form 703 and any other information required by this part.

(ii) Professors of Naval Science will make the required recommendations for NROTC students (in their second year of Naval Science only) concerning such transfer in accordance with NavPers 703, for students (not physically qualified for Line commissions) who request the Supply Corps Option Program.

(iii) Upon receipt of a student's request, the Chief of Naval Personnel will transmit to the Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, a request for a decision on the part of the latter as to the acceptability or nonacceptability of the student initiating the request.

(iv) Upon receipt of the decision of the Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Ac

counts, the Chief of Naval Personnel will notify the student concerned via the Professor of Naval Science.

(v) Students who are already enrolled in an NROTC unit which contains the Supply Corps Option Program will, if accepted, remain in said unit. Students who are not in a unit containing the Supply Corps Option Program will be transferred to another college or university, if accepted, in accordance with existing directives.

(vi) If a second year student desires to be retained in the NROTC Program but is not in a unit offering the Supply Option Program and, for very valid reasons, cannot transfer to another university, he may apply for retention in accordance with the procedures outlined in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph for third- and fourth-year students.

(3) Students who are enrolled in their third or fourth year of study in the Line Naval Science curriculum may apply for retention in the Program leading to a Supply Corps commission under the following provisions:

(i) In view of the fact that such students will have completed three years of study in the Line Naval Science curriculum, students so circumstanced are not eligible for transfer to the Supply Corps Option Program and must complete the Line curriculum.

(ii) If a student in this category desires to be retrained in the NROTC Program as a Regular or Contract student and applies for a Supply Corps commission upon completion of all other requirements, a written request containing all pertinent information will be submitted immediately to the Chief of Naval Personnel via the Professor of Naval Science.

(iii) Upon receipt of a student's request, the Chief of Naval Personnel will transmit to the Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, a request for a decision on the part of the latter as to the acceptability or nonacceptability of the student making the request.

(iv) Upon receipt of the decision of the Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, the Chief of Naval Personnel will notify the student concerned via the Professor of Naval Science.

[25 F.R. 10824, Nov. 15, 1960, as amended at 26 F.R. 9408, Oct. 6, 1961]

§ 711.606 Additional applications.

All NROTC students, whether or not they have taken the Supply Corps Option course, are eligible to apply for Supply