Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Alumni and Outcomes
Career preparation
Students who complete the Advanced Course and graduate are prepared for service as commissioned officers in the active Army, or part-time in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard. Newly commissioned officers must serve in the Active or Reserve component for 8 years. (3-4 years on active duty and the remainder with the Individual Ready Reserve, or all 8 years part-time with the Army National Guard or Army Reserve.)
Cadets may choose from career fields in Air Defense Artillery, Armor, Aviation, Chemical Corps, Corps of Engineers, Cyber, Field Artillery, Infantry, Military Police, Military Intelligence, Signal Corps, Adjutant General’s Corps, Finance, Ordnance, Quartermaster Corps, Transportation Corps, Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps.
Opportunities exist for specialized summer training including: Cadet Troop Leader Training, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Mountain Warfare School and internships with active-duty Army units or federal government agencies.
ROTC Major Outcome Stories
Jack Comegno '24
2nd Lieutenant, United States Army
“A Gettysburg education is where you are known, and where you are heard,” Comegno said. “We benefited from the opportunities, the forums, the platforms, and the programs. They developed who we are and will set us apart in the future. There is no academic or extracurricular goal that I have set out to do that I have not fulfilled.” The son of Gettysburg alumni John ’94 and Marsha Hoffman Comegno ’94, Jack acted as a consummate leader for the student body during his four years, which culminated in being named president of the Class of 2024. He founded and chaired the Student Alumni Association and 2024 Advisory Group, participated in leadership programs with both the Garthwait Leadership Center (GLC) and Eisenhower Institute (EI), and served as a squad leader in the Blue Mountain Battalion. With an individualized major called leadership and administration in national security and minors in business and military science, Comegno will take the knowledge and enduring skills he’s gained at Gettysburg into a legal career in the armed services. He will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army at graduation and will go to law school before resuming his military duties with the Judge Advocate General (JAG).
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