I Will Become a Man of the Octagonal Hat! ... Pukyong National University to Operate Marine Corps ROTC Following Army and Navy

President Jang Young-su (right) and Commander Kim Tae-sung are signing an agreement and posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Pukyong National University will establish and operate a Marine Corps ROTC program following its Navy and Army ROTC programs.

On the 23rd, Pukyong National University President Jang Young-su and Marine Corps Command Commander Lieutenant General Kim Tae-sung signed an academic-military exchange agreement in the president’s office on the 3rd floor of the university headquarters.

Through this agreement, Pukyong National University and the Marine Corps Command will mutually cooperate not only in the overall operation of the newly established Marine Corps ROTC program this year but also in the development of military studies and the cultivation of outstanding Marine Corps officers.

Since March last year, the two institutions have been discussing the establishment and operation of the Marine Corps ROTC program at Pukyong National University. At the end of last year, they received approval from the Navy Headquarters and will recruit and select Marine Corps ROTC candidates starting this year.

From early this month, Pukyong National University began recruiting the first applicants for the Marine Corps ROTC program among first- and second-year students. The first and second rounds of selection will be held in May and June, selecting 20 students per grade, totaling 40 students, and the program will be fully operational from 2023.

The two institutions will cooperate in the development of military studies and educational systems, as well as in ▲recruitment, selection promotion and support ▲educational support and management of selected candidates for cultivating excellent officers ▲management of academic status changes ▲recommendation and hiring of security studies professors (reserve instructors) ▲formation and operation of the military academic operation council.

Since starting Navy ROTC officer training in 1959 and establishing the Army ROTC unit in 1971, Pukyong National University has produced over 3,800 officers, contributing to the defense of the Republic of Korea and national development.

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