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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@navy.mil.

6.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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