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It’s a rainy fall morning. Many students are still in bed, and the sun hasn’t come up over the University of South Carolina’s famous Horseshoe. But the men and women of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps are outside practicing drill as drizzle dampens the ground.<\/p>\n
The NROTC program trains men and women to become leaders within the Navy and other branches of the military, and UofSC student participants say they expect the payoff to make their efforts worthwhile.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy advice for you would be if you want to do it, to do it, but you have to be pretty committed to it,\u201d said Marine Option Andrew Karasevich, the senior executive officer, following a recent 90-minute drill at 6 a.m..<\/p>\n
Karasevich was joined by more than 100 men and women who were working on their knee and arm swings in preparation the Pass in Review ceremony.<\/p>\n
Karasevich said he wouldn’t be in college if it weren’t for ROTC. “I enlisted in high school, and getting a partial scholarship is what brought me here rather than through recruit training, so my career path has changed quite a bit because it’s still going to be in the Marine corps, but instead I’ll be on the officer side rather than the enlisted,\u201d he\u00a0 said.<\/p>\n
Midshipman Emily Hupp, the commanding officer for her unit, credited her time in NROTC.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a lot of work in time, especially being at the top or being a leader in general having a billet, but it’s taught me time management more than I think I would have learned just doing in classes or other extracurricular (activities),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Command master chief, senior Midshipman Patrick O\u2019Brien, has learned how to manage his life and his time to create an easier time waking up early and successfully going through four years of college.<\/p>\n
\u201cTime management, it’s definitely important, so I have a little checklist I make everyday, because I have a lot of stuff so I don’t forget it, so I just go down it and check mark and try to get it all done.\u201d<\/p>\n
The participants have opportunities to become leaders of the battalion like Midshipman Hupp to and participate in \u201csummer cruises\u201d to help prepare sailors and Marines for their futures on ships and in command of fleets and battalions. The NROTC students are given access to the same physical trainers as the Division 1 athletes at UofSC. Some students’ majors creates a situation where they become what is known as a \u201csuper senior\u201d or a senior who needs one more semester or year to graduate.\u00a0 In such situations, NROTC will help these students, like Midshipman and civil engineer major Jeff Eberspeaker, to be able to graduate.<\/p>\n Even though Midshipman Eberspeaker\u2019s friends have graduated, he still feels as connected to them as when they were in school together.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t know it’s kind of like brotherhood sisterhood kind of like in like the fire,” said Eberspeaker. “My [friends who have] taken off to doing what they’re doing in the Navy, those are my first real friends in college and I still talk to those guys every single day. It’s pretty cool to have that camaraderie with my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” _i=”1″ _address=”1.0.1″ custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NROTC at the University of South Carolina is an understated program that is training the future men and women of the United States Navy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":29621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \u201cMy advice for you would be if you want to do it to do it but you have to be pretty committed to it,\u201d said Marine Option Andrew Karasevich after an hour and a half of drill at 6 in the morning.<\/p> This dedication is not just held by Marine Option Karasevich, over 100 men and women were outside in the rain perfecting their knees and arm swings in preparation for the battalion class of 1969. The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps works to prepare college students to become commissioned officers in the military branches.<\/p> Karasevich said, \u201cI wouldn't be here in college there wasn't for RoTC I enlisted in high school and getting a partial scholarship is what brought me here rather than through recruit training so my career path has changed quite a bit because of it still going to be in the Marine corps but instead I'll be on the officer side rather than the enlisted.\u201d<\/p> It is amazing how one scholarship can change a career path, or how someone\u2019s history can change where they go in life. Midshipman Emily Hupp, the Commanding Officer for her unit, reflected on where her time in NROTC brought her.<\/p> \u201cIt's a lot of work in time especially being at the top or being a leader in general having a billet but it's taught me time management more than I think I would have learned just doing in classes or other extracurriculars.\u201d<\/p> These men and women wake up early almost every morning during the week to workout, or to practice drill or just to go to class, every day: Most college kids could not say that ever. Some of these students are only 18, and they are making the decision to commit to at least five years of service and four years of waking up early and potentially losing sleep.<\/p> Command Master Chief, senior Midshipman Patrick O\u2019Brien has learned how to manage his life and his time to create an easier time waking up early and successfully going through four years of college.<\/p> \u201cYou make that a priority time management it's it's definitely important so I have a little checklist I make everyday, because I have a lot of stuff so I dont forget it, so I just go down it and check mark and try to get it all done.\u201d<\/p> NROTC allows for students with financial troubles to have a route to take to be educated and they have opportunities for leadership distinctions and going on what are called \u201csummer cruises\u201d to help prepare sailors and Marines for their futures on ships and in command of fleets and battalions.<\/p> And even if a student\u2019s major creates a situation where they become what is called a \u201csuper senior\u201d or a senior who needs one more semester or year to graduate, NROTC will help with their education like Midshipman Jeff Eberspeaker, who is a civil engineer.<\/p> Even when Midshipman Eberspeaker\u2019s friends graduated, he feels connected to them.<\/p> \u201cI don't know it's kind of like brotherhood sisterhood kind of like in like the fire, Its just kind of like you come in and are my first friends that I made in school I so obviously all my friends I came in with ROTC they graduated commission this last May so a couple months ago and they've taken off to doing what they're doing in the Navy those are my first real friends in college and I still talk to those guys every single day it's pretty cool to have that camaraderie with my friends.\u201d<\/p> These men and women lean on each other and in a few short years, they become some of the leading men and women in the nation\u2019s Navy and Marine Corps. 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