Welcome to the Bull City Battalion and Department of Military Science at Duke University and North Carolina Central University
When you become a member of the Bull City Battalion family, you're not just working toward a diploma but also an even brighter future as a leader alongside other motivated cadets. But make no mistake: You are a student first. You will have a college schedule like fellow students, attend Duke or NCCU basketball games, join fraternities or sororities, or take part in anything else you choose to do. But you will also receive classroom and field courses that will challenge and excite you. Beyond that, you can participate, with fellow Cadets, in additional events and activities that will improve your college experience.
Leadership
Training students to be leaders is what we do. Through Army ROTC, you will become more comfortable in positions of leadership and internalize the value of discipline, hard work, and organization.
Service
Many college students get inspired to make a difference in the world and serve a cause bigger than themselves. No employer engages in service-oriented work to the scale of the U.S. Army. When you become an Army Officer through Army ROTC, you will make an active contribution toward making the world a better place and may find yourself at the front lines of some of world’s most pressing problems.
Experience
As a Cadet in Army ROTC, you will gain experience in leading subordinates as well as planning military events and operations. Your training will include demanding physical and mental tasks, often performed in a stressful, but supportive, environment. For many of our Cadets, the experience is transformative. Students gain greater self-confidence, become more physically and mentally tough, and grow into effective planners and communicators. These skills that are sharpened in ROTC, and applied in the Army as an Officer, are highly marketable outside the Army.
Training and Curriculum
A typical training schedule for a Freshman Cadet entering the program would involve a Military Science Lecture Class once a week as well as a Military Science Lab. In addition, students are also required to attend Physical Training three mornings each week.
Cadets have the opportunity to become involved on campus in various programs and they have the freedom to major in any subject. This is one of the major advantages of earning a Commission through Army ROTC as opposed to a Service Academy or a Senior Military College.