More academy grads pointed to Corps (Navy Times)

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/marine_academy_031308/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/marine_academy_031308/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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More Naval Academy and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps midshipmen are going Marine, as the Navy expands opportunities for officers to head to the Corps to help the service reach its 202,000 end-strength goal.</p>

<p>The academy’s 2008 graduating class will have 235 Marine assignments, up more than 10 percent from two years ago. NROTC assignments will see a slight boost to 250 assignments in fiscal 2008, up from 246 two years ago, said Lt. Col. William Tosick, head of officer plans at Manpower and Reserve Affairs at Quantico, Va…

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[USMCEOD]

<p>OO-rah! Marine Corps EOD!</p>