Duke Navy ROTC

03/25/2025

The Carrie Shoemaker 5k is this Saturday, March 29th! Register today!

Runners of all ages and abilities are welcome to participate. All money raised will go to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in honor of Ensign Carrie Shoemaker.

Link to register: https://events.duke.edu/csm5k

02/21/2024

If you still want updates from the battalion, please remember to check out the page below. Go Navy and Go Duke!

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Duke's NROTC unit aims to develop midshipmen mentally, morally, and physically in order to prepare them to commission as future naval officers.

01/28/2024

The page for Duke Navy ROTC has moved! To receive updates on the battalion, please see the page linked below.

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10/05/2022

Congratulations to all of our 1/C Midshipmen on receiving their Service Assignments today!

MIDN Bria: Student Naval Aviator

MIDN Cantwell: SWO - Oceanography Option

MIDN Smith: Student Naval Aviator

MIDN Thetford: SWO - Nuclear Option

MIDN Wence: SWO - Nuclear Option

Our aviators will head down to Pensacola, FL after commissioning to attend flight school and ultimately be selected for the specific platform they will fly in the fleet.

Our Surface Warfare Officers will hold ship selection in the spring to choose their first ship and its home port from many locations around the world.

Good luck future Ensigns and Go Navy!

09/24/2022

At this week’s leadership lab, the BN learned techniques from the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. We specifically practiced counter to the mount and counter to the guard. This lab gave us great practical knowledge that we may need to use someday as future warfighters.

09/11/2022

Today, the Blue Devil Battalion participated in the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. Local firefighters, policemen, military service members, and others all climbed 2,071 steps, representing the stairs first responders climbed in the World Trade Center. We honor those that paid the ultimate sacrifice while putting others first on Sept. 11, 2001.

08/22/2022

MIDN 2/C Bromley spent 5 weeks this summer aboard the USS Nebraska, traveling from Washington to Hawaii during that time. Onboard, he qualified Passive Broadband SONAR Operator, stood watch every day, and received a Strategic Deterrence Pin. MIDN Bromley likewise interned at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Massachusetts, with a speciality in communication systems engineering for the Independence class LCS program!

08/19/2022

MIDN 3/C Zamagni recently attended COTRAMID East. Norfolk, VA hosted aviation and surface weeks where he got the opportunity to fly on a T-34 and MH-60 and likewise tour an aircraft carrier, cruiser, and LCAC. Marine week was hosted at Camp Lejeune, NC, where MIDN Zamagni experienced the gas chamber, fast rappel ropes, and a night in the field doing land navigation. Finally, submarine week, held in Kings Bay, GA, was where he was able to do trainers/simulators and also go underway for a night.

08/16/2022

MIDN 2/C Shah attended Marine Month at Camp Lejeune this summer. For four weeks, he participated in OCS prep, advanced infantry tactics, and had a general introduction to the fleet. Highlights from Marine Month included shooting M27s and machine guns, flight simulators, flying on Ospreys, touring AAVs and LAVs, the O-Course, hikes, the gas chamber, and witnessing live combined arms demonstrations!

07/30/2022

Last month, we had three MIDN at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, IL, for New Student Indoctrination (NSI). MIDN 2/C Quigley was a MIDN Instructor while MIDN 3/C Appleton and MIDN 4/C Brackett were MIDN Candidates. At NSI, MIDN Instructors provide and teach MIDN Candidates basic military instruction. MIDN Candidates are tested on physical fitness, swim qualifications, military bearing, and leadership potential.

07/25/2022

Two of our 1/C, MIDN Bria and Cantwell, both attended an aviation cruise with VRC-40 in Norfolk, VA. They flew to meet CVN 78 while it was underway and also flew down to Myrtle Beach. Throughout their cruise, they were able to tour an E-2 squadron, a MH-60S squadron, and an F/A-18F squadron!