The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program is a college-based, commissioned officer training program of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. The program was established in 1926 to produce a reserve of qualified officers who would be needed for a possible rapid expansion of the military in the case of an unforeseen emergency. The program provides full tuition, stipends, summer training cruises, and other financial benefits at many of the countrys leading colleges and universities. The program consists of multiple 3 credit hour university-level Naval Science classes ranging from an introduction to Naval Science, Navy/Marine Corps History, navigation, engineering, amphibious warfare, Leadership, and Ethics. Navy Leadership Lab is held every Tuesday for two hours where general military training and field meets are held, current events are discussed, and training for the fleet is conducted. Physical fitness is held three days a week at 0545. The NROTC commissions individuals into either the United States Navy as an Ensign or the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant. While attending college, these prospective officer candidates are known as Midshipmen. The program was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally, and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, loyalty, and with the core values of honor, courage, and commitment in order to commission college graduates as naval officers who possess a basic professional background, are motivated toward careers in the naval service, and have a potential for future development in mind and character so as to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.