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Huntington, West Virginia

In 1951, Marshall College was selected by the Department of the Army to participate in the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel William P. O’Neal. The Curriculum initially adopted was to prepare officers for duty in the Army ordinance Corps. An elective type program with a two-year basic and two-year advanced course was adopted and remains in effect today. The first Corps of Cadets was organized along the lines of an Infantry battalion for leadership and command instruction. In 1954 the curriculum of the program was changed from Ordinance Corps to General Military Science so Cadets could apply for any branch in the Army. The Cadet Corps battalio