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drill team comperirion at USC, and color guard performances ar USO Homecoming Evenrs and Padres Baseball games. Then rhere are rhe ex– tracurricular activities which include: Army/ Navy Field Meer, Broomball ( fasr paced acrion at Universiry Towne Center Ice Skating Rink), camping trips and mountain-climbing excur– sions; field rrips ro F- 14 squadrons, engineering facilities and guesr speakers like ex-POW's and flying aces. The sraff is composed of the Professor of Naval Science, Captain Cornelius F. O'Keefe, the Executive Officer, Commander Elizabeth 8 . Sutton, and Major William A. Schartmann, the Marine Corps instructor. There are six Officer lnsrrucrors: Lieurenanrs Mary E. Bale, William I I. Meador, Armando Mendez, Kathryn M. Hobbs, Paul D. Berg and Bryan W. Tollefson. The staff is complemented by five enlisted per– sonnel and rhree civilian secretaries.

The Naval Science Department at USO is a program which provides a course of study for students interested in becoming officers in the United States Navy or Marine Corps. The pro– gram is not limited to Naval Science classes (naval weapon systems, ship systems, engineer– ing, seapower and maritime affairs, navigation and naval operations, naval leadership and man – agement, amphibious opdrations/evolution of conflict), but also includes a variety of profes– sional, intramural and social activities designed to stimulate both leadership and technical skills. What comes as a surprise to most people, is to find out that not only do the Midshipmen of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) carry full university course loads, and spend time in university activiries, but they devore a great deal of rime ro reamwork, field rrips and "fun". The rypes of acriviries are as diverse as can be imagined. There is rhe Tri-service Military Ball,

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Drill team awaiting inspection on the USD football field. Captain O'Keefe inspecrs Midshipman Emmanuel Bagnas.

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