On graduation, NROTC Scholarship midshipmen are Commissioned as Ensigns in the United States Navy or Second Lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps

Military service obligation minimum of eight years in unrestricted line, at least four of which must be active duty.  Officers serving in selected warfare specialties (e.g. Nuclear Power, Aviation) may incur more.

Personnel designated College Program Advanced Standing must serve a minimum of three years active duty.

Unrestricted Line Options are as follows:

Surface Warfare

Submarine Warfare

Aviation Warfare

Special Warfare

Special Operations

It is possible to request assignment to a Restricted Line/Staff Corps option (for example--Supply Corps, Intelligence, or Oceanography), but the primary intent of the NROTC Program is to commission Unrestricted Line Officers in the Navy and Marine Corps

Midshipmen disenrolled from the NROTC Scholarship Program for honorable reasons beyond their control (e.g. medical disqualification) will normally be discharged without penalty

Minimum of two years active enlisted service or recoupment of all tuition dollars paid may be required for midshipmen who disenroll or are disenrolled from the NROTC Scholarship Program for academic, personal, disciplinary, and/or suitability reasons after the first day of their sophomore year

If disenrolled, personnel who were originally on active duty and were released early to accept NROTC Scholarships must complete their original enlisted contracts