United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School

United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School
Active1940–1945
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Naval Reserve
TypeTraining
RolePost-college course for training U.S. Navy junior officers

The United States Navy Reserve Midshipmen's School was an expedited auxiliary naval officer training program instituted in June 1940.[1] Its goal was to train a planned 36,000 Naval Reserve officers for commands in the vastly-expanding U.S. Navy fleet being built up in preparation for the United States' entry into World War II.

To achieve this, several new Naval Reserve Midshipmen's Schools were established mainly on college campuses around the country. Between 1940 and 1945 their junior officer candidates, many alumni of the Navy's V-12 training, completed a 30-day indoctrination course before entering the midshipman school's 90-day V-7 Navy College Training Program.[2] After successful completion, graduates were commissioned as ensigns in the U.S. Naval Reserve. The majority entered into active duty with the U.S. fleet[3] in the Pacific Theater during the war.[4]

  1. ^ "Plattsburgh and Cornell to Train Navy V-12 Grads". Salamanca Republican-Press. Salamanca, New York. February 28, 1944.
  2. ^ "75 Per Cent of Middies Are Former Athletes". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. October 30, 1942.
  3. ^ "Ohio Has 14 Among Navy Reserve Grads". Steubenville Herald Star. Steubenville, Ohio. December 12, 1940.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference battleship-illinois was invoked but never defined (see the help page).