Harvard University will again host a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program on campus. The agreement, signed Friday afternoon, March 4, at Loeb House by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and President Drew Faust, will end a 40-year hiatus.
When introducing Adm. Mike Mullen at a Harvard Kennedy School forum Nov. 17, 2010, Harvard President Drew Faust said, “I want to be the president of Harvard who sees the end of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ because I want to be able to take the steps to ensure that any and every Harvard student is able to make the honorable and admirable choice to commit him- or herself to the nation’s defense.” That aim was reached with the signing of an agreement with the Naval ROTC March 4, 2011.