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Recently, the 1047 members of the Class of 2008 chose the following service and warfare specialties to enter after graduation and commissioning:

  • Naval Aviation: Pilot training -- 224 men and 33 women;
    Naval Flight Officer training -- 82 men and 16 women.
  • Marine Corps Aviation: Pilot training -- 77 men and 6 women;
    Flight Officer training -- 2 men.
  • Surface Warfare: conventional -- 185 men and 66 women;
    Nuclear power -- 23 men and 14 women.
  • Marine Corps Ground: 113 men and 19 women.
  • Submarine Warfare: 121 men.
  • Navy Restricted Line and Staff Corps: 8 men and 1 woman, including midshipmen not physically qualified for the unrestricted line duties above, elected specialization in aviation maintenance duty, cryptology, intelligence, supply corps, civil engineering corps and meteorology/oceanography.

  • Medical Corps: 7 men and 3 women.
  • Special Warfare (SEAL): 24 men.
  • Special Operations (diving, salvage and explosive ordnance disposal): 14 men and 1 woman.
  • Interservice commissioning in the U.S. Air Force: 4 women.
  • Interservice commissioning in the U.S. Army: 2 women.
  • Interservice commissioning in the U.S. Coast Guard:  2 men.

 

 
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