The battalion is a part of the 3rd Reserve Officers' Training Corps Brigade, the headquarters of which is based at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois.
[1] Lieutenant Colonel Jack E. Mowery, started the ROTC program and was the first professor of Military Science.
UW-Stout partnered with UW-Stevens Point in 2005,[3] and May 2007 commissioned its first officer.
UWEC started ROTC in the fall semester of 2009, but did not partner with the UW-Stevens Point until 2010.
The Northwoods Battalion on average produces 19 lieutenants annually culminating with both winter and spring commissioning ceremonies.