[1][2] South Korea's Conscription Law applies to males, aged between 18 and 35,[3] although women are allowed to enroll in the ROTC as of 2010.
[4] Applicants to the ROTC program go through a screening process; a written exam, an interview and health examination, and a background check.
After commissioning, they serve for two and a half years; an individual may choose to extend his or her service past the required period in pursuit of an active military career.
The Korea Maritime University was a member of the Ministry of National Defense from 1947 to 1949, and on October 17, 1958, the Naval Reserve Order (Presidential Decree No.
Most of the graduates were commissioned as second lieutenants and discharged from the military, serving in merchant ships as naval reserves.
It can be said to be a system for efficient manpower management for commercial officers who contribute to the national economy through maritime transport in peacetime and are responsible for military service at sea as naval reserves in wartime.
This has the advantage of increasing standing power [2] by recruiting elite resources with expertise in each major field after graduating from college in a short period of time, and by incorporating them as reserve forces commanders after active service.
From the 5th generation, the white insignia "Hakhundan", which stands for the Student Military Training Group, was used on a shield-shaped blue background to establish the spirit of self-defense and national identity.
Thus, in 1983, the candidate status was decided as the first national role in consideration of the relationship between the number of military units, salaries and allowances, restrictions on the application of military laws and disciplinary action, and the possibility of a problem with the university.
Not only the military but also at all levels of society, it forms a huge network of school district officers as leaders.
A case in point would be Hyundai, which systematically preferred workers who had undergone ROTC training.
[2] Until the establishment of ROTC, the military training program lacked consistency in its implementation plans, the lack of operational constraints and administrative support of senior officers, and the purpose of receiving indifference and military training by students with a higher degree of service and expense.
Therefore, when an officer becomes the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he becomes the highest person in the military, no matter how low his salary is.
In the aftermath of a sharp drop in the number of applicants for school district officers in 2022, some prestigious university heads were demoted to lieutenant colonel.
Due to this blind spot, poor officers continue to be mass-produced in the school district.
For example, a platoon leader of the Korea Military Academy, a bachelor's officer, and a school military officer serves in one company, and since it is a principle to serve only one year as a platoon leader, he is transferred to another unit and becomes an aide after a year.
With this class, you can no longer serve as a platoon leader and join the Captain Command and Staff Course.
Fourth, the number of applicants is decreasing every year because it acts as a negative factor for employment.
Navy and Marine Air force Except for Korea, only a few countries, such as the United States and India, operate the school district officer system, and most of them do not.