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Savannah State University to Host 50th Annual NROTC Spring Review

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Vincent Fuller is the keynote speaker for SSU's 50th Annual Spring Review.


Savannah State University (SSU) is hosting its 50th Annual Spring Review to recognize and honor the accomplished midshipmen in its Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program. The event will be held on Thursday, April 14 inside the Torian Auditorium in the College of Business Administration, Howard Jordan building from 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

The keynote speaker for this event is U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John Vincent Fuller, the 42nd Naval Inspector General and SSU’s Surface Warfare mentor. Fuller received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987. Prior to his current assignment, Fuller served as deputy director for force protection of the Joint Staff. He was also the director of strategy, plans, and policy of the U.S. Northern Command. His many decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, and the Legion of Merit.


“With well over 400 alumni commissioned into the Navy and Marine Corps, our unit has a long and storied past here at Savannah State University,” said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kenneth Rice, DSL, executive officer and assistant professor of Naval Science. “The SSU NROTC offers students multiple scholarship opportunities that pave the way to a career. Our alumni are the best and the brightest our nation has to offer. We look forward to them doing great things over the next 50 years.”


Savannah State University’s NROTC program was established in 1971 with 41 midshipmen enrolled. The mission of the program is to develop young men and women morally, mentally and physically, and to instill in them the highest ideals of honor, courage and commitment. The university’s NROTC educates and trains young men and women with diverse experiences and backgrounds for leadership positions in the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

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