We’re glad you’ve chosen the Houston area to attend school, and that you’re seriously considering a career in the Naval Service! Here in the Houston Area NROTC is a consortium of units that includes students from Rice University, University of Houston, Houston Baptist University, Texas Southern University, and Prairie View A&M University.
In the summer of 1967, the Office of the Secretary of the Navy formulated plans and initiated correspondence for the establishment of a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Dr. Alvin I. Thomas, President of Prairie View A&M University, submitted an application requesting that the NROTC be established at Prairie View
