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Feature Program Highlights

Early Commissioning Program

The Early Commissioning Program (ECP) allows qualified candidates the opportunity to obtain a commission in the Reserve Forces in just two years. Upon earning an associate’s degree at MMI, graduates are commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and may enter the U.S. Army Reserve or National Guard unit of their choice while completing their undergraduate studies at the institution of their choice.

Service Academy Prep Program

If you have considered attending one of the five U.S. Military Service Academies, but believe you need more preparation, MMI offers the Service Academy Prep (SAP) program to help you! The program entails a solid academic core, an outstanding military program, and intensive courses to improve your test scores. Each year, MMI successfully matriculates most of its SAP cadets into their Service Academy of choice.  

Simultaneous Membership Program

 The  Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) is a volunteer officer-training program that allows cadets to participate in ROTC while enlisted in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve.  Cadets who participate in the SMP program can earn their commission as a Second Lieutenant in just two years.  

United States Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Course (PLC) 

The Platoon Leaders Course (PLC) is the most popular route for cadets who wish to become commissioned officers in the United States Marine Corps.

College students can enroll in PLC when they are freshmen, sophomores, or juniors in college. Those who enroll as freshmen or sophomores attend two 6 six-week summer training programs at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, located at Quantico, Virginia. Students who enroll in the program as juniors attend one 10-week summer course.

Air Force ROTC - Detachment 010 

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (Air Force ROTC) offers you a chance to develop leadership skills in an environment that no other college course, sport, or activity provides in a single organization. Not only does Air Force ROTC prepare you for a successful career in the military, it prepares you for success in life. Air Force ROTC enables full-time college students to pursue their personal, degree program while earning an officer's commission into the active duty Air Force. Among other great benefits upon degree completion, students will have a guaranteed job as a 2nd Lieutenant and the satisfaction of serving their country.

Upcoming Events

News/Announcements

8.30.10   MMI was awarded a $50,000 ADECA grant to improve heating and cooling in Trustees Hall. Click here for the full story.

MMI Welcomes New Students

8.10.2010   New students participating in the Basic, Service Academy Prep, and Early Commissioning Program arrived on campus Tuesday, August 10 to begin their semester. As always, Move-in Day saw families from across the nation. Student-athletes arrived on campus a week prior, and many of them helped out with uniform issue. Members of the MMI Alumni Brigade were also on hand to welcome new students and their families. 

Shotgun Drawing Named for Bill Ireland (MMI class of 1943)

8.18.2010   MMI announces the inaugural William R. Ireland, Sr. Memorial Shotgun Drawing, to be held November 4. Your gift earns you a chance to win the personal J.C. Smith shotgun of Mr. Ireland, generously donated by his family. Click here to learn more. 

$100 in 100 Days Ends Sept. 30

Click here to take the $100 in 100 Days Annual Fund Challenge. Your donation earns you a chance to win a renovated room in the barracks named in your honor. July's lucky winner was Harry McNeel, MMI class of 1945, of Marietta, Ga. Two more drawings will take place at the end of August and September.

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