![](https://paw.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/images/content/OTC-NROTC7395new.jpg?itok=cG1pfleL)
Frank Wojciechowski
Freshmen Kira Ivarsson, left, and Christina Onianwa were sworn in as midshipmen in the Naval Reserve before the start of classes, the first Princeton students to enroll in Naval ROTC since the University and the Navy formally reinstated the program at Princeton last spring. As part of a “crosstown” program with Rutgers University, the students travel to New Brunswick three times a week for Naval Science classes and drill instruction. Naval ROTC previously was active at Princeton from 1945 to 1971.