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Former cadet Brian R. Smith ’02 and Col. John Kuconis, who commanded the Air Force ROTC detachment at MIT before retiring this summer, led the effort to win ROTC headquarters’ approval of Government 1730, “War and Politics” to fulfill the Air Force’s sophomore military history requirement...
Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs Stephen P. Rosen ’74, who has taught the course since 1990, wrote in an e-mail that he did not and would not change it in response to any ROTC requirement. The class, which cadets like Smith often took in addition to their ROTC history course, covers war strategy over a wide range of historical conflicts...
Smith, who had suggested the course to Kuconis, asked the University to promote such ROTC waivers in a successful Undergraduate Council bill in May, saying they would ease the travel burden on cadets while giving them the opportunity to learn from world-class Harvard professors...
...Most of my ROTC classmates were engineers or scientists,” Smith added this week in an e-mail. “Taking courses in history and political science lead to a more well-rounded officer...
...allowing “War and Politics” to count for ROTC credit as well as Harvard credit, the move will also eliminate a need—during at least one semester—for cadets to take their ROTC requirements as an extra class, Kuconis said...