The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of NROTC Colleges and Universities was in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on October 9-11 hosted by Villanova University (https://www1.villanova.edu).

Representatives from institutions across the country got the opportunity to meet, network and share best practices with colleagues from other colleges and universities that house NROTC units on their campuses. 

As the group participated in meetings to discuss campus issues and share experiences, they also had the chance to celebrate the United States Navy’s 250th birthday. As part of these celebrations, the group got to visit the USS Arlington (amphibious transport dock, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD)) and enjoyed the storied soccer rivalry between West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy at the Subaru Park stadium suite in Philadelphia. For the first time in the event’s 14-year history, the annual rivalry included men’s and women’s soccer matches in a marquee doubleheader.