When Robert Green played football at Navy from 1994 through 1996, not many of his teammates were choosing the Marine Corps as a post-graduate career.
When Lieutenant Colonel Green returned to the Naval Academy to serve as Director of Player Development for the football program, not much had changed. A large majority of Navy football players will still selecting surface warfare, aviation or some other field.
Six years later, the tide has turned big-time.
Navy has 34 football seniors this season and 16 of them have received Marine Corps as a service assignment. Travis Kerchner will train to become a Marine Corps pilot, but the other 15 all selected Marine Corps Ground.