Pete Hegseth turns to University of North Carolina, Virginia Tech after cutting Ivy League ties

the program: Gerald Ford, who served as an instructor; George H.W. Bush who trained as a cadet; and Ronald Reagan, who visited as a celebrity performer.

Today, the university says it serves roughly 1,200 military-affiliated students, more than 1,300 military dependents and 150 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets and midshipmen.