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January/February 2002

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Year Army ROTC established at Stanford: 1916

Students voting in favor of ROTC expulsion in 1969 referendum: 1,387

Students voting against expulsion: 2,106

Buttons on a standard-issue Army uniform: 10

Army marching step, in inches, from heel to toe: 30

Navy marching step, in inches, from heel to toe: 21

Due date for Pentagon report investigating why Army and Navy marching steps are different: 2009

Sources: Stanford Archives; Army ROTC; Navy ROTC

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