The units first Commanding Officer:
CDR William Richard Dunne, USN (Ret.)
U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1939
The first enrolled cadets, July 1965:
Bambrola, Patrick - Rensselaer
Chisolm, John – Voorheesville
Clickner, Wayne – Troy
Cohen, Lawrence – Albany
Consolo, John – Rensselaer
Danish, Dale – Troy
Dunne, Patrick – Troy
Fluster, Henry – Hackett
Gallagher, James – Schenectady
Gilbert, John – Defreestville
Hogan, Paul – Bloomingrove
Hunt, Floyd – Albany
Iseman, Robert – Albany
May, Robert – Rensselaer
Molineaux, Anthony – Albany
Proctor, Timothy – Watervliet
Roznowski, Thomas – Albany
Whitehead, Donald – Castleton
Winyall, Donald – Loudonville