"Ten years ago, we couldn't exist on campus in any way, shape, or form," Gunn says. "We're slowly working our way back in some places."
In recent years, the University has allowed ROTC students to receive their commissions on the steps of Memorial Church and to table at activities fair.
However, because ROTC is not an officially recognized student group, members are still not allowed to list ROTC as an activity in their yearbook entries.
Gunn is negotiating with the College administration to change this policy.
Both Gunn and Blankson say it will take a lot of public relations work before ROTC is fully accepted by Harvard's liberal campus. But they also agree the school needs to recognize the good the military does.
"The military isn't something people should be afraid of," Blankson says. "It's something to take pride in."