A Proud History-A Bright Future
The Creighton University ROTC Battalion has been proud to help
develop the leaders of tomorrow.
War Department Bulletin Number 2, dated 27 January 1919, established the
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at Creighton University. Under the
direction of Major Corbett S. Hoffman, the University's first Professor of
Military Science and Tactics, 136 young men enrolled in the ROTC program.
Members of the graduating class of 1922 were the first to receive their
commissions as second lieutenants. Since that year, over 2,000 young men and
women have received their commission at Creighton University.
The General Military Science Program of Instruction, introduced by the
Department of the Army in 1952, replaced Creighton's Infantry Branch program
and was integrated into the University's curriculum during the school year of
1954. In 1960, the modified, or "academic substitution," curriculum for
Advanced ROTC was approved and adopted. In 1971-62, the modified curriculum was
incorporated into the First Year Basic ROTC program. In 1969, the Basic program
became voluntary, rather than a mandatory part of the University
curriculum.
In 1982, the Creighton University Bluejay Battalion split into two separate
battalions with the addition of the Maverick Battalion at the University of
Nebraska in Omaha. However, in 1985, the battalions reunified under the name
Blackwolves Battalion, after the black wolves depicted on the family
coat-of-arms of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.
Creighton University's Army ROTC program boasts a Medal of Honor recipient,
and several general officers, congressman, and other governmental, business and
professional leaders among its
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