ROTC Offers Many Opportunities to Excel
In Army ROTC, it's not all classroom and field training. There are many opportunities
for you to get to know your fellow cadets better and increase your skills in a variety
of areas. Learn more about these events and activities below.
Ranger Challenge
The Ranger Challenge is an opportunity for schools to "compete" with each other
completing military tasks. In addition to a written examination where Cadets
test their Army knowledge, there are physical fitness drills and field exercises.
Battalions leave a Ranger Challenge with stronger bonds and sharper skills.
Pershing Rifles
The National Society of Pershing Rifles gives Army ROTC Cadets the opportunity
to develop to the highest degree possible. Cadets can take part in precision
trick rifle drill teams that provide them with the outstanding traits of
leadership, military bearing and discipline.
Leader’s Stakes
Once a semester, cadets participate in Leader’s Stakes. It is a friendly competition that tests everything that the cadets have learned throughout the semester. They compete as squads, in activities such as: grenade assault course, first aid, drill and ceremony, knowledge test, land navigation, and rope bridge obstacle.
Combat Water Survival Training
Several times a semester, the cadets travel to the local YMCA for swim training. This is a test of physical endurance as well as mental toughness. Cadets participate in activities such as: the 10 minute swim, 5 minutes of treading water, 15M swim with a weapon, equipment ditch, and walking off a 10M high dive. Cadets find this activity both fun, and challenging.
Commissioning Ceremony
As contracted cadets graduate in December, May, and August, they end their time as cadets and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. A formal ceremony is held in celebration, where junior cadets can come and congratulate their classmates on a job well done.
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