A Proud History-A Bright Future

THE MOHAWK BATTALION

As part of the Army’s downsizing in the early 1990s, Army ROTC was reduced to its current configuration of 270 programs nationwide. The separate RPI ROTC program was discontinued, and Siena College became the host institution for Army ROTC in the New York Capital District region. RPI and U-Albany are now part of Cadet Command’s partnership school program, and the Mohawk Battalion includes cross-enrolled students from more than fifteen other schools. In 1999, the Mohawk Battalion was ranked as the 19th-best in the nation. In October 2000, the Mohawk Battalion Ranger Challenge Team took 3rd Place in the brigade competition among twenty teams. The Siena College Army ROTC program is currently ranked in the top third of all programs nationwide. It is the second-largest producer of officers in the northeastern United States among twenty-two programs, commissioning more than twenty lieutenants annually. In the spring of 2003, Siena College’s partnership school, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduated the number one Army ROTC cadet in the nation. The following fall Siena College and the Mohawk Battalion was selected as the #1 large Army ROTC program in the country and #5 overall, out of 270 programs nationwide. Siena College Army ROTC and the Mohawk Battalion will continue to lead the way in producing quality officers to serve as leaders of character in the United States Army.