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.
Basic Rifle Marksmanship
Every year, cadets are trained and qualified in the use of every Soldier’s individual weapon, the M-16A2 rifle. Cadets are instructed for many hours in safety, assembly and disassembly of the weapon, cleaning and maintenance and marksmanship techniques before ever firing the weapon on the range.
Field Training Exercises
Each Fall and Spring, Cadets from both the University of Montana in Missoula and its partnership program at Carroll College in Helena in their third year of Military Science travel to Lubrecht forest 30 miles north of Missoula for 3 days of rigorous squad level tactical training and evaluation for the purpose of preparing cadets to excel at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Washington each summer. Training includes day and night land navigation, Squad situational training exercises that test leadership and critical thinking abilities of cadets and general military skills. MSIV Cadets, those generally to be commissioned in the spring, plan and evaluate the training under the supervision of the Cadre.
Commissioning Ceremony
Each Fall and Spring, Cadets who have completed their Military Science requirements and graduate from the University are Commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army in a happy, yet solemn ceremony held at a historic location on campus. The ceremony is steeped in Army tradition and is attended by the families and friends of those being commissioned as well as all contracted cadets in a demonstration of support and respect. This ceremony marks the beginning of the eventful journey in the life of a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
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