A Proud History-A Bright Future
The University of Southern Mississippi ROTC Battalion has been proud to help
develop the leaders of tomorrow.
USM ROTC has been home to many prominent military figures throughout history.
In 1962 Cadet Dewitt T. Irby, Jr. attended USM and participated in
ROTC. Irby went on to have an extremely successful career in Army
Aviation and reached the rank of Major General.
USM as a University has hosted many Military enthusiasts who have made great strides for ROTC and the Army as a whole.
Robert Stewart graduated from USM in 1964 and became an Army Astronaut in
19783 He made two flights on the Challenger in 1984 and the Atlantis
in 1985 for a total of 289 hours in space. He retired from the Army
in 1992 as a Brigadier General.
In 1977 Jeff Hammond was a cadet and the Golden Eagle quarterback that
year. He went on to be a Brigadier General in the Army.
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