A cadet greets the media into the ROTC building in 1982.
A Proud History-A Bright Future
The University of Texas at San Antonio ROTC Battalion has been proud to help
develop the leaders of tomorrow.
Originally students attending Military Science classes from the University
of Texas at San Antonio were part of a detachment of the St. Mary's University
Army ROTC. UTSA officially commissioned their first class of 25 Cadet's in May
1982 and established its own ROTC program, no longer a satellite to St. Mary's
University. This class was exceptional, due to the fact it already had a long
military history with 13 of the 25 commissioned being former enlisted soldiers
with more than 120 years service to their credit. Since 1982 the Roadrunner
battalion has grown in both prestige and size. Presently, the University of
Texas at San Antonio is one of 21 universities of the 12th ROTC Brigade and is
the host school for San Antonio College.
