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ADVENTURE
TRAINING
The
ROTC Battalion offers outdoor events and trains leaders during RAPPELLING, CAMPING TRIPS, and MARKSMANSHIP instruction. Cadets
RAPPEL down a 40 foot tower using a climbing rope and snap link. CAMPING TRIPS are conducted each semester. Basic MARKSMANSHIP
and safety related training helps cadets gain confidence and valuable safety instruction.
PAINTBALL
Cadets
get a chance to test their survival skills and basic combat techniques during PAINTBALL. This is a popular sport which provides
a great environment for team building, problem solving and other leadership developing tasks.
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Dining-Ins and Military Balls
The transformation from ROTC detachments to cadet battalions is more than a cosmetic change. Each battalion
now has the opportunity to forge its own traditions. To solidify this unit cohesion, the Bronc Battalion conducts a dining-in
and a military ball annually. At the dining in, the cadre, cadets, alumni, and guests, recount the history and traditions
of the battalion and celebrate its unity. At military balls, the wives and friends join the members of the battalion in saluting
the battalion and the Army.
2007 Military Ball Photos
COLOR GUARD:
A select number of cadets represent the University and Nation at numerous sporting and municipal events.
 RANGER CHALLENGE
This is ROTC's Varsity sport, it pits six highly motivated cadets against 22 other University's from Oklahoma, New
Mexico and the great state of Texas. Selected cadets participate in seven grueling events which include an Army Physical
Fitness Test, Patrolling, Weapons disassembly and assembly, Grenade Assault Course, Land Navigation and the never ending 10K
road march with full field gear. Only a select few will be worthy of this challenge.
WILL YOU BE ONE?
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Bataan Memorial Death March ()
The Bataan Memorial Death
March honors a special group of World War II heroes. These brave soldiers were responsible for
the defense of the islands of Luzon, Corregidor and the harbor defense forts of the Philippines.
The conditions they encountered and
the aftermath of the battle were unique. They fought in a malaria-infested region, surviving on half or quarter rations with
little or no medical help. They fought with outdated equipment and virtually no air power.
On April 9, 1942, tens of thousands
of American and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces. The Americans were Army, Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines.
Among those seized were members of the 200th Coast Artillery, New Mexico National Guard.
They were marched for days in the scorching
heat through the Philippine jungles. Thousands died. Those who survived faced the hardships of a prisoner of war camp. Others
were wounded or killed when unmarked enemy ships transporting prisoners of war to Japan were sunk by U.S. air and naval forces. | | | |
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