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ACTIVITIES
| 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
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| Ranger
Challenge
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| Ranger challenge is
considered the "varsity sport" of Army
ROTC. It usually consists of a nine-person
team that represents the school's ROTC program in
a variety of different competitions against other
schools. The Ranger Challenge team
focuses on military-type skills. The
activities are exciting and demanding. Learning
these skills and practicing them tends to boost
confidence, which can in turn help you to be a
better leader. The physical nature of Ranger
Challenge will enable you to meet what the average
cadet might think of as the most grueling of
obstacles with confidence, because you know that
you can accomplish the tasks. This confidence, and
the drive and dedication that it took for you to
get it, will help you with many of the challenges
you will face on campus and in life. Because
of last year's 1st Place win in Division B, the
Blue Jay team moved up to Division A. This
year the team took 1st Place in the top Division 1
Of the four "guidon streamer" events,
the team placed first in the Obstacle Course and
the 1-Rope Bridge and second in the Ruck Run.
Last year's team first in the Obstacle
Course, first in the 10K Ruck Run, first in the
1-Rope Bridge and second in the "Commander's
Challenge" (team litter carry) by 0.2
seconds. They placed first overall in their
division. Nice legacy...
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| Pershing Rifles
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| The National Society of Pershing
Rifles is an ROTC-affiliated military honor
society, headquartered at the University of
Nebraska at Lincoln, with chapters at colleges and
universities across the nation. John Joseph
Pershing established the organization in the late
1800s as Company A, a crack rifle drill
unit. In 1894, the unit changed its name to
honor its founder, who went on to become the first
and only General of the Armies (5-Star General)
during the First World War. Since then the
organization has been through many changes, but
has kept its primary goal of upholding the ideals
instilled by Black Jack Pershing in the Varsity
Rifles, which include loyalty, devotion,
friendship, justice, truth, purity of heart,
rectitude of conduct, and cleanliness of
spirit. The Johns Hopkins chapter of the
Pershing Rifles has been active in the
community since its inception in the early 1900s,
sponsoring various service projects and performing
in events ranging from Presidential Inauguration
Parades to Baltimore's Preakness and Thanksgiving
Day Parades. Company E-8 has participated in
competitions across the country, including
invitational meets at the University of Kentucky,
Louisiana's Tulane University, and New York's
Cornell University. In November 1998 at the
Cornell University Drill Meet, the team took 5th
place and Josh Mitchell and Owen Johnson took 4th
place in the duet exhibition. In February
2001, Jon Grassbaugh and Paul Santamaria took
first place in the duet competition at the Tulane
national drill meet. In September 2002 the
company hosted the Eighth Regimental Commander's
Call that included Pershing Rifle companies from
across the nation. The Drill Team also
periodically performs halftime shows for the Johns
Hopkins lacrosse and football teams. Other
chapters in the Baltimore-Washington area include
Morgan State University (Co. J-8) and Howard
University (Co.G-8)
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| Color
Guard
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| The
Army ROTC Color Guard is one of the most
noticeable parts of our program. This highly
specialized, precision team protects and displays
the U.S., Maryland, Army, and University colors.
The requirements to participate on the team
include understanding of the fundamental movements
of drill and ceremonies and dedicated time to
practice and participate (about 2 hours a week,
including performance time). As a
member of the color guard performing at various
sports and military functions, you will have the
opportunity to attend and dine FREE!
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| Orienteering
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| Orienteering
is a sport in which orienteerers use an accurate,
detailed map and a compass to find points in the
landscape. It can be enjoyed as a walk in
the woods or as a competitive sport. A
standard orienteering course consists of a start,
a series of control sites that are marked by
circles, connected by lines and numbered in the
order they are to be visited, and a finish.
The control site circles are centered around the
feature that is to be found; this feature is also
defined by control description (sometimes called
clues). On the ground, a control flag marks
the location that the person must visit. To
verify a visit, the person uses a punch hanging
next to the flag to mark his or her control card.
Different punches make different patterns of holes
in the paper. The route between
"controls" (refers to the flag or the
site) is not specified, and is entirely up to the
person; this element of route choice and the
ability to navigate through the forest are the
essence of orienteering. Most orienteering
events are held on Sundays in the local parks and
forests. We normally meet early for a short
class on orienteering, transport to the event in
government vans, conduct the event, eat a yummy
MRE or have a cook out, and return to campus.
Between the Quantico Orienteering Club (Northern
Virginia) and the Susquehanna Orienteering Club
(Southern Pennsylvania) there are 2-3 events each
month.
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| Army
10-Miler Team
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| The
Army Ten Miler is an annual event held in
Washington D.C. which welcomes thousands of both
civilian and service member participants to the
nation’s capitol for what can be considered
nothing short of an exhilarating experience.
Following a relatively historic and scenic route
past many of the city’s most famous monuments
and buildings, the Ten Miler is an incredibly
popular race that some choose to run competitively
while others participate for more personal
reasons, often inspiring fellow runners with
American flag running attire and even patriotic
music! Hundreds
of spectators line up along the course of the
entire ten-mile route to cheer on their friends
and family and encourage everyone from the ages of
fifteen to seventy to finish successfully. For the past several years, members of the Blue Jay
Battalion have registered as individual
participants in the race; however, the enthusiasm
and interest expressed by both cadre and cadets in
running this year’s twenty-first Army Ten Miler
is unprecedented.
Two teams of eight runners will be
participating in this year’s race.
The plan also involves enjoying one nice,
big, carb-charged meal together as a team the
night before in order to motivate each other and
stock up on energy prior to game day!
The Army 10-Miler team has become so
popular that there is now a year-round weekly
running club.
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