November 12, 2013
On October 31, 2013, Clemson Army ROTC conducted a PCC/PCI lab in order to prepare our Cadets for Field Training this upcoming weekend. During this lab, we gathered every cadet’s issued equipment and made sure nobody was missing anything. Afterwards, we huddled around our ML IVs as they taught us how to set up our […]
November 12, 2013
From November 1-3, The Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted its first, battalion field training exercise of the year at Fants Grove. This operation entailed weapons familiarization, live fire exercises, and day and night land navigation. Each ML class had different types of training tailored to their class and experience level. The ML IIIs went out to […]
October 29, 2013
On October 24, 2013, The Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted its first tactics lab of the semester. The low crawl, high crawl, 3-5 second rush, buddy team rush, and a few squad formations were the training focus of this lab. To give them practice developing their command presence, the ML IIIs took the lead teaching the […]
October 13, 2013
On October 3, 2013 the Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted land navigation training for the ML Is (freshman) and ML IIs (sophomores), while the ML IIIs conducted land navigation at Fants Grove. The area of operations for this lab was the rugby field and crew hill. The following write up was provided by Cadet David Spearman. […]
October 13, 2013
On September 26, 2013, the ML III class conducted daytime, land navigation training in order to sharpen their skills and improve their confidence in navigating with a map and compass. To accomplish this training in the allotted two hours of lab time, the Cadets had a quick formation on Lot 12 in front of the […]
October 10, 2013
Fightin’ Tiger Battalion Newsletter September 2013
September 30, 2013
On September 21, 2013 the ML III class conducted their first field training exercise as a class. The training lasted for approximately seven hours and included a field leader response course with three obstacles and day land navigation. At dawn, the ML III class was staged at Fants Grove and the training commenced. The class […]
September 18, 2013
CLEMSON — Clemson University’s Air Force ROTC unit will hold a ceremony to mark National POW/MIA Remembrance Day from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in Tillman Hall auditorium. The ceremony will feature guest speaker Anthony Wood, a retired Marine Corps colonel who served 30 years and received the Distinguished Service Medal twice in his career. […]
September 5, 2013
On September 5th, the Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted its annual Combat Water Survival Training lab. This training was comprised of several events including: a 3 meter drop, an equipment ditch, a 10 meter equipment swim, a 10 minute swim, and a 10 minute tread water event. There was also an instructor on site to help […]
August 22, 2013
On Thursday, August 22, The Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted its Drill and Ceremony Lab along with a contracting ceremony for several cadets. Due to some unexpected weather, the location of the lab had to be moved to the breezeway inside the football stadium, but this did not hinder the training for the day. The lab […]
