Month: August 2014

Clemson University’s Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted an introductory lab on the 21st of August. With 75 new Freshmen Cadets, the Sophomores and Juniors were guiding the new cadets to their first ever battalion formation. The Seniors gave briefings on the variety of ROTC sponsored clubs including: Perishing Rifles, Ranger Challenge, Ranger Club, Scabbard and Blade, and […]

This past summer I spent a month in Greece training with the Hellenic Military Academy cadets. Over the summer, the cadets have a four week camp devoted to military training in tactics, offensive and defensive operations, marine operations, airborne operations, patrol base operations, military vehicles, weapon systems, terrain obstacle crossing, weapon proficiency, land navigation, and […]

 Over the summer I received the opportunity to attend Air Assault School at the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia. Zachary Kleiner from Clemson was in my class, as well as Lt. Wes Cooler, a Clemson alumnus. We were able to link up and stay together for most of the course. I bunked with […]

The Nursing Summer Training Program, or NSTP, is an opportunity I participated in this summer, allowing me to spend the entirety of June in the ER at William-Beaumont Army Medical Center in Ft. Bliss, Texas. I spent over 120 hours assessing and treating patients in the ER, right alongside the other wonderful nurses and doctors. […]

From July 10 to August 1, I attended Cadet Troop Leadership Training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  My sponsor, LT Giancarlo Simmons, was an assistant squadron fire support officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment.  LT Simmons, along with the other fire supporters assigned to HHB, 1/319, supported 5th […]

This past summer I had the opportunity to attend the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning. The course is 21 days long and is separated into 3 one-week phases. The first phase is called ground week. Ground week consists of training on safe landing falls, single troop mock door exiting, and wearing a parachute harness […]

This summer I was given the privilege to train with the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. An element of 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division located at FT. Wainwright in the great state of Alaska. Within the Squadron I was assigned to Crazyhorse Troop and more specifically to Red Platoon. The experience I gained from my […]

Recently, I was selected to go on an army CULP (Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency) trip to the Eastern European country of Albania. Before the trip, I was worried; I did not know a single word in Albanian, and I knew nothing about the country. Also, I had never traveled outside the country. Through some […]

The Professional and Personal Lessons That I Learned from My Trip Africa When I was first told that I was being sent to Africa by the United States Army to teach English and train cadets at Togo’s military academy, I was very apprehensive. I had never had to teach English, I had never travelled to […]

CULP Team 1- France Experience This summer I was selected to be a part of the CULP team sent to France. Our mission was to teach French soldiers English as well as the tactics, techniques, and organization of the U.S. military. After arriving at Fort Knox, we completed SRP, which is the process all soldiers […]