December 17, 2015
December is usually filled with holiday glee and good spirit. For a specific few cadets, of Clemson’s Army and Air Force ROTC program, this December is filled with an additional exited for their Commissioning Ceremony. Held on December 16th 2015 in Tillman auditorium, Army Cadets Delgado, Ponds, Haines, DesJardin, and Koch as well as Air […]
November 16, 2015
On Saturday, November 14th 2015, the Clemson Ranger Club held the Best Clemson Ranger Competition. The competing teams consisted of Sawyer Willingham and Wyatt Grace, Alex Berg and Hunter Richardson, James Mann and Joseph Stephenson, and Brennan Gedney and Trey Phillips. The competition consisted of the RPFT, Commander’s Challenge, Iron Strike, land navigation at Fants […]
October 26, 2015
On Tuesday, 20 OCT 2015, 5 Cadets were contracted during the Clemson/Georgia Southern soccer game’s half time events. The following Cadets were added to the list of Contracted Cadets among Clemson’s historic ROTC programs: CDT Amber Hall (ML3), CDT Julianna Klein (ML2), CDT Katherine Cooke (ML1), CDT Erik Jones (ML1), and CDT David Klug (ML1). […]
October 15, 2015
Last Thursday, the Clemson University Army ROTC conducted land navigation training at Crew Hill. Despite a few minor issues, the training was an overall success. One of the starting points on the navigation course was a little off, but this allowed the ML3s and ML4s to practice their critical thinking abilities. To resolve this issue […]
October 2, 2015
On Saturday October 26th the Clemson Ranger Club hosted the 5th Annual Captain Philip B. Piazza Memorial 5K in the ClemsonBotanical Gardens. This year 140 runners registered for the race, raising $2,800. Money raised from the race is divided between funding training for the Clemson Ranger Club and a donation to the Clemson Student Veterans […]
September 14, 2015
On 3 Spetember, 2015, the Clemson University Fightin’ Tigers had a visit from some of the Drill Sergeants out of United States Army Reserve 98th Training Division (IET). The Drill Sergeants worked with the Freshman and Sophomore Cadets on marching as well as roper wear of the uniform and customs/courtesies. On the other side of […]
September 1, 2015
On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Clemson University’s Army ROTC first year (ML1) & second year (ML2) Cadets conducted their Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). Early Thursday morning around 0500, Cadets began to arrive at the indoor/outdoor track. The APFT consists of three events: 2 minutes of push-ups, 2 minutes of sit-ups, and a 2-mile run. […]
August 27, 2015
This summer, I, Cadet Michael Chaitovitz, was selected to attend to the Army’s two week long Air Assault Course from 20JUNE2015-03JULY2015 located at the Army National Guard’s Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, GA. In order to get selected, Cadets, at Clemson University, must compete and complete all specialty school PT during the spring semester […]
August 27, 2015
This summer I was fortunate enough to attend Airborne school, thanks to the help of our great Cadre at Clemson. Airborne school is three weeks long, and separated into three phases: ground week, tower week, and jump week. The first couple weeks we learned everything needed to complete 5 jumps from an aircraft during jump […]
August 10, 2015
This summer I, CDT Glatz, was given the opportunity to spend 8 weeks in Key West, Florida for Combat Dive School. The Special Forces Underwater Operations compound is located within the Naval Air Station at Trumbo Point, Key West. The first 2 weeks of my stay were spent completing a MAC (Maritime Assessment Course). The […]
