February 23, 2017
Week of January 30th: This week the Fightin’ Tiger Batallion held two morning PT sessions from 0600-0700 and conducted Land Navigation Training on Crew Hill for Thursday afternoon’s Battalion Lab. At PT on Tuesday morning, the Battalion competed in a Platoon competition as a way to encourage teamwork, communication, and a good work-out. Broken down […]
February 23, 2017
The morning of Jan 17th, the Fightin’ Tiger Battalion conducted their first APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) of the semester. Each semester the Battalion at Clemson completes three separate APFT events in order to assess the physical readiness of the Cadets training at Clemson. Along with mandatory PT (Physical Training) sessions twice a week, Army […]
October 18, 2016
This past week, the Army ROTC Junior (MLIII) Cadets participated in an advanced lab on Jervey Field. The lab was conducted in the afternoon of Thursday October, 13th. Compliments of Clemson Army ROTC’s SFC Stallworth, we had the opportunity to train with two of his battle buddies from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. SFC Walker and […]
October 18, 2016
This week for lab the Fightin’ Tigers performed “Operation Finding Dory”. This lab was tasked so we could fulfill the Cadet Command’s Combat Water Survival Training (CWST) and Diagnostic Swim Test which is a commissioning requirement. The purpose of this lab is to teach and train each Cadet the necessary lessons to surviving in the […]
March 9, 2016
CDT McCall: On our platoon’s first patrol lane, I was the PL. It was definitely an enlightening experience. I learned the importance of making sure we had SOP’s beforehand and I learned a lot from my mistakes. Although the lane went poorly, it showed me and the platoon what we needed to work on. On […]
February 24, 2016
Each year in the Clemson University Army ROTC Fightin’ Tigers, we conduct Combat Water Survival Training (CWST), which is comprised of five tests. Each Cadet must swim laps continuously for 10 minutes without touching the sides or bottom of the pool and after a 5 minute break, tread water for 5 minutes. After these events […]
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 […]
