<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682</id><updated>2012-01-16T05:04:36.329-08:00</updated><category term='Pictures'/><category term='video'/><category term='shamrock'/><category term='picturs'/><category term='news observer'/><category term='alumni'/><category term='photos'/><category term='profiles'/><category term='resources'/><category term='News'/><category term='networks'/><category term='history'/><title type='text'>Fightin Irish Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-2474435162595073076</id><published>2011-11-13T20:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T20:11:26.132-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ranger Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Guest Author: Cadet Jonathan Dieckman, University of Notre Dame '13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Army ROTC units rarely interact and compete with other units from other schools, except&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;in the glorious and competitive experience known as Ranger Challenge. Ranger Challenge is the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;premiere Army ROTC event that allows cadets from various regional schools to display their physical&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;capabilities and military skills in a competition to determine the best team in our region of the country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The competition takes place on a single day in October,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. But, for all of us on the Ranger team, the "challenge" began&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;almost two months earlier when we started training as a group.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Towards the end of August, we signed up to be part of the Notre Dame Army ROTC&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ranger Challenge Team. The next several months were dedicated to achieving excellence in two areas:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;physical fitness and military skills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;"Ranger PT" was conducted four times a week, instead of the regular&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;two times per week, in order to prepare the team for the rigorous events that awaited them at Ft Knox. We did insane ab&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;workouts, 6 mile team ruck runs, and obstacle courses to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;build and maintain solid physical fitness. The physical fitness was important because of the incredibly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;hilly terrain of Fort Knox, and the 50 pound ruck sacks that everyone carried.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Military skills tested at the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ranger Challenge competition included the one-rope bridge, bridge assessment, levee assessment, reconnaissance of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;enemy objectives, and reconnaissance of IEDs [improvised explosive devices].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;After 7 weeks of solid physical preparation and skill training, we began the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;trip to Fort Knox.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Upon arriving at Fort Knox from South Bend, the 9 man team, with two alternates, was allowed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;to rest up in a barracks. The Challenge began the next day with a levee assessment, which we&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;breezed through. From that point on, we rucked from point to point in order to compete&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;in events. In between each point the team interacted with actors playing the part of opposing forces operating in our area&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;. "SALUTE reports" on enemy troop concentrations and IED reports were then recorded for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;later use in the competition.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;As for events, the rope bridge was first, and due to challenging terrain, it&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;did not go as well as it should have for the Notre Dame team. The second event we encountered was&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;evacuating a casualty; we carried one of our teammates for a mile to the next destination. The third&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;event was conducting a "recon" of an enemy base, which we successfully completed. The fourth event&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;was the bridge assessment, and because of the numerous engineers on the team, the Notre Dame&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;team demolished the event. The next event was a Humvee push that was successful completed by our&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;team. Finally, there was one more event; a 1000 meter march with water jugs, ammo cans, and a heavy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;wooden box. With that final event, we completed the Challenge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The results were great, with our team finishing in 6th place. Being part of Ranger team for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;another year was a great experience. It allowed us to form a close knit team, a team that was able to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;be serious at one moment, but cracking jokes the next. The Ranger Challenge was a fun and demanding&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;event, one that I look forward to competing in again my final year next year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-2474435162595073076?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/2474435162595073076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/11/ranger-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/2474435162595073076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/2474435162595073076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/11/ranger-challenge.html' title='Ranger Challenge'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7321134041081323297</id><published>2011-10-31T11:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T11:05:15.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Junior Year Perspective on the Fall FTX</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;There would beland navigation, leadership positions, and not too much sleep.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Knowing this did little to ease mynerves.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Being a junior in ROTC wouldbe a completely different experience compared to my first two years, as alumniknow well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It is difficult toprepare for the stress of leadership, of having accountability for everyone andeverything beneath you, and of getting results above all else. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;Luckily, I am a firm believer inthe idea that these types of situations bring out the best of people whoprovide the effort.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;By tossingcadets into situations that they have been trained to handle, but have notactually experienced in real life before, the FTX prepared us for a multitudeof situations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The ability to takea job head on, feel the responsibility, and come out the other side with a newunderstanding of what you can handle, is vital to officers in the Army, as wellas in the civilian sector. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;For example, junior cadetsexperienced “garrison positions” for the first time this past weekend.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Those in these leadership roles mustdetermine how to accomplish all of the scheduling and tasks surroundingtraining during the FTX, including time for food, hygiene, and equipmentissue.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;After getting all theleaders on the same page, the timeline must be communicated and enforced at alllevels.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This task does not seemoverwhelming on the outset, but putting all of the responsibility on a few keyshoulders adds to the pressure. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Platoon Sergeants and First Sergeants have to maintainaccountability of their people at all times, and if you mess up or drop theball on a task, your mistake is very visible.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;On top of this, you know that any mistake you make as agarrison leader will lead to discomfort felt by your troops (your fellowcadets), whether it means they only have five minutes for breakfast or they donot have time to shower.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Thispressure can bring the out the best and sometimes the worst in us as leaders,but either outcome helps us development for the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;The FTX was a valuable chance forROTC cadets to employ all of the training we have received over the past fewmonths.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The younger cadets wereable to learn more technical and tactical skills of being in the field, whilethe older ones were put into situations to apply leadership skills and solveproblems under pressure.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Thisweekend was a prime example of us all rising to the occasion to develop asleaders. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tJER7eeA4P0/Tq7i-e2DKpI/AAAAAAAAEnc/GzJreZA9VoE/s1600/DSCN5884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tJER7eeA4P0/Tq7i-e2DKpI/AAAAAAAAEnc/GzJreZA9VoE/s320/DSCN5884.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Our author, Cadet Kyle Griffin, leads his Squad during Situational Training Exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-7321134041081323297?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/7321134041081323297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/10/junior-year-perspective-on-fall-ftx.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7321134041081323297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7321134041081323297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/10/junior-year-perspective-on-fall-ftx.html' title='Junior Year Perspective on the Fall FTX'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tJER7eeA4P0/Tq7i-e2DKpI/AAAAAAAAEnc/GzJreZA9VoE/s72-c/DSCN5884.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-8241480532442971734</id><published>2011-09-22T11:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T12:30:38.829-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The REAL Frosh-O</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt;@font-face {   font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝"; }@font-face {   font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }&lt;/style&gt;         &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;By: Cadet O'Shea, Class of 2015&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;How much do you think you can learn in 5 days?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;What if I told you that after 5 days, a kid who grew up in the suburbs could navigate dense woods armed with only a map and a compass in the pitch dark? Or, that you could learn to handle and fire a M4 Carbine and shoot as if you’ve been shooting all of your life? Most importantly, what if I said that in less than a week you could come out with new confidence in yourself and create friendships that will last a lifetime? This is the experience of an Army ROTC Cadet at Frosh-O.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;At 0630 on August 14th my alarm went off. Today, I'm leaving for college. There was one problem: I hadn’t packed for college yet. So, for the next hour and a half I spent getting what I'd need for the next four months of my life (obviously not up to Army standards). The relatively short car ride to South Bend was filled with emotion--excited that I was about to live out my dreams of attending Notre Dame and joining the U.S. Army at the same time, but also uncertain about what lay ahead. The fact that I didn't come from a history of military service, I felt as if I was jumping into the unknown, not sure what was going to happen the next week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I was instantly welcomed to the Army ROTC family the moment I walked into the door. After I signed in, my "Chalk Leader," Cadet Wagner, personally walked me through the maze of getting my gear and quickly adjusting equipment before I was set to leave for Fort Custer with the rest of the Fighting Irish Battalion.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;After a quick goodbye, we were off to Fort Custer, Michigan, a National Guard training facility. It may be a little cheesy to say so, but it was at this point that I knew that a new chapter in my life was about to begin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The first aspect of the Army that every new cadet figures out is that no matter what task you are doing, it must be done with a sense of urgency. As soon as we stepped off that bus we were instantly ordered to fall into formation (none of us quite knew how to respond). After a bit of instruction about how to "fall into formation," we unloaded all of the rucks form the truck (they were fairly heavy to say the least). The rest of the night was focused on learning the basics of military customs and courtesy (i.e. how to address different ranks, how to march in formation, etc.). The real fun started the next morning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Cadet Morris, a junior year (MSIII) cadet with experience as a Marine, promptly arrived at the barracks at 0500 to give us a rude awakening. We were given 5 minutes for “hygiene” and to change into our gear. This was the first time I’d ever had to fit brushing my teeth, using the bathroom and changing into my clothes in less than 300 seconds--plus, all of this was occurring at 5:00 in the morning with the sophomores (MSII) cadets reminding us how little time we had.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;We were all headed out for our first experience with the infamous APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test). With only 5 hours of sleep under my belt, the push-up and sit-up test, topped off with a 2-mile run seemed like a blur. It was not the most enjoyable event of the week, but I was glad to get it over with. The rest of the day was filled with class after class to prepare us for the coming week. The seniors (MSIVs) spent most of the time showing us how to interpret a grid coordinate and plot it on a map in preparation for land navigation the next day. In land navigation, the goal is to successfully find different "points" (say a marked tree or stake in the woods) in a given area with the use of a map, grid coordinates, a protractor and a map.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;For a second morning in a row we woke up at 0500 and then took a bus over to a staging area in the middle of a forest preserve. All of us freshmen were paired with a senior and were given our grid coordinates to go find. Having lived in the suburbs of Chicago all my life, I’ve never really experienced navigating through the back woods. Luckily, as a rookie my objective was not too difficult, as the targets were placed in fairly easy locations, during the day at least.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Later that night we returned to that same woods with different locations to find but with one added element: darkness. Land navigation at night was a challenging experience that I enjoyed taking on. At one point, my partners and I traveled 400 meters into the forest (with the help of a little bit of light from the sunset), but discovered by the time we were ready to head back, it was pitch dark. In what took 35 minutes to complete (but felt like hours), we walked back through thick vegetation with less than 1 foot of visibility due to my fogged up goggles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The next day was about to become the highlight of the trip: range day. Wednesday was a day I’d been looking forward to for weeks. I had never shot a gun before, and what better way to start then shooting the amazing M4 carbine! After a few hours of instruction by experienced NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers), we were taken to a zeroing range to align our sight picture. After shooting those practice rounds, we went to the qualifying range. At a qualifying range, you shoot from 3 different platforms: prone supported (where you can use a "simulated sandbag" to rest the barrel on for support), prone unsupported, and the kneeling position. Then, a series of targets pop up, ranging from 50 meters away up to 300 meters away. After I fired all 40 rounds I was on an adrenaline high that lasted for the duration of the day. Unless you’ve had the pleasure to fire this beautiful, yet destructive weapon, it’s hard to compare it to anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Our last day at Fort Custer was relatively short and we headed to the hands-on leadership course, where we as freshman cadets had a chance to lead a group. We took turns leading teams though a course that tested both our leadership ability and ability to work under pressure. After the course, we headed back to campus where we were reunited with our parents. We took part in an oath ceremony where we were formally inducted as first year ROTC cadets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I feel honored that I was able to experience training using the facilities at Fort Custer, something that not all ROTC battalions can do during orientation. I’m looking forward to returning to Fort Custer next summer for orientation, but thankfully, next time I won’t be a freshman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-8241480532442971734?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/8241480532442971734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-frosh-o.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8241480532442971734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8241480532442971734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2011/09/real-frosh-o.html' title='The REAL Frosh-O'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-2412972344849752072</id><published>2009-06-05T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T09:57:03.536-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/SilOGETUVTI/AAAAAAAAAwE/PRkEj_Tq_Pk/s1600-h/Walerko.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343888298992751922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/SilOGETUVTI/AAAAAAAAAwE/PRkEj_Tq_Pk/s320/Walerko.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Name: Meagan Walerko&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rank: 2Lt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Graduated: 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In school, it was very important for me to balance my academics and ROTC commitments with other activities and social events I enjoyed. While at Saint Mary’s College I became very active in different clubs that were of interest to me, such as Africa Faith and Justice Network and Friends with Sisters and even spent time volunteering as a teacher in Ghana, Africa. After graduation I commissioned into the Army as a 2LT in the Adjutant General Branch. I started my active duty service in October when I went to Fort Sill, OK for BOLCII. From there I went onto Fort Jackson, SC for my Adjutant General training. After completing Airborne school in Fort Benning, GA I will report to my unit in South Korea where I am projected to serve my first few months as a Postal Platoon Leader.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-2412972344849752072?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/2412972344849752072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/name-meagan-walerko-rank-2lt-graduated.html#comment-form' title='38 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/2412972344849752072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/2412972344849752072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/name-meagan-walerko-rank-2lt-graduated.html' title=''/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/SilOGETUVTI/AAAAAAAAAwE/PRkEj_Tq_Pk/s72-c/Walerko.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>38</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-5527566305841970</id><published>2009-06-05T08:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T08:56:18.822-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'>Profile: Hayden Piscal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/Sik__aex8EI/AAAAAAAAAv0/60HMUZbEjUg/s1600-h/Piscal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343872791524536386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/Sik__aex8EI/AAAAAAAAAv0/60HMUZbEjUg/s320/Piscal.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Name: Hayden Piscal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rank: 2Lt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Graduated: 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I thoroughly enjoyed my time in ROTC at Notre Dame. I found that by getting involved and making friends within the battalion, it made the entire experience much more enjoyable. My most rewarding experience by far was being in charge of the Ranger Challenge team my senior year. Outside of ROTC I was also a member of the Equestrian team and found that having other friends not in ROTC helped keep a good balance. It was always nice to get away and not talk Army every once in a while. After graduation I worked at LTC at Fort Knox, KY for most of the summer before heading down to Fort Benning, GA for BOLC II and then Fort Sam Houston, TX for Medical Services BOLC III. It has been a blast meeting all the other LTS in training. Just like with ROTC, they have made training so much more enjoyable. I am currently at Fort Rucker, AL where I will go through flight school to learn how to fly Blackhawk helicopters as a MEDEVAC pilot. I will be here for about two years before I head to my first duty station.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-5527566305841970?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/5527566305841970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-hayden-piscal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/5527566305841970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/5527566305841970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-hayden-piscal.html' title='Profile: Hayden Piscal'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/Sik__aex8EI/AAAAAAAAAv0/60HMUZbEjUg/s72-c/Piscal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-8387359423545353224</id><published>2009-06-05T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:38:28.306-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alumni'/><title type='text'>Alumni eNewsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; 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font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Name:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Chris Govekar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rank:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;LTC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;What year did you graduate?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;1990&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Current Status?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Reserve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;If you are still in, what is your current unit, duty station, and position?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Chief, Logistics Operations, Joint Deployable Team, US Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-61377814452495041?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/61377814452495041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-chris-govekar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/61377814452495041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/61377814452495041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-chris-govekar.html' title='Profile: Chris Govekar'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-3028201093934639409</id><published>2009-06-05T07:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:19:49.466-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'>Profile: Michael A. Casey</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Name:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Michael A. Casey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rank:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Colonel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;What year did you graduate?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;1980&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Current Status?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Active Duty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;If you are still in, what is your current unit, duty station, and position?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;I am the Command Inspector General for the 88th Regional Readiness Command, Fort Snelling, MN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-3028201093934639409?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/3028201093934639409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-michael-casey.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3028201093934639409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3028201093934639409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-michael-casey.html' title='Profile: Michael A. Casey'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-8885047008238715298</id><published>2009-06-05T07:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:17:46.935-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'>Profile: Chris Brusznicki</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Name:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Chris Brusznicki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rank:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Captain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;What year did you graduate?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;2002&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Current Status?&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;IRR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Deployment History: How many, where, with who, duty position(s), and mission?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Fallujah, Iraq, 1-505 PIR, Platoon Leader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-8885047008238715298?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/8885047008238715298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-chris-brusznicki.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8885047008238715298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8885047008238715298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-chris-brusznicki.html' title='Profile: Chris Brusznicki'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7122541056699820833</id><published>2009-06-05T07:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:16:07.671-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'>Profile: Ross Davidson</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Name:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ross Davidson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rank:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;MAJ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;What year did you graduate?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1996&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Current Status?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Active Duty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;If you are still in, what is your current unit, duty station, and position?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;USA MEDDAC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Fort Drum, NY Chief, Logistics Division&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Deployment History: How many, where, with who, duty position(s), and mission?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3 deployments (from most recent)&amp;nbsp;2006 - Afghanistan: 10th Mountain Division; Chief, Medical Construction Operations; Responsible for the planning and execution of healthcare construction operations. Primary mission: construction project manager for 45-bed hospital. 2003 - Iraq: Coalition Provisional Authority (State Department); Ministry of Health, Health Facility Project Manager Advisor; Primary mission: advisor to Iraqi Ministry of Health to develop repair and replacement program for all of Iraq's health care facilities. 1998 - Bosnia: 1st Armor Division; Project Engineer; Primary mission: planning and programming construction requirements and base master plan development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-7122541056699820833?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/7122541056699820833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-ross-davidson.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7122541056699820833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7122541056699820833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-ross-davidson.html' title='Profile: Ross Davidson'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-8816144780306395610</id><published>2009-06-05T07:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T07:12:49.849-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profiles'/><title type='text'>Profile: Amanda Dodd Miller</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Name:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Amanda Dodd Miller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Rank:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Captain (now veteran)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;What year did you graduate?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;1999&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Current Status:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;My IRR time has been completed. I am a veteran.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Deployment History: How many, where, with who, duty position(s), and mission?&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;I graduated ND in May 99, went Active Duty in June 99. I went to Ft. Bliss, TX for Air Defense Artillery OBC. Then Ft. Benning, GA for Airborne School. Then Wurzburg, Germany for four years. It was a three-year-tour, but I loved Germany and extended to be there for four years. My twin sister, Lacy (also ND AROTC '99), and I were both stationed there. We lived together in a fairy tale looking town, Sommerhausen. We worked at Giebelstadt Army Airfield which is now closed. Unfortunately, it was at one point in history a base Hitler used. From Germany, I deployed to Saudi Arabia and Israel. Lacy deployed to Iraq. I got out from Germany Dec 2003. Lacy went to Ft. Campbell, KY for another year and got out there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Deployment stories or any lessons learned/advice from your deployments to current ND Army ROTC cadets?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://magazine.nd.edu/news/1275-on-god-country-notre-dame" style="color: #551a8b;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;http://magazine.nd.edu/news/1275-on-god-country-notre-dame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-8816144780306395610?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/8816144780306395610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-amanda-dodd-miller.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8816144780306395610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8816144780306395610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/06/profile-amanda-dodd-miller.html' title='Profile: Amanda Dodd Miller'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-4036016335331346998</id><published>2009-05-08T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T11:39:45.679-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alumni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shamrock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>Notre Dame and Saving Private Ryan History</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;Quiz Question:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What did the movie, “Saving Private Ryan”; the book, “Band of Brothers”; and Notre Dame all have in common..?? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;By MAJ Masapollo&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;For those who have seen the movie, “Saving Private Ryan”; you understand that the premise of the movie is based upon a squad of men (lead by actor, Tom Hanks) trying to find a Private James Ryan of the 101&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne Division during the midst of the &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Normandy&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; invasion.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Private Ryan’s other brothers had been killed in different theaters and as the sole surviving son; the military authorities wanted to send him back to the states to his family.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Hank’s patrol was being sent out to find him in the midst of battle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Likewise, for those who have read the book, “Band of Brothers” by Stephen E. Ambrose; a similar story centers around a soldier named, Fritz Niland contained on pages 102-03.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In Ambrose’s version; Easy Company soldier, Fritz Niland is being sent home because he had just learned the news that his brother, Bob had been killed on D-Day with the 82&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne Division; while another brother had also been killed on D-Day with the 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Infantry Division at &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Utah&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Beach&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Regretfully, his third brother; who had been a pilot in the China-Burma theater had been killed during that same week.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Unlike the underlying basis for the patrol in the Steven Spielberg movie; Ambrose’s account refers to the 101st Airborne Division Regimental Chaplain; a priest named Father Francis Sampson who was looking for Fritz in order to escort him back to &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Utah&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Beach&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; where a plane would fly him to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; on the first leg of his return to the States. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Who was this Father Sampson, the one-man patrol sent to find Fritz Niland..??&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;Father Francis Sampson ’37; was a Notre Dame graduate.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;After graduating from ND, &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;he attended the seminary and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1941.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In 1942, he was commissioned as an Army Chaplain and was later assigned as an Army Chaplain with the 101&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne Division.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Monsignor Sampson would later jump into &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Normandy&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; on the morning of June 6, 1944 as a member of the 101&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne Division.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He would later be captured by the Germans, but soon escaped and rejoined the 101&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne in time to jump again into the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Battle&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; of the Bulge on December 19, 1944.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;By the end of World War II, Monsignor Sampson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (second only to the Medal of Honor), the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Purple Heart.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In addition, he was recognized for making two combat jumps with the 101&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Airborne Division.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He later would go on to serve in the Korean War as an Army Chaplain with the 187&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Regimental Combat Team (Airborne) and make his third combat jump.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He would later be ordained a Monsignor in the Catholic Church in 1967.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;He continued to rise through the ranks to eventually serve as the Army Chief of Chaplains from 1967-71.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;After retiring from the military in 1971, he would later serve as a Special Assistant to the President of Notre Dame from 1983-86.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In 1985, Monsignor Sampson was the first recipient of the Notre Dame Alumni Association’s Corby Award.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Corby&lt;/st1:place&gt; award is conferred each year to a Notre Dame graduate who exemplifies the “values and true spirit of Notre Dame while serving in active or reserve service.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Monsignor Sampson passed away in January 1996. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;So the next time you’re walking up to the main office; stop and take a quick in the display case next to the ROTC Chaplain’s office at the photo of Monsignor Francis Sampson.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He truly was a remarkable person; and lived by the words, “God, Country, Notre Dame”.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-4036016335331346998?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/4036016335331346998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/05/notre-dame-and-saving-private-ryan.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/4036016335331346998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/4036016335331346998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/05/notre-dame-and-saving-private-ryan.html' title='Notre Dame and Saving Private Ryan History'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-2229289972073896695</id><published>2009-04-27T10:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T10:37:57.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Captain Ambrose's Farwell Advice</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; 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We would like to gather stories of our past graduates to share with our current cadets.  We ask that you take a few minutes to fill in this voluntary survey to help us preserve our unit history. Click &lt;a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=phfFziuaq2RGrQlYGQsmpCA&amp;hl=en"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to fill out the survey&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-4910452787537774686?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/4910452787537774686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/03/we-r-nd-alumni-survey-is-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/4910452787537774686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/4910452787537774686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/03/we-r-nd-alumni-survey-is-up.html' title='We &quot;R&quot; ND Alumni Survey is up!'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7029960361228552925</id><published>2009-03-10T13:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T13:28:58.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Ask a Cadet Form is Up</title><content type='html'>Are you a prospective cadet that has a question for a current cadet.  We now have the "Ask a Cadet" form that matches your question with a cadet in your intended major at your school of choice.  Click &lt;a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&amp;formkey=cGhmRnppdWFxMlJGWFk4UjRtZHA0RHc6MA.."&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to fill out the form and ask your question then a cadet will get back to you with an answer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-7029960361228552925?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/7029960361228552925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/03/ask-cadet-form-is-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7029960361228552925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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Halftime Performance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O3Q-hiDPSr8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O3Q-hiDPSr8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-1835653830703365686?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/1835653830703365686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7544148384204544592</id><published>2009-02-18T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T11:52:21.024-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>In the IUSB News: Video-Day in the life</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://media.www.iusbpreface.com/media/storage/paper1358/news/2009/02/18/News/Video.Day.In.The.Life.Of.A.Iusbnd.Rotc.Cadet-3638456.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;VIDEO: Day in the life of a IUSB/ND ROTC cadet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;By: Ashley Henderson&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br 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type='text'>Notre Dame Camouflage Basketball Night</title><content type='html'>A SPECIAL EVENT WITH NOTRE DAME BASKETBALL &amp;amp; OUR WOUNDED HEROES - (NOTRE DAME vs. LOUISVILLE - FEBRUARY 12, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.camokids.org/"&gt;http://www.camokids.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On February 12, 2009, University of Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey, along with our good friend Rick Kell from his Operation Hardwood and Troops First Foundation programs, hosted four of our wounded heroes for the Notre Dame vs. Louisville basketball game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The power of the "human spirit" was in the Joyce Center and more than 11,000 fans had the opportunity to thank our military heroes for their service and sacrifice to keep our country secure. A great evening was had by all including our friends from ESPN as Digger Phelps and Bob Knight visited with the soldiers and Marines prior to and after the game along withNotre Dame football coach Charlie Weis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below you will find brief bios on our heroes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dillon Behr&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Dillon L. Behr is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with 3rd Special Forces Group.  Originally from Reynolds, Illinois, Dillon was injured by a gunshot wound to his right pelvis and right bicep in Afghanistan on April 6, 2008. He is in the process of making a full recovery right now to continue on active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Freddie De Los Santos&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Freddie De Los Santos is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with Alpha Company, 98th Civil Affairs Battalion.  He was injured in Afghanistan on October 20, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leroy Petry&lt;br /&gt;Staff Sergeant Leroy Petry is with the second of the seventy fifth Ranger Regiment and was wounded May 26, 2008 in Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anthony Villarreal&lt;br /&gt;Lance Corporal Anthony Villarreal is a 23-year-old Infantry Marine with Golf Company, second Battalion, seventh Marines out of 29 Palms.  He served two tours in Iraq and was injured on June 20, 2008 while serving his third tour in Afghanistan.  Anthony hails from Lubbock, Texas.  He graduated high school in June of 2004 and joined the military three months later in September.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-8935349676935707628?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/8935349676935707628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/02/notre-dame-camouflage-basketball-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8935349676935707628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/8935349676935707628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/02/notre-dame-camouflage-basketball-night.html' title='Notre Dame Camouflage Basketball Night'/><author><name>Mr.A</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-3657502163638014245</id><published>2009-01-27T07:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T07:33:11.053-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Max Your APFT Training Programs</title><content type='html'>During the Fall Semester the MS I cadets put together a collection of excellent training programs that are specifically designed to help cadets and soldiers max their Army Physical Fitness Test, the push ups, sit ups, and 2 mile run.  Click &lt;a href="http://beknowdonow.blogspot.com/2008/12/apft-traing-programs-for-pushups-situps.html"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;to see their training workouts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-3657502163638014245?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/3657502163638014245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/max-your-apft-training-programs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3657502163638014245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3657502163638014245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/max-your-apft-training-programs.html' title='Max Your APFT Training Programs'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-9178366518216997133</id><published>2009-01-27T07:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T07:30:13.246-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>MSL 102 Course Website</title><content type='html'>See what the second semester freshman are doing in their Intro to Military Science &amp;amp; Leadership 102 course this spring &lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/militaryscienceandleadership/Home/spring-2009"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-9178366518216997133?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/9178366518216997133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/msl-102-course-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/9178366518216997133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/9178366518216997133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/msl-102-course-website.html' title='MSL 102 Course Website'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-3051617221239646137</id><published>2009-01-16T07:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T08:11:43.965-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><title type='text'>20 Yrs of ND Army ROTC Class Photos are Up</title><content type='html'>As part of our alumni outreach operations we have upload the last 20 years of &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/NDArmyROTCClassPics?feat=directlink"&gt;ND Army ROTC Class photo album&lt;/a&gt;. Click on the photo below to go to our google picasa web album where you can view, zoom in, download, coment and discuss the class pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/NDArmyROTCClassPics?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/SXCVipYvWQE/AAAAAAAAAbE/pFo2RLbsf54/s160-c/NDArmyROTCClassPics.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/NDArmyROTCClassPics?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;ND Army ROTC Class Pics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-3051617221239646137?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/3051617221239646137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/20-yrs-of-nd-army-rotc-class-photos-are.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3051617221239646137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/3051617221239646137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/20-yrs-of-nd-army-rotc-class-photos-are.html' title='20 Yrs of ND Army ROTC Class Photos are Up'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/SXCVipYvWQE/AAAAAAAAAbE/pFo2RLbsf54/s72-c/NDArmyROTCClassPics.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7393933098041709035</id><published>2009-01-13T12:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T12:59:47.695-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alumni'/><title type='text'>We are on LinkedIN!</title><content type='html'>In effort to outreach our Alumni we are now on LinkedIN. Spread the word and friend us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the button below to view our Notre Dame Army ROTC profile on LinkedIN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/notredamerotc" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x33.gif" width="160" height="33" border="0" alt="View Notre Dame Army ROTC's profile on LinkedIn"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We set up the Univ of Notre Dame Army ROTC Network, Fightin' Irish Battalion.&lt;br /&gt;This LinkedIN group is for alumni, staff, families, current cadets and cadre of the University of Notre Dame Army ROTC program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To join our group on LinkedIN click &lt;a href="http:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&amp;amp;gid=1752387&amp;amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro//"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-7393933098041709035?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-1269667364265518787</id><published>2009-01-13T07:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T07:34:05.298-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alumni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='networks'/><title type='text'>We are on Facebook!</title><content type='html'>University of Notre Dame Army ROTC now has a facebook profile.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Click the badge below to friend us and get connected to our network of friends.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Fighting-Irish-Battalion/5622143" title="Fighting Irish Battalion's Facebook profile" target="_TOP"&gt;&lt;img src="http://badge.facebook.com/badge/5622143.644.1505635453.png" border="0" alt="Fighting Irish Battalion's Facebook profile" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We also have a Facebook Group you can join &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200082704"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-1269667364265518787?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/1269667364265518787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-are-on-facebook.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/1269667364265518787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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in our MS 101 course&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-5466521946858423615?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/5466521946858423615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/ms101-class-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/5466521946858423615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/5466521946858423615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2009/01/ms101-class-website.html' title='MS101 Class Website'/><author><name>Fightin 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-7212993993377649859</id><published>2008-12-10T11:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T11:49:23.596-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><title type='text'>Ranger Challenge Pictures</title><content type='html'>Pictures from this year's Ranger Challenge have been upload. Click &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/RangerChallenge2008#"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to access the album&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-7212993993377649859?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/7212993993377649859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2008/12/ranger-challenge-pictures.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7212993993377649859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/7212993993377649859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2008/12/ranger-challenge-pictures.html' title='Ranger Challenge Pictures'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-6262119870300368631</id><published>2008-10-15T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T11:47:58.770-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Black Daggers Jump in the Game Ball at ND</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/BlackDaggers?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/Sf8BPtKzHDE/AAAAAAAAAus/om4cYgerRYA/s160-c/BlackDaggers.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/BlackDaggers?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Black Daggers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;To view all the pictures Click &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/NDArmyROTC/BlackDaggers?feat=directlink"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6130257345058677682-6262119870300368631?l=ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/feeds/6262119870300368631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2008/10/black-daggers-jump-in-game-ball-at-nd.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/6262119870300368631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6130257345058677682/posts/default/6262119870300368631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ndarmyrotc.blogspot.com/2008/10/black-daggers-jump-in-game-ball-at-nd.html' title='Black Daggers Jump in the Game Ball at ND'/><author><name>Fightin Irish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17225217074015574135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4c8Ez_FtgYc/Sf8BPtKzHDE/AAAAAAAAAus/om4cYgerRYA/s72-c/BlackDaggers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130257345058677682.post-9115398076038972713</id><published>2008-09-10T12:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T12:11:56.939-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><title type='text'>Video: Notre Dame Army ROTC Freshmen Orientation</title><content type='html'>This video shows pictures and video clips taken during the AROTC Freshmen Orientation Week 17AUG - 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