Department of Military Science
We are dedicated to growing future leaders; the leaders in our communities as well as for military service. We blend the Army Values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, integrity, and personal courage with the Spartan Values of individual strength, collective power, and extraordinary achievement. Though some of our students will serve for their professional military careers, others will transition into civilian careers. We provide leaderships skills, which they will draw upon for their success.
Our mission is to recruit future Army leaders. Our cadets who graduate can receive commissions as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army, the United States Army Reserve (USAR), or the Army National Guard (ARNG). Spartan Battalion cadet training helps prepare students to serve in the Active Army, become civil servants, private business owners, or become leaders in private industry. The focus is leadership, which is applicable across the spectrum of professions.
We are highly competitive amongst the ROTC Programs. The last official ranking of our program places us 12th out of the 275 programs in the Nation. We have won our brigade’s “Bold Warrior” competition six out of the last seven years and five years consecutively. We sent a team to West Point’s Sand Hurst Competition and placed third out of the competing ROTC Programs. These competitions focus on military tasks and teamwork – orienteering, marksmanship, physical fitness, small unit tactics, problem solving, team building, etc. They are both physically and mentally challenging competitions.