Maranatha Army ROTC Cadet Jeremy McPhillips relates his experiences at Airborne School: “I am an Airborne trooper! A Paratrooper! I jump by parachute from any plane in flight. I volunteered to do it knowing well the hazards of my choice…” Airborne school consists of three weeks of training: ground week, tower week, and jump week. [Continue Reading...]
Returning, new, and prospective cadets can all participate in Army ROTC Orientation, August 25 at 10 a.m. at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. The event is mandatory for all cadets. Visitors and spectators are welcome. The day will include a variety of demonstrations, competitions, and team building activities, and ends with a free sub sandwich lunch. [Continue Reading...]
Todd Linder (’77) is aware of the importance of his job—and the reward for doing it well. “I do look at my job as keeping soldiers alive, and that makes it a critical job,” Linder said. The 60-year-old Montana resident is working in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. He trains American soldiers in the use of Ground [Continue Reading...]
If Tracy Foster can provide financial analysis and advice for a $550 billion U.S. defense budget, perhaps he can be trusted to teach Principles of Accounting 1. The 52-year-old Lieutenant Colonel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Financial Analyst will retire from the Army this summer and join Maranatha’s Business Department faculty for the 2012-13 academic [Continue Reading...]
See the Badger Challenge photo gallery here. Air Force ROTC Detachment 925 cadets descended on Watertown during a chilly April morning to compete in the Badger Challenge. The competition site, which rotates among the four Detachment schools, moved to Watertown’s Brandt-Quirk Park and the Maranatha campus this year. “We started planning this in February,” said [Continue Reading...]
The German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) competition is just one of the great opportunities for Army ROTC Cadets to compete. Many foreign medals can be earned by soldiers, but only a few that can be earned by cadets. The competition tests physical fitness through swimming, first aid, track and field events, pistol marksmanship, and [Continue Reading...]
Second Lieutenant Matthew Allen compiled a 3.9937 grade-point average in Accounting Management, ranking him second in Maranatha’s Class of 2011 and earning Allen the Business Student Achievement Award. He ranked in the top 5 percent of all cadets nationally on the National Order of Merit List, allowing him to choose his branch of service (Infantry). [Continue Reading...]
Charlie Johnson was happily traveling his life’s path when a red light from God forced him to change direction. At least, he thinks it was red. “I came from a military family, and I always wanted to be a helicopter pilot,” Johnson said. “I felt that way until the day they told me I was [Continue Reading...]
Detachment 925, the Air Force ROTC program that includes Maranatha’s cadets, was recently honored with the Right of Line Award recognizing the nation’s best small detachment. “Our cadets stand out because they are high quality students and future officers,” Lieutenant Colonel Todd Berge, the detachment Commander, said in a statement released by UW-Madison. “I also [Continue Reading...]
Paul Shirk has found himself idle on very few occasions. Shirk (’08) had a few months to kill this summer between his graduation from law school and the beginning of his four-year military obligation, a unique position for him. “It appeared like I might be sitting around for a long time, and it occurred to [Continue Reading...]