PAGE 8 Army's ROTC is Inspirational By Anne Waskowitz Collegian Staff Writer This year, there are over one hundred students enrolled in Penn State-Behrend's ROTC pro gram. ROTC is a four year program that teaches and trains in dividuals to be commissioned into the United States Army as of ficers. It takes a lot of time and work but the end result seems to be worthwhile. Penn State students, who have never had any previous army training, may enroll either in their freshman or sophomore years. In the first year students are taught the role of the U.S. Army, their customs, and courtesies, and their drills and ceremonies. Throughout the course, special at tention is placed on teaching the student leadership skills. In the second year of ROTC, the training becomes much more difficult. The students are taught land navigation. This involves learning to read maps, plotting points within ten meters (for ar tillery purposes), and the reading of topographical maps. After the second year of training, students may drop out of the program. However, most continue with the program. To continue with Army 300, an individual must have passed the first two years of classes offered Crossword Companion „, the G osmotic Get Acquainted Special 1 Zhoppe 20. 5 70 Off on Cosmetics .--.• ril: 899-1010 by Penn State, or been a previous member of the U.S. Army as part of the Army Reserves or National Guard. One could have also taken advanced placement ROTC in their junior year of high school or Basic Camp for potential ROTC cadets. Students must also pass a physical fitness exam and a medical exam. One must be a United States citizen, have at least two years of college remaining and no criminal record. Fourth year students are taught ethics and professionalism. They basically run the Behrend ROTC program. They plan and organize leadership laboratories and the various trips that the ROTC students go on. There are many trips and outings that the ROTC program plans to have this year: canoe trips, helicopter rides, a weekend in Allegheny National Forest, a rapelling trip and various events sponsored by the Ranger Club. ROTC also offers scholarships to those students who qualify. Last year 115 Penn State students applied and 1.12 were accepted. If an individual gets accepted for a scholarship, the army will pay for all books and equipment, tuition costs, and $lOO a month spending money. The army offers limitless opportunities and will train you in your selected field. Free gift with this Ad or Behrend ID 4445 Buffalo Rd. K-Mart Plaza East Erie, Pa. 16510 THE COLLEGIAN ROTC Cadets Have Busy Summer by C-Sgt. Thomas Milley ROTC Public Information Officer Summer found Behrend's ROTC cadets hard at work learn ing a multitude of tasks, utilizing the skills taught in the classroom last school year. For some, this meant attending Army Basic Training. For others it was Army ROTC Advanced Camp. And for a select few, the thrill of parachuting at Airborne School. Army ROTC Basic Camp and Army Basic Training provide the same military skills training with one difference: attendance at ROTC Basic Camp is not man datory, and is made on a volun tary basis by college sophomores wishing to enter their junior year of college in the ROTC program at the third year level. The dif ference is an important one in that the student who goes to Basic Camp is not an official member of the U.S. Army, he or she has yet to sign a contract. Cadets who attend Army Basic Training are sent there by their units in the Reserve or the National Guard and have signed their contracts with the U.S. Army. Both Basic Training and ROTC Basic Camp consist of six weeks of training on an Army Installa tion such as Fort Knox, Kentucky. The training is in basic skills such as: military map reading, land navigation, and marksmanship with various weapons, especially the M-16 rifle, the M-60 machine gun, several mortars, and anti tank weapons. Lisa Cooper attended Army ROTC Basic Camp. The cadets who attended Army Basic Train ing were: Steven Boehmer, Jon ACROSS 1. Epoch 4. Slre 9. Tennis shot 12. Pave 13. Odor 14. Mock 15. Adore 17. Scan 19. Aged 20. Cent 21. Chore 23. Ban 24. Moray (pl.) 27. Some 28. Mister 29. Pointed missile 30. Verb (form of be) 31. Plan (pl.) 33. Plural of I THE CARD GALLERY Eastway Plaza Buffalo Rd. 899-8782 Quality Hallmark Cards and Gifts for all occasions - "Y ou want it, we got it! If you don't see it ASK!" Care Enough to Send The Very Best Heidt, Mark Sinicki, and John Teleha. These cadets are now termed third year military science students, or MS lll's, and are receiving their training this year in preparation for next summer's trip to Advanced Camp. Army ROTC Advanced Camp is similar to Basic Camp in that the training is received over a six week period, and the same weapons skills are taught at each camp. However, there is much more emphasis on unit leader ship. Also referred to as Army 304, Advanced Camp is given at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Ar my 304 is the culmination of three years of classroom instruction. It gives the cadets a chance to demonstrate what they have learn ed and a chance to gain valuable hands-on experience in the field. Advanced Camp is also impor tant to the cadets' futures. Their efforts there are recorded, and the cadets receive their cadet-officer rank based on their abilities and performance at camp. The cadets who attended ROTC Advanced Camp last summer were: Deborah Duer, Lawrence Guenther, David Harris, Margaret McAlpine, Ronald Schrader, Karl Slaugenhaupt, and Timothy Van Sickel. Four cadets had their summer highlighted by their attending Airborne School. Airborne School consists of three weeks of advanced physical training," com bined with jumps first from towers, with shock-cords to ex perience the "feel" of the parachute opening above you, then with five jumps from planes. These jumps are made in dif- 34. Poison 36. Eat (p.t.) 37. Jelly 38. Coat 39. Squeeze 40. Twist 41. Desk 43. Drunk 44. Tune in (p.t.) 46. Aired 49. Mistake 50. Scary 52. Yale 53. Course 54. Oddity 55. Fish eggs Greek Alphabet 2. Frightened (Early Eng.) 3. Military Depot 4. Poet 5. Before 6. Depart 7. Ash 8. Lake 9. Attorney 10. Ceres mother (Gr.) 11. Drone 16. Type, Sort 18. Burden 20. Indulge 21. Cede 22. Origin 23. Lighter 25. Cut back 26. Bloat 28 DOWN I. 7th Letter. Spade SEPTEMBER 27, 1984 ferent situations, with and without gear, day and night, and from different altitudes. The culmination of attending Air borne School is becoming air borne qualified, which means ear ning the right and the privilege to wear the Parachutist Badge or "Airborne Wings," as they are more commonly called. But most felt the thrill was reward enough. The cadets who attended Air borne School were: Deborah Duer (who attended Airborne at Ft. Bragg, N.C.), Margaret McAlpine, Michell-Doree Miller, and Karl Slaugenhaupt, who at tended Airborne at Ft. Benning, GA. Some other news - four sophomores just received word that they have been selected as recipients of three year scholar ships. These cadets are: Sean Bliley, Ralph Drayer, Thomas Harrop, and James Morgan. Kenneth Lesher was selected as an alternate. These scholarships are added to the three, three and one half year scholarships won by cadets Jack Doolittle, Tracy Haller, and Thomas Milley last May, and those four year scholar ships brought to Behrend by cadets Geri-lyn Falletta, and Robert Tock. Captain Hames wishes to emphasize that the number of scholarships held by Behrend cadets is reflective of the high-caliber students enrolled in Army ROTC at Behrend. If you think you would like to be one of us, see Captain Hames in the ROTC Office located in the base ment of the administration Building. Maybe you can share in the adventure! 29. High card 31. Relation between tones on scale 32. Inhabitant (suf.) 35. Certifier 37. Ditch 39. Senior 40. Trick 42. Squabble 43. Hunt ALLEGHENY WOMEN'S CENTER an out patient medical clinic offering • Abortion—asleep or awake • Morning After Treatment • Birth Control a Related Services PHONE 412/362-2920 Women Womens Center 44. Morning Moisture 45. Ireland Military Organization (abbr.) 46. By way of 47. Rock Group 43. Decrease 51. Concerning Puzzle #lO2
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