Category Archives: Military Science

April chaos brings May pay-off?

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Pointers, Glad to see you all back here! Let’s get started! April is the most chaotic month, not only in ROTC, but in college in general. There are midterms, projects, papers, presentations, summer planning, and let’s not forget all the stress of making sure your grades are up to snuff before finals! Add all of that […]

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What a weekend, ROTC style!

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Pointers! I hope the first half of the semester went well. I can’t believe we’re already half way done with the second semester! Another ROTC competition has started training for battle. GAFMPB (German Armed Forces Military Proficiency Badge) is a competition held in April at Marquette University where we compete against other schools to try […]

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Welcome Back

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My fellow Pointers, First things first: Sorry for such a delay in blogging! It’s been a pretty hectic winter break and start to the semester. Next: I hope you all had an amazing and safe holiday season and that your semester is off to a good start. Third: Here’s what happened to me over break […]

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Pointers Lead The Way

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Hey! Hey! I hope you all had a great and safe Thanksgiving. Last week, our main training event was CWST (Combat Water Survival Test). What this means is that we all go into the pool and complete a set of tests in the water. The tests included a 15-meter swim with full equipment, a blindfolded […]

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UW-Stevens Point ROTC named Top Program in 3rd Brigade

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Competing against 42 programs stretching from Northern Michigan to Southern Missouri, the Northwoods Battalion was awarded the 2015 Overall Top Program by the 3rd Army ROTC Brigade on Nov. 19. It is the first time in history that the Northwoods Battalion, which is comprised of UW-Stevens Point and its partner ROTC programs at UW-Stout, UW-River […]

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A night to remember

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Welcome back, Pointers! Every year during the fall semester UW-Stevens Point ROTC holds an event called Dining In/Warrior Night. This night is one of the best and most fun nights that ROTC is associated with. There are games, class videos, awards, grog, and of course, dinner. Dining In goes a little something like this: We […]

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Cub Scouts, Veterans Day and ROTC

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Hey Pointers! Every now and then ROTC is presented with opportunities to go out into the community and either teach members of different organizations about different aspects of the Army or help them out with anything they may need. This past Monday, a group of cadets were invited to give a presentation to the Cub […]

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Halloween shenanigans

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Hey Pointers! I hope you all had an amazing Halloween! Every year UW-Stevens Point ROTC holds an event called Costume PT (Physical Training). During this time we all dress up in costumes and play some sport; this year it was ultimate football. It is usually a really fun time where we can all just take […]

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Top 10 reasons to join ROTC at UWSP

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There are so many opportunities that college students have to achieve an amazing level of success, lifelong friendships, a high level of physical fitness, knowledge to get you through your personal and professional life, and ways to gain connections for a career after college. But how many opportunities are there to wrap all of those up […]

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The pressure is on

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Welcome back, Pointers! As I’m sure most of you know, your junior year of college is usually your most difficult year in college; you’re just finishing up all of your general education classes and starting to get into the nitty-gritty classes that actually apply to your major(s). The same idea applies to ROTC. Your freshman […]

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