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Pointer Battalion holds Commissioning Ceremony

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The ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point commissioned seven new second lieutenants into the United States Army on Friday, May 19, 2017. [Photo Gallery] The seven seniors will begin their service following their May 2016 graduation: Corey Boville: Tennessee Army National Guard Ryan Dombeck: Active Duty Army with a duty station in Vicenza, […]

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Reeder’s Ruck 2017

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Happy May, Pointers! Reeder’s Ruck 2017 is a wrap! This year we had 75 participants who made their way around Stevens Point and the Green Circle Trail. All of the participants and volunteers made the Third Annual Reeder’s Ruck a huge success to remember Alex as a scholar, athlete, leader and friend. I’ll let the […]

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Third Annual Reeder’s Ruck honors ROTC Cadet

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The legacy of Cadet Alex Reeder carried on as 75 participants completed the Third Annual Reeder’s Ruck on April 29, 2017. Many thanks to the dozens of UW-Stevens Point ROTC cadets and volunteers who helped make it a huge success and remember Alex as a scholar, athlete, leader and friend. [Facebook Photo Gallery | Official […]

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month and ROTC

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Pointers, This post is going to be a little more serious than my usual posts, and for good reason. April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 23.1% of undergraduate females and 5.4% of undergraduate males experience rape or sexual assault on their college campus. In […]

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The Countdown is on!

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Only 41 days until commissioning. 42 days until graduation. Can you believe it..?! I can’t. So far, spring semester has been a lot of fun actually. As Command Sergeant Major (CSM), I have a couple other seniors within the battalion who make my job a lot less stressful than it should be. CSM comes with […]

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Almost There …

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Pointers! Fall semester has come and gone. I have so much to catch you up on; let’s get started! I was in charge of setting up and running Warrior Challenge during Welcome Week. It was a huge success. We had a rock wall, a HMMWV (High-Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle) pull, a pull-up competition, and a station where […]

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… And We’re Back, Continued

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Now that we covered the academic portion of my summer, let’s cover the ROTC portion, shall we? This summer I attended CLC, which stands for Cadet Leadership Course. This is the culminating events for juniors who are headed into their final year of ROTC. The Army ships us all down to Ft. Knox, Kentucky, where […]

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And We’re Back

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Hey Pointers! First, I want to apologize for taking so long to catch you up on my summer! Let’s dive in: Colorado was amazing and extremely tough. Hannah (the girl who I went to Australia with last winter) introduced me to this internship and we went together! Let me just remind you what I was […]

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Maier takes over command of UW-Stevens Point ROTC program

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The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has a new department chair and professor of military science in Army Lieutenant Colonel Rochell Maier who started with the Pointer Battalion in August 2016. LTC Maier received her Army commission in Aviation through ROTC and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-La […]

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Year Three …

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Pointers, I cannot believe that my junior year is in the books already! It was an amazing year, that’s for sure. So much was accomplished, not only in school, but in ROTC. I participated in Ranger Challenge (where we placed highest ever in UW-Stevens Point ROTC history [4th place]) … I got gold at GAFMPB […]

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