Tag Archives: ROTC

UWSP ROTC Presents Vietnam Vet With Honors

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Some awards are well worth the wait. As was the case when the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point ROTC program presented a long-overdue award to an area veteran on Thursday, April 4. [Photo Gallery] Richard R. Konkol of Stevens Point served in Vietnam in the early 1970s.  When he left the service, some awards he had […]

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ROTC completes Combat Water Survival Test

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Jumping off a high dive or swimming across a pool may be a fear for some, but not for the students in the military science program at UW-Stevens Point who completed the Combat Water Survival Test on Thursday, Feb. 7. To make it even more difficult, they completed these tasks in full uniform while carrying […]

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Cadets take part in Warrior Night

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Cadets from the UW-Stevens Point ROTC program recently took part in an annual event called Warrior Night in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room. The evening including “Dining In” which is a military ceremony for members of a unit which includes a dinner, drinking, and other events to build unit cohesion. The UWSP “Dining In” […]

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Joint Field Training Exercise (JFTX) at Fort McCoy

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Every year, the UW-Stevens Point ROTC Department puts on the Joint Field Training Exercise (JFTX) and this year was no exception. The Pointer Battalion put on an exhilarating, high-tempo event. With students from MSL 101 and MSL 201, the Pointer Battalion set out for a very fun filled Saturday at Fort McCoy, Wis. Students were […]

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CPS Student Presidents Cabinet explores leadership

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Part of the mission of the College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point is to “prepare undergraduate and graduate students for successful professional careers, while we emphasize critical thinking, leadership skills, ethics and lifelong learning.” That statement was in full effect at the CPS Student Presidents Cabinet meeting Thursday, Oct. 25 as LTC Gary Thompson […]

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Cadet Troop Leadership Training in South Korea

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Written by Cadet Heffernon Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT) is an internship program for cadets following their junior year of college. Cadets are typically given a platoon leader position in charge of 30 or more soldiers and their equipment totaling millions of dollars. This is a lot of responsibility for a cadet but the 3- […]

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DCLT Summer Training

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Written by Corey Mueller The Army ROTC program offers a wide variety of leadership programs for cadets to participate in. Among these programs is the DCLT program, which offers cadets the opportunity to learn leadership roles as a 2nd lieutenant. In this leadership role, I got to lead a basic training unit as they went […]

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Training Overseas: Seeing the world from a new perspective

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Written by Cadet Thomas Fritz, MSIII This summer I was afforded the opportunity to participate in the Army’s Cultural Understanding and Language Program (CULP). In a nutshell, cadets that are selected for this training opportunity are sent outside of the continental United States, usually to a developing country, to participate in humanitarian work or foreign […]

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Bring a faculty to PT

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Faculty and administrators at UW-Stevens Point traded in their exams and projects for running shoes and medicine balls as the ROTC program hosted “Bring a faculty to PT” on April 18-19. Photo Gallery Al Thompson (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), Marty Loy (Dean of the College of Professional Studies), Daron Montgomery (Director of Athletics), Prof. […]

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Beuerman promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

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Professor of Military Science Major Eric G. Beuerman of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Army ROTC program was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel at a special ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26. UWSP alum Gen. Mark Anderson of the Wisconsin Army National Guard presented LTC Beuerman with his new rank in front of friends, […]

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