VU Army ROTC AlumniNewsletter (Final OCT12)

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Welcome Back Go Gold Alumni!The Battalion is finally getting out a news letter and it couldnt have come at a

more perfect time. The month of October is full of activities.

October 13th is Parents Weekend here at Vanderbilt. We are doing our normalbrunch/cookout two hours prior to the kick off of the football game against Florida at our

headquarters building with the Navy ROTC. October 13th

also is our military appreciation

football game and the Cadets will be involved in several activities throughout the game.

The weekend of October 27th

is Alumni weekend. Gen. Anthony Zinni will be here

on Friday, October 26 as part of the annual National Security Symposium hosted by Navy

ROTC. Gen. Zinni is the former commander of U.S. Central Command. He will be speaking

on the evolving role of U.S. military intervention. The Symposium will be held at the

Sarratt Cinema on the Vanderbilt campus from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you would like to

attend please R.S.V.P. to Karen Olayinka at (615) 322-2671 or

[email protected]

We will host our annual alumni event on Saturday, Oct. 27. We will have a social

with food at our New and Improved ROTC Battalion Headquarters (corner of 19th and

Edgehill). The event will be held two hours prior to kickoff of the football game against

Massachusetts. You can R.S.V.P. through Mr. Kenneth Walden at (615) 322-8550,

[email protected] feel free to R.S.V.P. at

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/alumni/army-rotc.php

LTC Chris Black

Professor of Military Science

LDAC

Performance

Summary

-Graduated 18

- 7 with top score of

excellent - 39% (The

national average was

17%)

- 4 Rated Top 5 in

their Platoon

- 3 Earned Recondo

Badge

-One of the strongest

performances this

program has had in

many years and well

above the Brigade

average.

-VU Army ROTC

Cadets are continuing

to be among the best

trained Army Cadets

in the country.

Donate to the Go

Gold Battalion

Cadet Cloum, senior,

Donations to the Go

Gold Battalion allow

us to do less fund

raising and will

reduce the cost of

this school yearsmilitary ball.

http://www.Vanderbi

lt.edu/alumni/army-

rotc.php

Battalion Headquarters Remodeling Project

We are just finishing a remodel of our Battalion Headquarters and cannot waitto show off the changes!
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Summer Training Activities

Each summer, Go Gold offers its cadets several extra training opportunities. This summer, the Battalio

had cadets attend the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program (CULP), Cadet Field

Training (CFT), Cadet Troop Leading Training Program (CTLT), and Nurse Summer Training Program

(NSTP).

This year, we sent five cadets around the world on different CULP trips. CDT Andrew Hall went to

Thailand, CDT Leah Schofield went to Indonesia, CDT Christopher Colletta went to Vietnam, CDT Chel

McMahon went to Tunisia, and CDT Jessica Sanders went Tanzania. The goal of the CULP program is t

develop culturally competent leaders through the immersion of cadets in an unfamiliar cultural regio

Cadets partake in a multitude of activities during the program. From teaching foreign military person

English to mission trips to help civilian populations in the region, cadets in the CULP program are face

with many diverse people and situations. Pictured left is CDT Schofield in Indonesia.

Cadet Chelsea McMahon (pictured below, upper right) traveled to Tunisia this summer, spending thre

weeks teaching English classes at the Tunisian Naval Academy. Throughout her time there, she got th

chance to interact with both cadets and instructors of the Tunisian Navy. She says, With the recent

governmental transformations occurring in Tunisia, it was a unique experience being able to witness

firsthand. Going there through CULP allowed me the opportunity to create friendships with the men a

women who were on the frontlines during their revolution something I would have never gotten to

experience otherwise.

CDT Christopher Colletta had the privilege of being one of the first American, uniformed military

personnel in Vietnam since the Vietnam War. About his experiences, he says, I found it especially

interesting to compare my time in Vietnam with my other CULP trips to Taiwan and China. Overall, I c

away with insights into Vietnamese culture and foreign cultures in general that will stay with me fore

Also this summer CDT David Bradley attended Cadet Field Training (CFT) at West Point. CDT Bradley

encountered several different training opportunities in various fields. He learned tactical combat casu

care, weapon familiarization with multiple weapons, urban operations with l ive fire exercises, small u

leader development, and even got to experience a mortar range first hand. About his experience, CDT

Bradley says, It was very informative, and it gave me time to perfect soldier skills expected of an offi

In addition to learning new things, I learned to be confident in the things that I had already been taug

Cadet Troop Leading Training (CTLT) allows a Cadet to shadow a lieutenant, granting them the

opportunity to see what a PL does on a daily basis. This year, four cadets took part in the CTLT progra

(Cadets John Rice, John Schara, Alok Patel, and Trent Einstein).

The Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP) is a 3-week program in which nurses get hands on

experience in the field under one-on-one supervision. CDT Jessica Sanders attended the program this

summer.

Clockwise from top left: Cadet Schofield; Cadet McMahon, Cadet Colletta, Cadet Bradley

Parents/Military

Appreciation

Weekend

Cookout/brunch

2 hours prior to kick

off of the Florida

Game October 13th.

The Game against

Florida will have

several Cadet

activities

throughout. A great

opportunity to see

your loved one!

Alumni Weekend

VanderbiltHomecoming

OCT 26 - OCT 27

Join us for:

- General Anthony Zinni

at the National Security

Symposium

FRI OCT 26 1530-1700

Vanderbilt Sarratt

Cinema

-Social and

Barbeque/Brunch before

the game

SAT OCT 27

HQ

2 Hours before kickoff

-Football Game

Vanderbilt vs. Univ. of

Massachusets

SAT OCT 27

Dudley Field

TBA

To RSVP to any of the

following events, please

visit:

http://www.vanderbilt.e

du/alumni/army-

rotc.php
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Check out the Battalion and keep up with our events at the

following links

Check out our website:http://vanderbilt.edu/army

For more pictures and daily updates:

www.facebook.com/pages/Vanderbilt-Army-ROTC/1581956875391

Check out our alumni website and make donations:

http://vanderbilt.edu/alumni/army-rotc.php

New BN PT Shirts

Thanks to your

Alumni

contributions, the

Go Gold Battalion

was able to

purchase new PT

shirts for every

cadet in theprogram. We

appreciate your

past contributions,

and hope you can

continue this

tradition of giving!

To donate, please

visit:

http://www.Vander

bilt.edu/alumni/ar

my-rotc.php

CDT Rice our Cadet

Battalion

Commander

models our new

battalion PT Shirt

Fundraising

In addition to your generous contributions, Go Gold has been busy fundraising. We wan

have the funds to enter students into the Nashville Marathon, travel to Washington DC

conduct a Dining-In and Dining-Out! In order to raise funds for the Battalion, Cadets

prepared LP field for the Titans game against the New England Patriots on September

Cadets prepared all 65,000 seats within LP field through three days of hard work, loggin

over 450 hours of work, and earning over $3,600! The Alpha Chi Omega sorority even

generously sent several dozen members to help us fundraise and donated all their prof

the Battalion.

(A picture showing the results of cadets hard work at LP Field as evidenced above i

We are asking for donations. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The more money

receive through your generous donations the less fundraising the Cadets will have to d

Please see the link below.
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Vanderbilt University Army ROTC Alumni in Action!

1LT Wayne Johnson (VU AROTC class of 2009) was recently deployed to

Afghanistan where he served in a Counter Improvised Explosive Ordinance

Unit

Cadets take a ride on a UH-60 Black Hawk during a recent Field Training

Exercise

Check out our alumniwebsite and make

donations:

http://vanderbilt.edu/

alumni/army-rotc.php

Feel Free to Contact Us

Vanderbilt Army ROTC

1114 19th Ave S., Nashville, TN

37235

615-322-8550

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Army

Battalion

Chain Of

Command

Professor of

Military ScienceLTC Christopher

Black

Senior Military

Instructor

Michael Bowlin

Cadet BattalionCommander

John Rice

Cadet Battalion

Command Sergeant

Major

Timothy Mathisen

Cadet Battalion

Executive Officer

Alok Patel

Cadet Battalion S-1

Megan Bradley

Cadet Battalion S-2

Michael LaChance

Cadet Battalion S-3

Christopher Colletta

Cadet Battalion S-4

Erich Bancroft
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VU Army ROTC AlumniNewsletter (Final OCT12)