The Revere Recorder “ROTC – the best leader and management development program in the world”!
Volume X, Issue 3 Reporting for America’s Oldest ROTC Unit Spring/Summer 2009
Spring FTX Cadet Charles Finn, Tufts 2011
The Paul Revere (MIT) and Charles
River Battalions (Boston University)
conducted the 2009 Spring Field Training
Exercise (FTX) at Fort Devens from April
17 to April 20.
The culminating event of the ROTC
year, the exercise introduced many MS Is
and IIs to individual movement techniques,
unit operations, and the military experience
in general.
“The most valuable lesson I took
away from this weekend was definitely how
a squad works, because I had never had the
chance to actually experience it until then
and it was great,” said CDT Ross Degnen, a
Lesley MS I.
For the MS IIIs, the weekend was a
chance to apply their lessons in military
science to real-life situations. The
opportunity to lead cadets through Squad
Tactical Exercises yielded them experience
vital to succeeding at the Leader
Development and Assessment Course
(LDAC). The MS IVs worked with the
cadre to manage and guide all aspects of the
FTX, from distributing M-16s to ensuring
hot chow. Additionally, they planned the
Squad Tactical Exercises for day two,
instructing and evaluating their peers.
CDT O‟Brien displays extreme motivation
“MSIVs put considerable time and
effort into planning the execution and
grading of STX lanes, since these are critical
leadership evaluations for the LDAC-bound
cadets. Although the focus was on them, it
was great to see cadets of all levels from two
battalions starting to forge a cohesive team”,
said CDT Clarke Burns, a Tufts MSIV.
The Paul Revere Battalion arrived at
Fort Devens on April 17, with many cadets
seizing upon the opportunity to travel via
UH-60 Black Hawks from Harvard and
Winter Island Landing Zones. The Battalion
then set up a patrol base and provided
perimeter security until weapons issue.
Following a 0400 police call and
breakfast, the cadets linked up with the
Charles River Battalion, integrated into new
squads, and began their missions for the day.
The first four lanes tested basic squad
tactics, such as attacking and destroying an
enemy bunker. The remaining four lanes
each included a different variable. In one
lane, for example, the objective abruptly
changed from conducting an ambush to
escorting journalists.
“The STX lanes were definitely a
challenge and great preparation for LDAC
this summer,” said CDT Andrea Herbin, a
Wellesley MS III.
The third and final day of the FTX
was devoted to Basic Rifle Marksmanship
(BRM). Lead by the MS IVs and cadre, the
battalion marched four miles under full
packs to the M-16 range.
Cadets ruck across Turner drop-zone
“It was highly motivating to see
cadets driving on despite painful blisters, a
lack of sleep, an uncomfortable ruck, etc.
Moving up and down the formation, I saw
cadets in obvious pain from new boots who
nonetheless held their place in line. After
two nights in the field, motivation was
reaching new highs,” observed CDT Burns,
a Tufts MSIV.
Upon arrival at the range, the cadets
learned to zero in their sights and, time
permitting, received the chance to qualify
with their rifles. Targets were fired at from
a distance of 25 meters. Weapons cleaning
was the final task of the day. Many Cadets
gained a new appreciation for clean rifles as
they scrubbed, scraped, and wiped their
weapons free of carbon. After this was done,
the Paul Revere Battalion loaded onto coach
buses and headed back to MIT. With hands
black with carbon and rifle oil, the cadets
eagerly grabbed an MRE, swapping stories
of the weekend.
A chalk of cadets waits for their lift
“For me, the best part of the
exercise was getting to see the learning our
cadets had in doing the lanes. They were
certainly very challenging for all cadets
involved, regardless of their military science
levels. For everyone involved I think it
really helped motivate them to continue
learning and growing as leaders,” said
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Hall, the
battalion commander.
He added that aside from some
minor modifications relating to BRM and
information dissemination, the joint exercise
as a whole was sound and will return next
year.
The Cadre and Staff of the Paul Revere
Battalion congratulate the Class of 2009 on
their Commissioning and Graduation!
National Society of Pershing Rifles
C-12 (ABN) Cadet Tim Mangan, Salem State 2011
After completing a long and
strenuous training curriculum offered by
Pershing Rifles during the spring semester
of my freshmen year, I could not wait for the
new year to begin as one of the newest
members of Charlie Company (Airborne),
12th
Regiment, otherwise known as C-12
(ABN). For those of you who are not
familiar with Pershing Rifles, we are a
military fraternity that focuses strictly on
learning/teaching small unit tactics, with an
emphasis on military bearing, physical
fitness, and discipline. It is open to any cadet
or midshipmen from any service in ROTC,
male or female, as well as to civilians. As a
trainee for Pershing Rifles you are pushed
both mentally and physically.
To start off our new semester, a
fellow Pershing Rifleman, Air Force Cadet
Nathan Elowe of Tufts University, taught
the company some combatives. CDT Elowe,
who has trained at the U.S. Army
Combatives School, taught and ran us
through a series of drills that focused on the
positions of the mount, the guard, as well as
control and submission. The Pershing
Riflemen also engaged in a company FTX
which was set up and coordinated by
Pershing Rifleman CDT Howard and
Company advisor CPT Griffiths, who is a
Pershing Rifles alumnus out of Company D-
8 at Fordham University. The FTX was
conducted at Camp Curtis Guild with rucks,
full LBE, hand held radios, and
Pershing Riflemen serve as OPFOR to train new
pledges during the FTX
our new air-soft rifles, replicas of the M4
rifle used on today‟s battlefields. We went
through a series of Squad Tactical Exercises
(STX Lanes), with all riflemen rotating in as
either squad leader or team leader. Cadets
and midshipmen are always welcome as
OPFOR for C-12 (ABN) FTXs.
As the semester moved on, Pershing
Riflemen also conducted a MOUT session.
MOUT stands for Military Operations in
Urban Terrain. We practiced Close-Quarter
Marksmanship (CQM) and followed with
drills on room clearing and moving down
hallways in four man teams. To cap it off,
the company had a competition to see who
can be the quickest and most accurate.
MOUT fundamentals were also taught to Air
Force cadets by myself and Pershing
Riflemen CDT Bailey (Army), CDT Elowe
(Air Force) and CDT Shannon (Air Force).
Currently, Pershing Rifles is
training/teaching its training class. The
training is spread out over an 8-week period
and demands much from prospective
Riflemen. Commitments include classes for
3 hours a week, as well as an FTX for the
trainees to practice what they have learned.
By participating in Pershing Rifles, you will
be prepared for the schools and additional
training offered through ROTC especially
the Army‟s Airborne and Air Assault
Schools. Also, as an Army cadet, the
knowledge you gain from our training will
be very beneficial when you go to LDAC.
Winning entry into Pershing Rifles also
builds confidence and camaraderie with
other cadets and midshipmen.
Cadet Burns, a future Armor officer,
and Cadet Howard, a future Infantry officer,
are our two Army MSIVs who will receive
their commissions as officers in May. For
more information on Pershing Rifles C-12
(ABN), please contact either myself or
Army CDTs Burns, Howard, Kmiecik,
Bailey, or Broughton.
Cadets in the water at CWST
Combat Water Survival Test Cadet Clarke Burns, Tufts 2009
On Friday the 13th
of February, the
cadets of Army ROTC‟s Paul Revere
Battalion assembled at dawn for the annual
Combat Water Survival Test (CWST).
Conducted in MIT‟s athletic complex, the
event is intended to prepare cadets for future
training and boost confidence in the water. It
is also one of the most enjoyable training
activities of the semester—the early hour
notwithstanding.
The first task these future Army
officers face is the three-meter drop.
Blindfolded students, wearing uniforms,
combat vests, and carrying dummy rifles,
are led to the edge of the high board. They
must jump into the pool and swim to the
side without losing their rifle or equipment.
For many, swimming in shoes and a uniform
presents much more of a challenge than
expected.
The second stop, the equipment
ditch, flummoxes many first-time cadets.
Here the challenge is not swimming, but
sinking: students must jump in the pool and
remove their equipment before surfacing.
Wiggling out of a tangled combat equipment
vest is not easy, and many take several
attempts before succeeding. After coaching,
however, everyone succeeds and proceeds to
the final test.
The 15-meter swim is a surprisingly
difficult event. Wearing waterlogged
uniforms and holding dummy rifles above
their heads, cadets swim the interminable
distance and emerge panting from the pool.
The encumbrance of their uniforms makes
these seemingly easy tasks exhausting
ordeals.
After receiving “Go‟s” on each of
the three stations, cadets strip down to
swimsuits and practice inflating their
uniforms for use as life preservers. Bobbing
under the diving boards, they try to master
the art of trapping air in their shirts and
pants. As a culminating exercise, squads
compete in floating a simulated casualty
from one end of the pool to the other. MIT‟s
Army ROTC battalion hosts students from
nine schools. As students are grouped, the
competition took on the appearance of an
inter-mural event. Cadets were on their way
to morning classes by 9:00 am, having
gained confidence in their ability to do what
will be required of them as they mature into
military officers.
Words from our Commander LTC Timothy Hall
Friends of the Paul Revere Battalion,
we have just concluded an outstanding
semester that has witnessed the excellent
performance of all of our Cadets and the
commissioning of many as Second
Lieutenants. This semester was extremely
busy with a compressed schedule and a large
number of high-payoff training events.
Overall, our program has seen both growth
and some contraction.
First, I would like to highlight the
major events that we did during the
semester. In this issue of The Revere
Recorder, you can read articles about our
Spring Field Training Exercise (FTX), Joint
Service Ball, our Combat Water Survival
Test (CWST), and our Lexington-Concord
battlefield staff ride. These significant
events, along with a few other smaller, yet
significant training events, including
marksmanship instruction and first aid
training, were crammed into a very tight
schedule.
Our continued expansion at the
North Shore made for significant challenges
for both our Cadets and our cadre. With our
team of mostly first-year cadre and our
seniors, there was a lot of great learning on
how to implement our continued growth of
the program. We are poised to improve our
operations for next year based on our
lessons learned. We did achieve the goal set
by Leo McGonagle of reaching an
enrollment of 80 cadets before retreating
slightly at the end of the year; some cadets
made the difficult choice to not continue in
the program for a variety of personal
reasons. As a result of our lessons learned
this semester, I made an important decision
that I believe will enhance the leadership
development and mentoring of all cadets. In
the past, the senior class filled all battalion
key leadership positions, including the NCO
positions such as Command Sergeant Major.
Additionally, because of the sizes of past
senior classes, we have generally not filled
battalion staff NCO positions. In contrast,
the junior class has provided the Cadets to
fill platoon leader, platoon sergeant, squad
leader, and team leader positions. For the
future, I decided to have our senior class fill
all officer positions, our junior class fill all
NCO positions on staff and NCO positions
down to squad leader, and our sophomore
class fill all available team leader positions.
I believe these changes will enhance training
and mentoring of Cadets and improve
functioning of the battalion.
Second, I would like to congratulate
all of our seniors on their commissioning:
Second Lieutenant Thomas Barron, Infantry;
Second Lieutenant Daniel Bilotti, Judge
Advocate Generals Corps; Second
Lieutenant Roxanne Bras, Corps of
Engineers; Second Lieutenant Clarke Burns,
Armor; Second Lieutenant Eric Catalanotti,
Infantry; Second Lieutenant Vincent
Chiappini, Judge Advocate Generals Corps;
Second Lieutenant Daniel Howard, Infantry;
Second Lieutenant Vikram Mittal, Corps of
Engineers; Second Lieutenant Stephen
Petraeus, Infantry; Second Lieutenant Brian
Thompson, Military Police Corps; and
Second Lieutenant Gregory Wellman,
Aviation. We have two remaining graduates
for the class of 2009 who will commission
later this year. First, Cadet Christopher
Ocasio will commission as a Field Artillery
officer after the Leadership Development
and Assessment Course this summer. Last,
Cadet Andrei Doohovskoy will commission
as an Infantry officer in the fall after
completion of his masters degree thesis.
Last, I would like to bid farewell to a
few of our cadre. As of right now, our
program is going through a period of small
turbulence. Out of our six
PMS/APMS/Instructor positions, we plan on
having four persons definitely remaining in
January 2010 with two replacements
inbound. We wish the following cadre
members departing this summer farewell:
MSG Carlos Santiago departs the Paul
Revere Battalion for the Sergeant Majors‟
Academy at FT Bliss, TX. After his one
year of schooling, he will head off to fill a
sergeant major position somewhere in the
Army. His leadership as the SMI will be
sorely missed. His replacement, MSG
Hinkle, will have big shoes to fill. Our last
cadre member departing is retiring after 20
years of service. SFC Kaz Karwowski had a
distinguished career. As his article in this
Revere Recorder shows, he is a premier
Soldier and leader. He made significant
contributions to this battalion and to its
Cadets and commissioned officers. He truly
made this battalion function very well. He
will not be going too far as he has accepted a
position at MIT‟s Gordon Engineering
Leadership Program with Leo McGonagle.
In addition to our permanent faculty, we
have CPT Rob McMahon departing the
battalion. He is on his way to California
after completing his masters‟ degree at the
Sloan School of Management at MIT. I
hope this latest issue of The Revere
Recorder finds you in good health and
fortune.
No Fear! Paul Revere!
COMMISSIONING PHOTOS . . .
LTC (Ret.) and Former PMS Gerald Wellman
Pinning his son, 2LT Gregory Wellman at MIT
CPT Nicholas Griffiths giving the Oath of Office to
2LT Daniel Howard at Endicott
Our Commissioning 2LTs at Harvard
Guest Speaker GEN David H. Petraeus congratulates
2LT Vincent Chiappini at Harvard as his parents look
on.
Our Commissioning graduates at Tufts
2LT Eric Catalanotti and his father, BG Robert
Catalanotti at Tufts.
2LT Vikram Mittal being Pinned by his
family at MIT
2LT Daniel Howard and LTC Timothy Hall at
Endicott
Joint-Service Military Ball Cadet Katherine Steckel, Tufts 2012
On March 6th
, the Paul Revere
Battalion joined Detachment 365 of Air
Force ROTC and the Navy‟s Old Ironsides
Battalion for the formal Joint Services
Military Ball. At six o‟clock the cadets
arrived at the MIT Hyatt-Regency for the
social hour. Cadets spent this time
socializing among themselves and with the
other branches as they introduced their dates
to both their fellow cadets and to the rich
military traditions that are present at all
formal events. Approximately one hour later
the doors to the main banquet hall were
opened and the cadets dispersed to claim
seats among the many tables. After the
presentation of the colors by a ceremonial
honor guard and a rendition of the national
anthem, CDT Boswell gave a short
invocation for the ceremony. This was
followed by the formal toasts, and a solemn
POW/MIA ceremony. The cadets then sat to
eat the three-course dinner catered by hotel
staff.
After dinner and a brief recess the
cadets reconvened in the hall to hear the
guest speaker, Lieutenant Colonel Terrence
O‟Connell of the United States Marine
Corps, give a brief presentation of his own
experiences and knowledge he has gained
after years serving in the Marines. LTC
O‟Connell spoke about the grave
After LTC O‟Connell finished his
presentation the cadets and midshipman in
turn convened on the main dance floor to
sing each of their respective service songs.
The Paul Revere Battalion, representing the
Army, once again drowned out the other
services with their loud and proud rendering
of the Army Song. Upon finishing the songs,
CDT Boswell provided a benediction for the
ceremony, the Colors were retired, and the
dance floor opened. The cadets of Paul
Revere then stayed to dance with their dates
and enjoy the rest of their evening. Any lack
of dancing skills was more than made up for
with remarkable zeal.
responsibility of leading soldiers: soldiers
that will one day be under the authority of
the cadets and midshipmen that were in the
room. LTC O‟Connell graduated out of an
ROTC program himself, through Villanova
University. He served in Operations IRAQI
FREEDOM, DESERT SHIELD, and
DESERT STORM. He is currently working
as a MIT Security Studies Program Military
Fellow.
Tufts seniors take leave of their dates to get a class
photo
The military ball, or Dining-Out, is
perhaps the most formal event in the
military social calendar. It trades the ritual
of the Dining-In for a more formal evening,
incorporating dates and spouses. The
tradition cadets participated in draws its
roots from monastery banquets which were
later adopted by the military when the
officers‟ mess was founded. This tradition
was then brought to America and adopted by
George Washington‟s Continental Army
from the British Army. Cadets experienced a
taste of military culture, tradition, and
history, and were able to show their dates a
glimpse into their world. Although a
celebratory atmosphere pervaded the event,
there were numerous reminders of the
serious responsibilities of the military
profession.
Some of our Cadets getting into the dancing
Cadet Turner breaks it down
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Staff Ride: Lexington and Concord Cadet Brian Thompson, Tufts 2009
On Saturday 4 April, the Cadre and
MSIVs conducted the first annual Paul
Revere Battalion Staff Ride in Lexington
and Concord. A Staff Ride is a specific type
of battlefield tour that is used as a valuable
tool for teaching vital lessons of leadership
and military science. In a staff ride, the
“students” of a battle visit the actual site of
that encounter to better understand the
leadership and military science factors that
define it. Rather than rely on a tour guide‟s
lecture to learn these lessons, staff ride
participants do all the work, spending weeks
before the actual staff ride to research the
events of the battle in order to have a more
meaningful dialogue with their historical
surroundings. First developed by the
Prussian army in the mid-1800s, the U.S.
Army first incorporated staff rides at the
Command and General Staff College in
Leavenworth in 1906. Today, the staff ride
has become a respected and frequently used
method of teaching officers (or Paul Revere
MSIVs) about leadership.
For our staff ride, LTC Hall selected
the battle fields at Lexington and Concord,
where the first true battles of the American
Revolution. It was on the night before these
two battles that our battalion namesake
made his famous midnight ride to warn
colonial leadership between Boston and
Concord that the British regulars were
marching out to Concord to seize powder
stores. The first stop on our ride was the
Battle Green in Lexington Center, where
colonial militia had mustered in opposition
to the regulars. To this day, there is still
debate as to who fired first at the Battle
Green, and why, but the end result was that
the British killed eight Minutemen and
wounded ten more before continuing their
march toward Concord.
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At the Battle Green, the MSIVs
discussed the factors that led to the
American Revolution itself and the Battles
of Lexington and Concord in particular. We
each also spoke briefly about a key
individual from the day‟s battles, who had
been assigned to us as part of our general
research on the battles. LTC Hall acted as a
moderator, using comments and questions
regarding the battle to guide the MSIVs‟
discussion of the people and events to
maximize our learning.
After leaving the Battle Green we
next drove to Concord on the Battle Road,
the same route that was used by the British
soldiers in April of 1775. Our next stop was
the Old North Bridge in Concord, which is
the site of the famous “shot heard „round the
world.” It was at the Old North Bridge that
the first real military success against the
British regulars was achieved by the colonial
militiamen. The unexpected
professionalism and military prowess of the
Minutemen forced the British to begin a
retreat toward the relative safety of occupied
Boston without achieving their goal of
seizing powder stores at Concord. During
the entire march from Concord back to
Lexington, the British were harassed by
sniper fire from behind trees and walls, with
British officers being specifically targeted in
order to instill confusion in the ranks.
To better understand and appreciate
the British ordeal, the MSIVs ruck-marched
the route of the British regulars‟ nine mile
retreat to Lexington, with LTC Hall and
MSG Santiago leading us through
discussion at the sites of skirmishes on the
way. In 1775, when the fatigued and
depleted British regulars arrived back at the
Battle Green in Lexington, they linked up
with a British force whose artillery cover
prevented the colonial militia from finishing
off the regulars before they could reach
safety in Boston. In 2009, when the fatigued
but still intact force of Paul Revere MSIVs
reached the Battle Green in Lexington, we
linked up with a rescue force consisting of
CPTs Griffiths and McMahon, who shuttled
us to Hanscom Air Force Base for a cookout
and the integration phase of our staff ride.
While CPT Griffiths and CPT McMahon
argued about the best way to cook a burger
(probably CPT G‟s method of actually
removing the wax paper and separating the
patties before putting them on the grill), the
MSIVs pulled together all the key lessons
learned over the course of the staff ride.
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The Lexington-Concord staff ride was an
extremely fulfilling experience. Although I
had been to both sites before, the focus on
participation by students made the staff ride
a more valuable learning tool than any
previous tour I had taken. The fact that we
marched the route of the British retreat gave
each of us a better appreciation for the
harrowing experience of those soldiers,
whose perspective I had not considered so
fully prior to the staff ride. The battles of
Lexington and Concord happened in 1775,
but the timeless factors of war allowed us to
distill from these historical battle sites
invaluable leadership and military science
lessons that will help the MSIVs lead
soldiers in the near future.
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Farewell to SFC Karwowski Cadet Clarke Burns, Tufts 2009
Sergeant First Class Kazimir Karwowski, a
20-year Army veteran, will be leaving the
Army this June. As the training NCO and
MSIII instructor, he has helped several
classes of MSIIIs prepare for and excel at
LDAC. He has been with the Paul Revere
Battalion for almost 2.5 years, and has had
an incalculable impact on a generation of
cadets. He will not be going far, however.
SFC K will be remaining at MIT, teaching
leadership with a former professor of
military science, LTC McGonagle.
SFC K has had a long and colorful
military career. He eschewed a chemical
engineering degree in favor of the Army,
transferring to the infantry when he found
his communications MOS “too boring”. He
spent 10 years stationed in Alaska, climbing
Denali with the Army mountaineering team
and teaching climbing skills at the Army
Mountain Warfare school.
SFC Karwowski ascending Denali (Alaska)
SFC Karwowski has participated in
almost every US military intervention over
the past two decades, including Desert
Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti and Iraq.
1993 Found then-Sergeant Karwowski in
Mogadishu, Somalia, part of the 10th
Mountain Division rescue force depicted in
the film “Blackhawk Down”.
SFC K loaded for bear. (Iraq, 2006)
SFC K is also a veteran of Operation
Iraqi Freedom. He arrived back in the
United States in December 2006, having
come from an extended deployment in Iraq
as a platoon sergeant for a Stryker unit. He
drove across the continent to join the Paul
Revere battalion in January 2007. His
tactical acumen and sage advice has been
invaluable to cadets preparing to enter the
Army as officers. Although he will no
longer be in uniform, SFC Karwowski looks
forward to continuing to teach emerging
leaders at MIT. He plans on enjoying
civilian life with his wife and daughter,
Kazia, and skiing as much as possible.
Sergeant Karwowski in the Mogadishu Stadium,
1993 (Somalia)
Godspeed to MSG Santiago Cadet Clarke Burns, Tufts 2009
MSG Carlos Santiago
After a short tenure at the Paul
Revere Battalion, MSG Carlos Santiago is
departing for Fort Bliss, TX. There he will
attend the Sergeants Major Academy. In the
grade of Sergeant Major, MSG Santiago will
have reached the pinnacle of an Army
NCO‟s career. As an Engineer, MSG
Santiago will likely serve as the Command
Sergeant Major for an Engineering battalion
or brigade. A native of Puerto Rico, MSG
Santiago enjoys scuba diving in his spare
time and spending free moments with his
family. Best of luck to MSG Santiago in his
new role as a senior Army leader.
Comments from the Cadet
Battalion Commander Cadet Thomas Barron, Harvard 2009
As the semester draws to a close, it
comes time again to look at what we have
accomplished as a battalion. Spring 2009
built upon what we achieved in the Fall with
a set of challenging training events. As
always, the Paul Revere cadets surmounted
these obstacles with ease and alacrity,
building esprit and valuable skills in the
process. This semester‟s training maintained
the traditional focus of the Spring
semester—Combat Water Survival, Drill
and Ceremony, and Squad Tactics and Field
Leadership training. All the while, our
battalion‟s cadets remain committed to
excellence in their academic, physical
fitness, and Military Science pursuits.
Beyond the battalion‟s
accomplishments in required training, I
would like to highlight valuable progress in
areas that will serve us well in years to
come. Paul Revere cadets have showed a
strong spirit of engagement with sister Army
ROTC battalions, other services‟ ROTC
programs, and their school communities. A
very valuable improvement in our spring
field training was the focus on teamwork
and cooperation that all of the cadets of all
years brought to working with Boston
University‟s Charles River Battalion. BU‟s
cadets were equally focused on these goals.
We must continue to focus on building this
relationship, as it begets significant
increases in the value of our limited training
time. We have made similar advances in our
cooperation in joint events with other
services, moving beyond the Pass in
Review, Awards ceremony, and Military
Ball to integrating other services into our
events like the CWST, conducting joint
color guards, and social events. Together we
represent a relatively small military
community at our respective campuses, and
building this community is particularly
important here, and as we move into an
operating environment that relies heavily on
inter-service cooperation. Finally, cadets
have been very engaged with their campus
communities; they have conducted color
guards, participated in roundtable
discussions, and served as forum panelists.
Paul Revere cadets often are the only
representatives of the military their
communities may come across. The
initiative our cadets are taking to act as
representatives is invaluable for our
continued flourishing as a program, and also
benefits our campus communities.
Finally, on behalf of the Class of
2009, I would like to thank the cadre and our
fellow cadets for shaping our experience
through ROTC. We feel privileged to have
been able to train and interact with so many
talented students (and faculty) from different
schools in the Boston area. We have created
lasting friendships within our class and
across the battalion, and looking forward,
we can see that fellow Paul Revere cadets
who preceded us have created an extended
Paul Revere community which we will all
join. We wish you the best in your future
endeavors.
CDT Barron
c/BC
The Year in Review . . .
Our newest contractees with LTC Hall and MSG
Santiago at Camp Curtis Guild.
Testing out the Grog at the Dining In
In formation at the Pass in Review
Cleaning up after the Spring Field Training Exercises