Army ROTC

Army ROTC 20th Anniversary Run, April 1

March 24, 2016

McGee copy As the nation commemorates 100 years of Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps excellence this year, the University of Portland celebrates the 20th anniversary of being a host campus for Army ROTC cadets. Please join Army ROTC on Friday, April 1, at 6 a.m., for their Anniversary Run around campus, followed by light breakfast refreshments afterward. Runners will meet up at Prusynski Pitch and wil finish in front of the Pilot House and then move into Howard Hall for refreshments.

For more information, visit the Army ROTC office in Howard Hall or call 8060, or email Dennis McGee, Army ROTC, at mcgee@up.edu.

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony, Nov. 10-11

November 6, 2015

Colonel Christian Rees, Chief of Staff, Land Component Command of the Oregon Army National Guard, will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veterans. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Rees was formerly director of installations for the Oregon Military Department. He earned a bachelor of science at Cornell University, an M.Arch. in architecture at the University of Oregon, and a master’s degree in strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College in 2012.

Also on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m., the University will have calls for world peace at the International Peace Garden located outside of Buckley Center Auditorium. A few short readings will be given by international students, along with personal messages and prayers in their own languages and religions calling for world peace.

The Praying Hands Memorial was built by the University’s Class of 1948, in honor of the 69 University of Portland students killed during World War II.

For more information on the Veterans Day observation, contact Pete Wood, Army ROTC, at x8058 or woodpe@up.edu. For information on Prayers for Peace, contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony

November 10, 2014

Colonel Doug Edwards, an Air Force ROTC and 1967 University of Portland alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veterans.

The Veterans Day ceremony will take place after a 24-hour candlelight vigil with Air Force and Army cadets standing guard beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday, November 10. The vigil ends at the conclusion of the Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday.

Colonel Edwards graduated from Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) of Arizona in 1969. He then accumulated over 1,000 hours of combat flying over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. He served tours of duty in Arizona and England, where he earned master’s degrees in Aviation Management and Aeronautical Science.

The Praying Hands Memorial was built by the University’s Class of 1948, in honor of the 69 University of Portland students killed during World War II. The addition of each brick wall surrounding the memorial represents four different battles: World War I, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War.

For more information, contact Eric Chastain at 8065 or chastain@up.edu.

Veteran’s Day Vigil, Ceremony

November 8, 2013

Brigadier general Steven R. Beach will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veterans.

The Veterans Day ceremony will take place after a 24-hour candlelight vigil with Air Force and Army cadets standing guard beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 10. The vigil ends at the end of the ceremony, at approximately noon on Monday.

Beach is the Assistant Adjutant General-Army, Oregon National Guard. He has received numerous awards and decorations throughout his career, including the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service, Army Commendation with four bronze oak leaf clusters, Iraq Campaign, Global War on Terrorism, and other medals.

For more information, contact Eric Chastain at 8065 or chastain@up.edu.

UP ROTC Cadet Takes Top Honor

July 22, 2013

Colin Root, a cadet in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of Portland, was honored as the top overall cadet in his regiment during graduation ceremonies for the 2013 Leader Development and Assessment Course at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington on July 11. He was among approximately 885 ROTC Training Corps cadets from the 1st and 2nd Regiments.

Root was among a group of eight cadets honored for individual accomplishments that set them apart from their peers. From each regiment, awards were handed out for distinguished honor graduate, honor graduate, top male and female scores on the Army physical fitness test, and the cadet who best represented the Warrior Ethos, a term coined to reflect the embodiment of a soldier. Root, a junior Global Business major at the University, was recognized as 1st Regiment Distinguished Honor Graduate, Bravo Company.

The ceremony capped off 29 days of leadership-infused training designed to develop each cadet’s leadership abilities through a sequentially organized training schedule that incorporated the basic necessary skills to become an effective military leader. The leadership course is one of the final steps for cadets prior to completing the ROTC program and entering the Army as commissioned officers.

For more information contact the Army ROTC office at 7353 or armyrotc@up.edu.