University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
11/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/11/2024 16:41
UW Oshkosh Fox Valley ROTC team takes second in ranger challenge at Fort McCoy
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's five-person Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) team took runner-up honors recently in a grueling competition held at Fort McCoy.
Numerous coed teams with Army ROTC Detachments from Wisconsin, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and beyond, participated in Task Force McCoy Ranger Challenge Oct. 18-19.
UW-Oshkosh's team, led by team captain Cadet Emily Rivero, placed second behind the first-place team from Marquette University of Milwaukee. UWO topped UW-Madison, which placed third.
Rivero, a senior majoring in psychology, hails from Skokie, Illinois; and Cadet Rylee Radtke of Mukwonago, is a UWO sophomore nursing student.
Other participating cadets were from St. Norbert College:
Joshua Martin, Oshkosh, a junior majoring in international studies; Coleman McDonagh, Chilcago, Illinois, is a sophomore majoring in political science; Jack Brouder, Chicago, Illinois, is a sophomore majoring in sociology; Bradshaw Morel, Milwaukee, a senior majoring in accounting; and Noah Kircher, De Pere, a freshman studying sociology.
Ranger Challenge is considered the Army ROTC "varsity sport," according to its website, with teams forming early in the semester and training rigorously nearly every day.
Among the events were a conditioning course, rope bridge and knots test, call for fire event, tactical combat casualty care and medvac, hand grenade qualification course event and land navigation.
UW-Oshkosh serves as a the host school for Wisconsin Oshkosh Fox Valley ROTC Battalion, composed of cadets from UWO, St. Norbert, Ripon College, Marian University and UW-Green Bay. Army ROTC allows outstanding college students to become part-time or full-time commissioned officers in the U.S. Army.
The ranger challenge competition took place at Fort McCoy, the only U.S. Army installation in the state. Fort McCoy provides support and facilities for field and classroom training or more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year.
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