Assumption students become leaders through ROTC program

Joining a college ROTC program is a decision that will benefit your future in many ways. www.assumption...
In addition, to building a strong academic foundation, ROTC students at Assumption gain tremendous leadership, interpersonal, and technical skills. Scholarship and stipend opportunities are also offered, some of which cover full tuition and provide a living allowance.
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"I am constantly amazed by our Army ROTC cadets. The selflessness, the discipline, and the motivation that they display on a daily basis makes me want to get up in the morning and come teach."
"The Bay State Battalion is one of the best battalions in the nation. They were actually ranked number one at camp this summer out of all battalions in the nation, so the leadership and the level of experience and education that I'm going to get through the battalion really stood out to me."
"The Bay State Battalion is the army ROTC battalion for all of central Massachusetts. Our cadets have the ability to form relationships with students from up to 10 different universities in the central Massachusetts area."
"The Assumption ROTC program really challenges you mentally and physically. These obstacles that you think you couldn't overcome before you can now. I've really developed myself as a leader and through physical and mental challenges, I've seen myself become a stronger and more resilient person."
"By joining ROTC, you're going to learn things about yourself you never knew. On the academic side, we're going to expect you to hold a high standard and you're going to bring that together, not just in earning a grade for that course, but you're going to bring all those critical thinking skills together and show us in leadership and you're going to learn that your behavior is role model to others.
"What makes ROTC unique as opposed to other commissioning sources, like a full-time service academy, is that they do have the flexibility to be able to experience the university life in its entirety. As a part of their leadership development and their growth, they're going to experience friction with trying to find that balance."
"There are three components to the ROTC curriculum - physical fitness, leadership development, and tactical military training. Our students can also have any academic major that they like. They can pursue any endeavor so the same things that make a great leader in the army are the same things that make a great leader in the civilian sector."
"I love going to PT every day. I am the Company First Sergeant, so I'm in charge of organizing PT plans for the week. When I'm there struggling through a workout or long run, they're also there struggling through that long run but we just lift each other up and finish that run together."
"There are three primary available scholarship opportunities for ROTC cadets - two for perspective students that are still in high school. The great thing about Assumption University is that all national scholarship students are awarded free room and board by Assumption, allowing them to graduate completely debt free."
"I received a four year national scholarship. When I first found out, I was ecstatic. It lifted up a great burden off my shoulders to have college paid for and give me an opportunity to do what I love."
"We're at Reserve Forces training area Devons in Devons, Massachusetts. We're out here for our fall FTX which really sets the foundation of training for the cadets in the fall semester. We're focused on individual tactics and training out here."
"Military training weekends gives you time to be out there with your peers, sleeping under a hooch, which is a self-made tent with a poncho over trees. Being out there and learning new things is awesome."
"Our first year cadets, this is the first time many of them have ever had a weapon in their hands, eaten an army MRE, and got to see and utilize army equipment. For our sophomores and juniors, they're more familiar, they've been out here before, they're assuming leadership roles out here in the small units. Our seniors are military science class four, they're leading all of the training, so they've planned and prepared and they're executing the training as the primary training audience."
"I plan to go active duty after graduating Assumption. It's an amazing leadership opportunity right out of college which not everyone gets."
"My ultimate goal would be to graduate from Assumption, go to law school, and then become a JAG officer, which is the Judge Advocate General's, which would be the lawyers of the Army."
"Army ROTC is the best leadership development program in the country. If you want to be a leader, come join us."
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