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Army
ROTC cadets are strongly encouraged to be involved in activities both
within ROTC and the outside community. The following are
organizations within Army ROTC:
- Ranger Challenge Team
- Color Guard
- 20th Maine Honor Society
- Scabbard and Blade Honor Society
- Intramural Sports Teams
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Ranger Challenge
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The
Ranger Challenge Team is a group of highly motivated cadets that
look to set and exceed the standard within the Black Bear
Battalion. They train through out the fall for the Ranger
Challenge Competition at
Fort Devens
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MA
in October. The competition is two days in length and involves
cadets competing in the following events:
- Army
Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
- Marksmanship
- Weapons
Disassembly and Assembly
- Land
Navigation
- Field
Leaders Reaction Course (FLRC)
- Obstacle
Course
- Hand
Grenade Assault Course
- 10K
Road March
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Color Guard
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The
Color Guard team is a group of cadets that performs drill and
ceremony at Army ROTC events such as the Dining In, Military Ball,
and Commissioning Ceremonies. The Color Guard team also
performs at other campus events such as varsity sports games and
graduation.
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20th Maine
Honor Society |
| The 20th Maine, the
Military Honor Society of the First Maine Cadet Battalion,
provides its membership with professional development through a
program of seminars, research projects, and guest speakers on
national defense subjects. The Society further seeks to aid the
University and the community through cooperative assistance and
community action projects. Membership consists of sophomore,
junior, and senior cadets who have demonstrated outstanding
leadership, high moral character, scholarship (both in Military
Science and in other disciplines), and service to the ROTC program
and the University
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Scabbard
and Blade Honor Society
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| Scabbard and Blade is an
Honor Society comprised of members of Army, Navy, and Air Force
Cadets who demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities. Current
members of the Society select candidates for membership. The
Professors of Military Science of the three services then approve
the candidates selected. Activities of the Society are both
service and socially oriented.
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Intramural
Sports Teams
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| Physical fitness is
extremely important to excelling in the Army ROTC program.
For this reason many cadets play on ROTC intramural sports
teams. For more information on Intramural Sports at the
University of Maine, please click
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