Eastern Washington University
The autumn colors will soon be coming to an end here at Eastern Washington University (EWU). If you haven’t already, hurry up to campus to see them before they are gone. Here are a few pictures of the autumn colors around Cadet Hall and our beautiful EWU campus. The first one is of Cadet Hall:
The fall colors are in full bloom all around the Eastern Washington University (EWU) campus which means it is homecoming week:
The 2018 Homecoming & Parent and Family Weekend parade is 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, in downtown Cheney. The EWU ROTC color guard and classic Jeep “Lil Eag’” with our historic towed packed howizter will lead the parade that starts the festivities of Eag-Nite (which also includes the bonfire-pep rally and street party).
The Color Guard and Lil Eag’ will stage at 4:30 p.m. in parking lot P-15 in front of Hargreaves Hall, next to the fence bordering the University President’s house. Anyone wanting to get pictures with our Jeep and cannon are encouraged to show up during this staging period for photos. We would love to see any alumni, friends, and family of the EWU ROTC program during this time. The Color Guard with Lil Eag’ will lead the parade from P-15, followed by President Cullinan and her husband, EWU Alumni Association Board members, and our 50-year reunion guests, down C Street. The remaining parade entrants will follow from their staging point in P-17. The parade will then turn right onto 1st Street. The parade ends at the Surplus parking lot (H Street), where the bonfire-pep rally will be held.
On Saturday, homecoming activities continue with the EWU football team playing the University of Idaho. Prior to the 12:05 PM kickoff our EWU ROTC Color Guard will present our nation’s colors during the National Anthem. During the game our Cannon Crew team will hopefully have a busy day firing our historic pack howitzer after many EWU touchdowns.
We look forward to seeing everyone this weekend. Go Eags!
Another one of our outstanding Cadets in the Eastern Washington University (EWU) ROTC program has been featured on the official US Army website. This time one of our MS III Cadets, Christian Goldbach had his experiences this past summer on an Army internship in Peru featured in the article. Cadet Goldbach was selected for the highly competitive Cultural Understanding & Leadership Program (CULP). For those unfamiliar with CULP it is a program sponsored by US Army Cadet Command (USACC) that takes Cadets overseas on cultural deployments in support of worldwide Army Security Cooperation plans and the Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy. The timeframe for a CULP deployment is generally one month in duration and are executed between the 11 May – 11 August 2019 timeframe.
During his time in Peru, Cadet Goldbach stayed in Lima, the country’s capital, where he experienced both the Peruvian culture and military as a member Escuela Militar de Chorrillos, Peru’s version of West Point. You can read all about his experiences in Peru at this link.
This once and life time opportunity was made available to Cadet Goldbach by first contracting into the EWU Army ROTC program and then demonstrating outstanding performance to be selected for this unique internship. The summer 2019 CULP application period is currently open and ends on October 31st. Any contracted Cadet interested in applying for CULP can read more about the program at this link.
Finally I would like to congratulate our Assistant Professor of Military Science (APMS) Captain Greg Benjamin for writing and submitting the article that was accepted for publication. This is the fourth article selected for publication in the past three months that has highlighted across the greater Army the great things the Cadets in the EWU ROTC program are doing.
Go Fighting Eagles!
Via an alumni tip, below is a 1962 aerial view of the Eastern Washington University campus. For those that look closely on the mid-to-upper left of the image Cadet Hall can be seen on the hill above where the football field used to be. Clearly the EWU campus has expanded significantly in the past 56 years. If any alumni have any historical pictures they want to share on the site feel free to email them to rotc@ewu.edu. Go Fighting Eagles!
This week the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program conducted physical training at Reese Court on the EWU campus. Physical training focused on pushup & situp improvement, sprint intervals, and a lot of stair climbing which Reese Court is a great place to conduct this training at. Pictures of the Cadets conducting physical training can be see below.
See what the fantastic Cadets in the Fighting Eagles Battalion have been doing over the past month by clicking the below link to download an online PDF file of the September 2018 EWU ROTC Newsletter:
All the prior newsletters published by the EWU ROTC program can also be read by clicking the “Newsletters” link on the above menu bar.
Go Fighting Eagles!
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