Contracted Cadets
On September 10, 2020 the Eastern Kentucky Colonel's Battalion welcomed 10 new contracted cadets. Upon the oath to the U.S. Army and Cadet Command, the new cadets received scholarships to help...
View Article2020 EKU ROTC FTX
The Colonel's Battalion conducted a field training exercise at the Harold L. Disney Training Center in Artemus Kentucky from 25 to 27 September 2020. Cadets received in depth training on field craft,...
View Article2020 Veteran's Day Memorial Ceremony
Eastern Kentucky University celebrated Veteran's Day on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 to honor the men and women who have served and are currently serving our county. The cadet lead ceremony was held...
View Article2021 Military Science and Leadership Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
Thursday, May 6th, 2021 Military Science and Leadership Army ROTC held a Spring Commissioning Ceremony in Brock Auditorium. Nine Cadets were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States...
View Article2021 MSL Army ROTC Distinguished Alumni LTC Phillip Lenz
Friday, April 30th, 2021 LTC Phillip Lenz was awarded the Eastern Kentucky University Distinguished Alumni Award. LTC Lenz began his military career as an enlisted military intelligence ground...
View ArticleEKU Army ROTC Spring 2021 Newsletter
Greetings! Your Cadets have been extremely busy, balancing their academics, ROTC activities and supporting the RIchmond community. This semester continued with extreme COVID mitigation measures, but we...
View ArticleMilitary Science and Leadership realignment to the College Of Justice and Safety
The College of Justice & Safety is now the College of Justice, Safety and Military Science. Initially announced in February, the realignment of the Department of Military Science &...
View ArticleWelcome New Professor of Military Science and Cadre
The Eastern Kentucky University Military Science and Leadership Army ROTC program will have new faces for the start of the Fall 2021 semester. Lieutenant Colonel Vincent A. Thomas, originally from...
View Article2021 Fall Colonel's Challenge EKU Army ROTC
Military Science and Leadership, Army ROTC, would like to welcome some of our new freshman joining the Colonel's Battalion this Fall 2021. The incoming students were selected to participate in our...
View Article2021 MSL Army ROTC Cadet Stakes
Cadet Stakes is an annual competition for JROTC high school programs. Junior cadets face various obstacles and are challenged with having to work together as a team to achieve many difficult tasks....
View ArticleEKU Army ROTC represent during EKU Homecoming Parade
It was with great pride and honor that EKU ROTC got to represent the Colonels' Battalion during the 2021 EKU Homecoming Parade. Cadets marched while being led by the ROTC Color Guard.
View ArticleAnnual EKU Army ROTC Halloween PT
Thursday, October 28th, EKU Army ROTC held their annual Halloween PT Kickball Competition. The cadets meet at the intermural fields at 5:30 a.m. dressed-up and ready to participate. The 2nd Platoon...
View ArticleVeterans Memorial Ceremony & Military Appreciation Weekend
Saturday, November 20th, 2021 Military Appreciation Weekend-Veterans Memorial Ceremony. When Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" over 200 years ago, he called America, "the land of the...
View ArticleEKU Army ROTC Staff Ride - Perryville
MS3's and MS4's from EKU and UC participated in a staff ride to the Perryville battle site. As a group, the Cadets briefed each other as well as the ROTC Cadre on the battle and it's relevance to what...
View Article2022 MSL Army ROTC Distinguished Alumni LTC Michael Dargavell
This years Military Science Distinguished Alumni Award with the College of Justice, Safety and Military Science was awarded to LTC Michael Dargavell. LTC Dargavell is the Professor of Military Science...
View ArticleSpring 2022 MSL Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
The 2022 MSL Army ROTC Spring Commissioning Ceremony was held Thursday, May 12th in O'Donnell Auditorium, Whitlock Building. The speaker for the ceremony was Colonel Timothy R. Starke, Director of...
View ArticleThe Carloftis Garden will be the new home of the Veterans Memorial
Continuing efforts to create a more pedestrian-friendly Campus Beautiful, Eastern Kentucky University has begun a renovation project in Powell Plaza. Known as the heart of Eastern's campus, the...
View ArticleMilitary Appreciation Weekend
The weekend of November 4th-5th EKU celebrated Military Appreciation Weekend. The EKU campus and community honored veterans along with the first ever 4 Star General to graduate from the EKU Army ROTC...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Brian Brode
Growing up in a single-parent household, Brian Brode learned at an early age from his mother the importance of serving others. Many times, he volunteered alongside her as she ignored her own financial...
View Article2023 MSL Army ROTC Military Ball
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Military Science and Leadership Army ROTC Military Ball. A special thank you to our guest speaker, EKU Alumni Alvin Miller and his wife Dominique Miller. COL...
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