Army News 

The military is typically a male-dominated field, but that has not stopped women from positively infiltrating their ranks.Although seriously outnumbered, three female ROTC cadets expressed the enjoyment found participating in BYU’s ROTC program. 

At a time of wars and rumors of wars, Army ROTC cadets are making the choice to serve their nation and honor their religion.

It’s not unusual to see BYU students exercising at 6 a.m. What is unusual is seeing more than a hundred of them working out in matching uniforms.

On September 4, 2010, retired professional baseball legend, Vern Law, was welcomed onto the field by BYU Army ROTC.  Vern will have the honor of firing the George Q Cannon today to welcome the team onto the field.   

Amidst camouflage and battle cries Army ROTC cadets learned basic dodging, crawling and rolling recently to prepare them for future training and provide opportunities to exercise leadership skills. The cadets practice these Individual Movement Techniques called IMT’s to increase survivability on the battle field.

A Brigham Young University Army ROTC cadet won a national award and the opportunity to attend a National Security Seminar in Lexington, Va., joining top cadets from across the country at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee University. Robert Root, a recent political science graduate from Santa Clara, Utah, received the Marshall Award, a recognition given to the top cadet from each of the 273 Army ROTC units in the United States.

A member of Provo's Municipal Council will soon expand her role from serving the city to serving her country. Laura Cabanilla, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserves, announced Monday she will be deployed to Kuwait in August. It will be her first deployment.

Jessie Ingraham, a Dixie State College Army ROTC cadet finished ahead of 450 other cadets in the two-mile run at the Army Physical Fitness Test held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. Ingraham, a BYU senior, finished the run in 13 minutes and 12 seconds, making her the top female in this event among her cadet peers and making one of the fastest times recorded this summer.

Friends and family will be holding funeral services this week in Mesa, Ariz., for Army Capt. Cory J. Jenkins, a BYU graduate who was killed in Southern Afghanistan last Tuesday. Jenkins and three other U.S. soldiers were killed after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

Traveling across the country to compete against all ranks of army personnel, the BYU Army ROTC Marksmanship Team shined at the U.S. Army Small Arms Championship.

Brigham Young University senior Jason Cabatingan has been named second out of more than 4,000 cadets on the Army ROTC National Order of Merit List. The placement reflects his outstanding performance in academics, leadership, extracurricular activities and physical training. The National Order of Merit List is compiled every year and ranks all Army ROTC cadets after their junior year of college.