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Air Force ROTC

Read stories about students, faculty, and alumni at the BYU Air Force ROTC, hosted by the BYU Marriott School of Business aerospace studies program.
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Student Spotlight

The Journey to Leadership

February 04, 2020
For BYU students Cathryn Guzzwell and Sydney Clark, hard work and determination put them in a class above as cadet commanders of the Air Force and Army ROTC programs.
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Student Experiences

Flags for the Fallen

December 20, 2019
Cadets and faculty in BYU's Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs commemorated Veterans Day last month with activities that focused on both honoring the 212 fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall in BYU's Wilkinson Student Center.
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Employee Spotlight

Living the Dream

November 22, 2019
For Colonel Frederick Thaden, his selection as the department chair of BYU Marriott's Department of Aerospace Studies, also known as BYU Air Force ROTC Detachment 855, is a dream come true.
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Alumni Spotlight

Flying in the Forgotten War

November 20, 2019
Quick transitions between life events have always been part of Merle Allen’s unofficial strategy for most of his life. At BYU’s 1954 graduation dance, the marketing grad, senior class president, and former varsity football player proposed to his sweetheart, Carol Beckstrand. After the MC announced the happy news, Allen says they then rushed to Beckstrand’s parents’ home to “tell her folks so we’d get to them before somebody else did.”
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Student Experiences

BYU Air Force ROTC Program Cadets Prepare for the Future by Looking to the Past

November 08, 2019
The past, present, and future don't often collide, but they certainly did during the BYU Air Force ROTC's senior capstone event: a six-day staff ride to Washington, DC, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and other historic sites.

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Student Experiences

Engines Roaring

September 16, 2019
This past summer, cadets from BYU and UVU in Air Force ROTC Detachment 855 gave the city of Orem a little taste of what flying an F-16 military jet is like.
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Student Experiences

Military Parade Concludes Another Outstanding Year for AFROTC

July 25, 2019
Air Force Detachment 855's annual military parade was held this spring as one hundred sixty cadets drilled across the Richards Building fields.
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Student Spotlight

Grit and Gratitude

June 12, 2019
BYU Marriott AFROTC cadet Jason Draper has been determined to attend selection week of intense, nonstop training necessary to become a combat rescue officer since his first day in the ROTC program.
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Student Experiences

Cadet-Run Honor Guard Teaches Leadership and Responsibility

January 18, 2019
Every semester approximately forty BYU Marriott cadets elect to join the newly organized honor guard and use what extra time they have to set a high standard for other students and compete around the country.
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Student Experiences

BYU’s Air Force ROTC Program Soars to New Heights

October 23, 2018
The number of cadets enrolled in BYU Marriott's Air Force ROTC program has taken flight, rising from about one hundred in 2012 to more than 180 today.
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Employee Spotlight

RECRUITING SKYROCKETS IN HANDS OF LT. PINEDA

December 12, 2016
At five foot two, the petite Lt. Erin Pineda smashes Air Force stereotypes. From jumping out of airplanes to working on a space mission, her experiences are nothing short of remarkable.
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Employee Spotlight

THREE NEW ROTC FACULTY JOIN MARRIOTT SCHOOL

September 16, 2016
The start of another school year brings both new students and new faculty to BYU. In addition to new business faculty, the Marriott School of Management welcomes three new ROTC faculty members. Read on to meet the men behind the uniforms.
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Student Experiences

GO FORWARD TO DEFEND FREEDOM: 9/11 VIGIL

September 12, 2016
Sunday marked fifteen years since the devastating terrorist attacks that killed thousands of people in New York City, Virginia, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.
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Student Experiences

TEAM OF RIVALS: ROTC RUNS GAME BALL

September 09, 2016
Despite a heated history between the BYU Cougars and the Utah Utes on the football field, the universities’ ROTC battalions work together to deliver the game ball from Provo to Rice-Eccles Stadium each “Deseret First Duel” game day. The longstanding tradition, reaching back to the seventies, confirms that, notwithstanding the teams’ ardent rivalry, the Army ROTC battalions at both schools fight for the same team.
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Student Experiences

HOW ROTC CADETS DO SUMMER

July 18, 2016
Summer is what you make it. Check out what BYU Air Force ROTC cadets are up to when school’s out:
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Student Experiences

Drill Team - Color Guard = Honor

April 19, 2016
They march into memorial services, Scout meetings, and basketball games in perfect unison. Carrying flags and rifles with care, the BYU Air Force ROTC Drill Team and Color Guard perform their duties with precision and honor.
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Student Experiences

BYU ROTC Cadets Prepare for Presidential Review

November 07, 2013
BYU Army and Air Force ROTC cadets will march to Brigham Square Friday, Nov. 8, to honor veterans past and present.
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Student Experiences

BYU Army and Air Force Cadets Earn Foreign Achievement Badge

March 12, 2013
Cadets from eight schools across Utah gathered in March to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.
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