Historical Photos & Articles

Army ROTC First Female Cadet Commissioned at the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder

2LT Christine Agatsuma Rigby – Commissioned as Signal Corp on May 21, 1976.

Cadre History – SGM John C. Anderson, 1975-1981

Cadre member Sergeant Major John C. Anderson, served with the Army ROTC Golden Buffalo Battalion from 1975-1981 at the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder.

Cadet Zimmerman new rank added in 1957

Cadet Col. Roger Zimmerman receives his new insignia of rank from Col. Roland P. West and Col. Harry E. Burcher. Zimmerman was recently appointed as regimental commander for the Army ROTC Unit on the university campus.

Member of the First Army ROTC Freshman Class of 1948

2LT Millard Hawley Smith – Commissioned in Engineering Corp in May 1952. He enrolled at the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder in the fall, becoming a member of the first Army ROTC class as a freshman in 1948.

The first Professor of Military Science (PMS) of the Army ROTC program for the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder (1948-49)

COL Landaker served as the first Professor of Military Science (PMS) at the University of أغجاض±²¥ in Boulder between 1948-49.

U.S. Army establishes an Engineer Unit of the ROTC in 1948 at the University of أغجاض±²¥

Following World War II, the University again requested an Army ROTC program and in 1948 the Army established its first official ROTC program on campus. Limited to engineering, physics, geology, and chemistry students, the unit was designed to train officers to serve in various components of the Army.

Vetsville

During World War II the campus was filled with coeds and military personnel.آ  Bolstered by the educational benefits of the GI Bill, fresh-faced youths were replaced after the war by battle-hardened military men often accompanied by wives and families.

THEN – World War I

The United States entered World War I early in 1917. University students and professors across the country enlisted. Campuses became military training grounds.

The first commander of the Army ROTC program for the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder (1918-20)

CPT Merritt was placed again on active duty and served at Fort Bayard, New Mexico before being ordered to Boulder, أغجاض±²¥ to command the Army ROTC program at the University of أغجاض±²¥ in December 1917.

أغجاض±²¥-Boulder – the beginning of Army ROTC on campus (1883-1918)

In 1883, students at the University of أغجاض±²¥ Boulder established a voluntary cadet corps in order to drill in the schools of “the soldier and the company.â€‌