Leadership Development That Lasts a Lifetime...

Army ROTC is an elective curriculum you take along with your required college classes. It prepares you with the tools, training and experiences that will help you succeed in any competitive environment. Along with great leadership training, Army ROTC can pay for your college tuition, too. You will have a normal college student experience like everyone else on campus, but when you graduate, you will be an Officer in the Army.

Army ROTC- Cougar Battalion

Here is a taste of what Army ROTC at SIUe is all about...
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Myself along with my SIUe Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team during our competition in 2009.
Here is a link to the SIUe Army ROTC website.

I have been a part of Army ROTC during my entire college career and am very glad I chose the route through college that I did. ROTC teaches core fundamentals that are not only beneficial on the battlefield but also in the classroom and the workplace. Army ROTC has instilled these values into their cadets not only to prepare them for the Army but also for whatever they would choose to do after the Army.  

Along with taking part in the various campus activities that SIUe Army ROTC does it has also opened doors to new horizons that I previously had never thought possible. ROTC allowed me in August 2009 to attend Army Air Assault School, one of the hardest specialty schools in the army.

I am very proud that I am a member of a group like Army ROTC and would not trade the experiences that I have gained through ROTC for anything.