Tag: ROTC
Congratulations, Major Crawford!
January 28, 2022
I’d like to thank Lieutenant Ben Van Meter for bringing Colton Crawford’s recent promotion to Major in the Military Science Department to our attention. This is a significant accomplishment for any Captain, as more than a third of them do not make it to the rank of Major and it often takes ten competitive years…
[Read more]EWU ROTC Commissions Four Officers Into the Army
December 19, 2019 by Will Hall
On December 13, 2019, the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) “Fighting Eagles” battalion conducted its Fall Commissioning Ceremony. The ceremony was held in the historic Showalter Hall auditorium on the beautiful EWU campus. The path to this day was not an easy one for the commissioned. All the Cadets conducted…
[Read more]Congratulations to Captain Levi Floeter
December 1, 2018
Captain Levi Floeter is a 2008 EWU graduate earned his officer commission through the university’s ROTC program. Captain Floeter branched into the Infantry and has had a successful career that included serving as an Army Ranger. While leading a successful Army career Captain Floeter even found time to publish a book, the “New Army Officer’s Survival Guide: Cadet to Commission Through…
[Read more]ROTC Ranger Challenge Competition 2018
October 28, 2018
From October 19-20, 2018 Cadets from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program competed in the regional Ranger Challenge competition held at Ft. Harrison located just outside of Helena, Montana. This year’s Ranger Challenge featured 11 complex and physically challenging events such as rock climbing walls, obstacles courses, nighttime land navigation,…
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