Spring 2013 - Army ROTC

Frog Strong.
Leaders Made Here!
Official Horned Frog Battalion Newsletter
Volume 03, Issue 03
March 08, 2013
In this issue:
APFT
Newly Contracted
CULP & Project GO
New Offices
TCU Basketball Game
Cowtown Races
Intramurals
Article by Alumnus
Upcoming Events
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Photo courtesy of Chip Pierce Photography, chippierce.photoreflect.com
The color guard poses for a picture with politician and former Senator of Pennsylvania, Rick
Santorum. The TCU Army ROTC color guard was requested for a Republican fundraising event
in Fort Worth. Left to right: Brandon, Chandler; LT Hale, Doug; Mackey, Paul; Santorum, Rick;
Nagy, Kristine; Kresowaty, Josh; and King, Baily.
A Word from Our BC!
Hello from the Horned Frog
Battalion! We are well into the
semester with many events
coming up after the break. Our
spring Joint Field Training Exercise
is taking place the weekend of
April 4 th through the 7 th .
We will join different 5 th
Brigade ROTC Battalions at Fort
Sill, OK where our cadets will go
through squad tactical training
exercises and land navigation
training. This event is crucial, as it
prepares our juniors for their
commission required training
event at Fort Lewis, WA this
summer. Additionally, the HFB will
have its Annual Award Ceremony
Thursday, April 11. Friends and
family are welcome and
encouraged to attend and
celebrate each cadet’s hard work
and effort throughout the 2012-
2013 school year.
Our year will come to a close at
our annual Military Ball honoring
the commissioning seniors. Senior
families will receive an invitation
to this event and are welcome to
attend and honor their son or
daughter’s contribution to the
battalion.
There are a lot of great events
happening in the HFB. I know our
cadets will continue to work hard
and put forth 100 percent effort
and end this semester as strongly
as we started…Horned Frogs Lead
the Way!

Always
Striving to be
Frog Strong
CDT Ortiz
Congratulations to
Cadets Ortiz and
Alanis! Throughout
the month of
February, you both
have been recognized
for always working
hard and striving to
be and do better
during PT! Your
persistence and
motivations has led
you both to stand out.
Keep up the great
work and always
continue to push
yourselves further!
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Army Physical Fitness Test
Congratulations to all of those who scored a 270
or above with a 90 in each event on the first APFT of
the semester! And good work to CDT Hamilton for
scoring the highest in the battalion! Keep working
hard! If you are interested in a workout plan, please
contact your MSIV mentor.
MSI
349- Hamilton, M.
345- Nagy, K.
325- Trejo, M.
322- Denman, L.
322- Venhuizen, M.
318- Medina, J.
MSIII
292- Bach, S.
285- Ortiz, D.
MSII
298- Taylor, C.
296- Chandler, B.
294- Kresowaty, J.
294- Mackey, P.
293- Nead, C.
283- Cheng, P.
CDT Alanis
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CONGRATULATIONS
THANK YOU!
NEWLY CONTRACTED CADETS!
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Bach, Michelle
Brown, Shanice
Cabral, Arnold
Marquardt, Rebekah
Pritchard, James
Rhoden, Caitlyn
Womack, Daisey
Wright, Lakietra
CULP & Project GO
Every summer cadets are given the opportunity
to travel abroad and become immersed in cultural
awareness training. Cadets apply for this experience
through The Cultural Understanding and Language
Proficiency Program or Project Global Office. This
year the Horned Frog Battalion will be sending nine
cadets!
CULP:
Project GO:
Agnew, J. – Lithuania Venhuizen, M.
Chandler, B. – Benin
Kresowaty, J. – Bulgaria
Mackey, P. – Tanzania
Rector, H. – Indonesia
Taylor, C. – Indonesia
Weinerth, K. – Ukraine
Woolman, L. – Thailand
Trudy Conner
The HFB would like to
give a special THANK YOU
to Trudy Conner of TCU
Financial Aid!
Trudy began working
for TCU in 2006 after she
graduated from Baylor
University.
Her main contributions
to our program are
coordinating with MAJ
Eddie Smith to ensure the
cadets receive their
financial aid. That
includes the room and
board grant and any
other funding needed. If a
cadet is on a three year
scholarship, Trudy
arranges the activity
grant and other academic
scholarships to help the
cadet pay for that fourth
year.
The Horned Frog
Battalion appreciates
everything you do in
helping to support our
program and cadets!
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New Offices & Cadet Lounge
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Last fall the Army
ROTC program
relocated their
offices and cadet
lounge from Winton
Scott to the Rickel
building.
Many cadets and
faculty members
were excited about
this move, especially
Joyce Clay who has
worked in the
Winton Scott offices
for the past 16 years
as the program’s
human resources
technician. “All our
offices are closer
together which
makes it more
convenient,” Clay
says, and “the
amount of space is
about the same, but
all the furnishings are
so new!”
Many also find this
new location
convenient as it’s
within the same
building as TCU
Campus Recreation.
In the old location,
the offices and cadet
lounge were all
connected by a maze
of hallways. At times
it would become
crowded and noisy
with cadets and
cadre coming in and
out.
Now, the office
suites are all at one
end of the hall and
the cadet lounge is at
the other. Cadet
Tyler Press adjusted
to the new lounge
well. “I actually come
here a lot more now
and get a lot more
work done,” he said.
The new space
has made it much
easier for cadets to
come in and study,
hang out, and even
get more work outs
in!

TCU vs. OSU Basketball Game
Military Appreciation Night
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 the TCU
Women’s Basketball team invited the Horned Frog
Battalion to participate for their Military
Appreciation game. The cadets competed in quick
tug-o-war matches and various relay events with
kids from a local church group.
Marquardt, Rebekah; Brown-Spence, Maria; Woolman,
Luke; Weinerth, Kyle; Agnew, Justin – Commander.
Left to right: Gonzalez, Chris; Wilson, Kara; Williams, Rio; Rhoden, Caitlyn; Superfrog;
Tengler, Chris; Griffith, Elizabeth; McPherson, Chase; Listenbee, Joseph; Cabral, Arnold.
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Cowtown races
Congratulations to those that participated in
the Cowtown races on February 23 rd and 24 th !
The races included a 5K, 10K, half marathon, full
marathon and ultra marathon.
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Ultra Marathon:
(31.2mi)
Full Marathon:
(26.2mi)
Half Marathon:
(13.1mi)
3:43:10 - LT Petrie, Paul
5:10:54 - LT Fernandez, Michael
4:18:31 - CDT Dunn, Ian
4:26:27 - CDT Huffaker, Andrew
6:43:18 - CDT King, Bailey
1:37:20 - CDT Bjorn, Karl
1:46:29 - CDT Bach, Sarah
1:57:07 - CDT Bruce, Brian
1:59:16 - CDT Taylor, Courtney
1:59:16 - CDT Rector, Hannah
2:08:15 - CDT Cole, Robin
2:08:15 - CDT Tengler, Chris
2:08:15 - CDT Wilson, Kristy
2:11:49 - CDT Denman, Lee Ann
2:14:43 - CDT Jennings, Amanda
2:45:31 - CDT Nguyen, Taylor
3:08:40 - CDT Langdon, Clara

Intramurals
If you are interested in starting up and/or
joining an Army ROTC team for any of these
sports, please contact c/CPT Kara Wilson at
k.d.wilson@tcu.edu.
Outdoor Soccer (Feb 19, 8:00AM – Mar 5, 6:00PM)
Softball (Feb 26, 8:00AM – Mar 19, 6:00PM)
With the season
nearing the end for
intramural basketball,
Army ROTC has only
lost 2 games so far.
They are ranked
number 4 out of 8
teams within their
division of the Co-Rec
league. “We’re all
doing really well and
the team cohesion on
the court is great,”
says team captain CDT
Abby Drew. All that’s
left are the playoffs.
The Army ROTC Whiffle Ball team made the
semifinals on February 21 st ! “We signed up
wanting to win the tournament, but had a lot
of fun trying,” said CDT Sean Carson.
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Article by Alumnus, Joe Gray
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TCU ROTC: TODAY
AND YESTERDAY
I am a 1969 Viet Nam Era
graduate of TCU and the
Army ROTC program. I
received my commission as a
2 nd Lieutenant on 14 July
1969 at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
My two years of active duty
were spent at Fort Gordon,
GA and Fort Sam Houston,
TX. I recently took a nostalgic
trip down memory lane
while looking at the TCU
ROTC website and reading
some of the Battalion
Bulletins.
I am amazed at how much
more advanced the ROTC
program of today is
compared to the program I
went through from 1965-
1969. Today’s cadets have
many more opportunities for
training and experiences
prior to going on active duty
as a young Lieutenant.
The cadets of my era were
subject to the draft and were
issued the old M-1 rifles from
the armory. The M-16 was
relatively new and was
previously used by the
Special Forces as the AR-15.
My “Summer Camp” (now
called LDAC) was six weeks
long. The TCU Cadets of 1969
attended Summer Camp
during June/July at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where we lived in
12-man tents at Camp Eagle
on the Fort Sill Reservation.
Our monthly stipend during
our Junior/Senior years was
$100 per month. Some of
the
sophisticated
communications equipment
we used in training and on
active duty literally stood five
feet tall rather than the hand
held radios, telephones, and
laptops available today.
Needless to say, it was a
whole different world.
My Army experience
helped train me for a 30-year
career as a Department of
the Army Civilian at Fort Sam
Houston, TX. My last 22
years were with
Headquarters,
U.S.
Army Medical Command
where I advised and trained
many NCOs, Junior/Senior
Officers and a few General
Officers on their Labor
Relations responsibilities
when dealing with Army
Civilian employees. Career
Officers will not always be in
troop units and will find
themselves commanding
troops as well as supervising
civilian employees. That
fact/subject was not taught
in the ROTC of my day and I
doubt that it is today.
Cadets, I salute your
initiative and wish you well
in future Army service,
whether it be two years or a
long career. It is an
experience that will serve
you well.

Army ROTC scholarship
Checklist for Scholarship Eligibility:
U.S. citizen
Less than age 31 the year of commissioning
Current GPA of at least 2.5
High school diploma or equivalent
920 or higher on the SAT (math/verbal) or 19
on the ACT (minus writing scores)
Meet physical standards
Agree to accept a commission and serve in
the Army on Active Duty or in a Reserve
Component (Army Reserve or Army National
Guard)
If interested, contact our Scholarship &
Enrollment Officer, Major Eddie Smith
at (817) 257-7455 or army@tcu.edu for
more information.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
MAR 9-17
MAR 23
APR 4-7
APR 11
APR 26
Spring Break
Cowtown Recruiting Event
JFTX (Fort Sill, OK)
Awards Ceremony
Military Ball
The 62 nd hfb family!
Remember!
Please feel free to
contact us with any
news or articles you
wish to see in the next
newsletter! Contact
Kara Wilson at:
k.d.wilson@tcu.edu
with your news!
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Photo credit:
CDT Kristy Wilson
Photo credit: CDT Kristy Wilson
Photo credit: CDT Kristy Wilson
Photo credit: CDT Kristy Wilson
Start Strong. Frog Strong.