BADGER BATTALION

ARMY ROTC

Military Ball

On February 24, 2012 Badger Battalion held its annual Military Ball at Varsity Hall Union South in Madison, WI. It was an enjoyable and memorable evening as cadets, cadre, and guests from University of Wisconsin - Madison, Edgewood, and Maranatha came together to honor the graduating cadets, as well as the members of the community who continue to support our endeavors. During the event, it was a privilege to watch LTC Pitz award MSG Radloff the Meritorious Service Medal. Special Guests included Commander Denise Rohan from the American Legion, and Professor John Hall.

Fall FTX 2011

Badger Battalion conducted their semester Field Training Exercise (FTX) from 23Sept2011 to 25Sept2011 this year at Ft. McCoy along with Whitewater and Maranatha. During this period of training Cadets are able to challenge themselves and have the opportunity to conduct both day and night land navigation, repelling and completing an obstacle course Along with weapons familiarization and MSIIIs got a chance to fire them on the range qualifying and zeroing.

There were periods of rain over the weekend but the Cadets powered through and conducted training as planned. Before night land navigation on the second night the Cadets were rewarded with a cookout prior to heading out in the rain to find their points.
Overall, it was a very successful weekend. All of the Cadets worked hard and got good training preparing them for their future as leaders.

Orientation 2011

Each year Badger Battalion welcomes new Cadets by getting Cadre and Cadets together for a day to get to know each other. This year a paint-balling course was set up to get some healthy competition in before the school year began. After a few games of capture the flag, Cadets were able to socialize with each other during the cookout. By the end of the day cadets left a little sun burnt but ready to start the year!


Badger Battalion would like to welcome the following new cadets to the program:
MSI
CDT Bahnson CDT Durgin CDT Kirby CDT Schneider
CDT Brock CDT Englebert CDT Marinkovich CDT Sierra
CDT Bunker CDT Greene CDT McCarty CDT Swanson
CDT Casper CDT Haraldsen CDT Misra CDT Wozniak
MSII
CDT Bradley CDT Frechette CDT Gauthier CDT Tintes
MSIII
CDT Iverson

Spring FTX - 2011

Spring FTX 2010

On April 16-April 18, UW-Madison Army ROTC went to Ft. McCoy for their spring field training exercise (FTX). They conducted night land nav, situational training exercises (STX), and patrolling. During night land nav, cadets are given 5 points they must find with only a map, compass, and protractor. They must find at least 3 out of 5 in order to pass. During STX lanes, the MS IIIs (juniors), are given a mission, such as conducting an attack, ambush, recon, etc, and must lead their squad to complete that mission. During the STX lane, different variables that change the missiion are given, and the squad leader must respond to the change quickly to successfully complete that mission. Patrolling consists of a larger element called a platoon rather than a squad, and the patrol leader must work with the assistant patrol leader and 2 squad leaders to complete the mission they were given.

CFTX 2010

On April 8-April 11, the MS IIIs (juniors) flew to Ft. McCoy in Blackhawk helicopters to participate in the Combined Field Training Exercise (CFTX) at Ft. McCoy with other MS IIIs in order to prepare for the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) they will be attending during the summer. On April 9, the MS IVs (seniors), ran the Field Leadership Reaction Course (FLRC) in which the MS IIIs must lead their fellow squad members through various obstacle courses using leadership and problem solving skills.