Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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ARMY Front Row: Sgt. Facemire, Lt. Col. JManzolillo, (seated) Col. Johns, Maj. Murphy, Capt. Barnes, Maj. Nelson Back Row. Sgt. Gould, Sgt. ToUe, Sgt. Shepherd, Sgt. McClin tock, Capt. Kelsey, Capt. Murphy. B Colonel Glover S. .Johns, .In. I ' nife.sxor of Militartj Sriencc and Tartit • EGIXXIXG with the Fourth Class year, the ' MI cadet becomes enrolled automatically in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, and upon completion of his initial year of military orientation, he is allowed to select the Armed Forces of his choice, Infantry, x rmor, or Artillery. His next three years are spent specializing in his particular branch, and during the .summer following his Second Class year of Advanced ROTC he attends Summer Camp for more concentrated training and practical application in the field. At graduation the First Class year he is awarded either a Reserve or Regular com- mission. Every year the lilitary Science Department reccommends a good proportion of its graduates for Regular Army commissions, and as a result of the fine records VMI officers have complied in the past as career soldiers, VSll has been given recognition by the Department of the Arm. - as one of Americas top military schools.

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ON PARADE m - ' ...jAei f THE CHARGE OF THE V. ' Si. I. CADETS Ddwii tlu ' hill tho cadets move in perfeet alignment: their step is to martial nuisic. The enemy stands transfixed in admiration and amazement. iMio are they? Regidars? They come in common time. They pierce the center, driving everything before them, and Breckenridge exclaimed. -GLORIOrS! GRAND! SITERB! THE DAY IS SAVED. Tlw Batlle of Xcw Market, Mai 15. lS6i, hjl Colonel Peter J. Otei . SOth Va. Bait. (Cadet 1S60)

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AIR FORCE I ' niiil How: Capt. I ' lTlsli-iii, C ' upt. Crews, Cnpt. MeDoiiald, U. Col King. Capl. Hl.ikc, I.t. Watsn liach Row: Sgt. Ricks, Sgt Boyd, Sgt. Styles, Sgt. Sawyer, Sgt. Lee A: T the onset of a cadet ' s UOTC career, he must cho:)se between the ground and air forces of our country ' s military branches. Selection of the Air Force usually precludes a strong desire to fly: yet with to- day ' s advanced and specialized technology, the AFROTC student may look forward to career or reserve status in any one of a number of various fields, from Navigation and Weather to Administration or Research and Development. In the early years in his course of instruction, the cadet becomes acquainted with the general orga nization and over all mission of the Air Force, then proceeds through discussion of world tensions and problems to more specialized courses, as weather, navigation, etc., in the Second Class year. Following a Summer Training encampme it at an Air Force Base, the cadet pursues Air Force history during the final year along with theory and tac-tics, witli tjie enipliasis on prepa- ration for his tours of duty. With the rise of air power in the over-all strategy of our nation ' s first line of defen.se, the AFROTC Detachment has as its primary mission the selection and training of ,voung men who are t.) assume the duties of officers on active call. LlEl TENANT CoLOXEL EdVI, V. KlXG Professor of Air Science A