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Welcome Back Blue Jay Battalion!

We are so glad you are here! We ended our second spring semester by commissioning eight new second lieutenants, sending our MS-3 cadets to cadet summer training (CST) at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and sending numerous cadets to DOD internships and military schools. At CST, the MS-3 Cadets were able to show case all of the skills they have been training and developing over the past three years amongst all of their peers across the nation.

Multiple Blue Jay Cadets earned the opportunity to attend Air Assault and Air Borne school while over 10 of our Cadets were selected for internship opportunities local to the U.S. and overseas. We are so glad to have everyone back safe and healthy while also getting to know our new Cadets! We kicked off this semester with new cadet orientation (NCOP), Lab 1- teaching Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs), and a friendly and competitive game of football during our first Battalion PT! It has been a summer full of fun and new opportunities. Now it is time to gear up and get the semester grind going. Let us together make this a semester to remember! I’ll Lead.

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Save the Date

  • 8 Sept : Lab 1
  • 16 Sept : Super Lab
  • 19 Oct : Ranger Challenge
  • 03-05 Nov : Fall FTX
  • 09 Nov : Veterans Day PT
  • 10 Nov: Veterans Day Colorguard
  • 17 Nov: Turkey Bowl Game VS Loyola ROTC
  • 07 Dec: Battalion PT
  • 08 Dec: End of Semester Celebration
  • 22 Dec: Winter Commissioning
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Cadet in fatigues repelling down wooden wall with ARMY on the left
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cadet in training field
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Meet your Fall 2023 Cadet Staff

Battalion Commander - Cadet Shivani Kapoor
c/ Battalion Commander- Cadet Shivani Kapoor, JHU
Command Sergeant Major - Cadet Jack Dunn
c/ Command Sergeant Major- Cadet Jack Dunn, JHU
Executive Officer - Matthew Lurie
c/ Executive Officer- Matthew Lurie, JHU SAIS
Colleen Morgan
c/ S3 Operations & Training- Colleen Morgan, UMBC
Daniel Ardila
c/ S1 Personnel- Daniel Ardila, JHU
David Whitney
c/ S2 Intelligence- David Whitney, UMBC
Gabriel Insler
c/ S4 Logistics- Gabriel Insler, JHU
Elizabeth Herrera
c/ S6 Signal Operations- Elizabeth Herrera, JHU
Nneoma Udoji
c/ S6 Signal Operations- Nneoma Udoji, UMBC
Mikaela Furman
c/ Recruiting Operations- Mikaela Furman, JHU
Francisco Crespin
c/ Recruiting Operations- Francisco Crespin, UMBC
Ndeye Diongue
c/ Assistant S3- Ndeye Diongue, UMBC
Jackson Hall
c/ Assistant S3 and Ranger Challenge Captain- Jackson Hall, Stevenson
Christopher Roybal
c/ Company Commander- Christopher Roybal, JHU

From the Professor of Military Science (PMS)

LTC Brandon Thompson

“Taking a moment to welcome back all the returning Cadets and Cadre and a first time welcome to our newest Cadets! The Blue Jay BN had a great summer, with MSIVs excelling at CST, gaining Army experience at CTLT other internships, and enjoying some well-earned downtime. We also welcomed 12 new Cadets to the program in August. I’m beyond excited to join this program as PMS and am looking forward to a great semester!”

-LTC Thompson