The Blue Jay Battalion have been busy this Fall semester! From early morning physical training (PT) sessions or rucks, weekly labs, ranger challenge competition, our annual turkey bowl game against the greyhound battalion, executing the fall field training exercise (FTX) to hosting our VETERAN’S pt event, and wrapping up the semester with our award ceremony, Winter Commissioning, and holiday celebration. we would like to congratulate our new cadets you all have had a lot of firsts this semester and learned so much. to our returning cadets for continuing to focus hard on improving their skills and mentoring others, thank you!!! we hope you had a safe and well-deserved relaxing winter break we cannot wait for everyone to come back and kick off the spring semester with a Battalion PT session! I’LL LEAD
Blue Jay Spooktacular!
Our Battalion takes PT very seriously… The Blue Jays had a spooky-ish competitive game of dodgeball squad versus squad. On your mark, get set, go- may the best squad win !!
Field Training Exercise (FTX)
our cadets spent 3 consecutive days in November at Gun Powder Military Reservation (GMR) performing all the tactical knowledge they have been practicing during labs throughout the semester. this training exercise was mainly focused on the squad level tactics, weapons familiarization, day/night land navigation. Each squad completed 32 STX lanes collectively!
Awards & Recognitions
We ended our semester honoring all our Cadets Hard work with their academics, athletics, and ROTC events. We recognized our Cadets with the following…
- Dean’s List- 3.5-4.0 GPA
- Cadet Honors- 3.2-3.49 GPA
- Cadet Scholar- 2.9-3.19 GPA
- ROTC Honors- 4.0 in their ROTC class
- Gold 580-599, Silver 560-579, and Bronze 540-559 ACFT Score
- Top ACFT Score Male & Female
- The Ranger Challenge team
Congratulations Cadets our battalion is so proud of all your hard work and dedication!
Winter Commissioning
2 LT Leslie Malavé graduated from UMBC with a Bachelor of Science in Business Technology Administration. She commissions as an Active-Duty Ordnance Officer.
2 LT Jacob Sutch graduated from UMBC with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems. He commissions as an Infantry Officer in the Maryland National Guard.
Newly Contracted Cadets
Continuing a tradition these Cadets were awarded the JHU patch and are able to take pride in their selfless-service and dedication as future Army Officers. Congratulations!
Cadets Couture, Duval, Nwankpele, Rivers, Subong, and Tedla
Fall Scholarship Winners
The following Cadets were selected and awarded scholarships that recognize all of their hard work and dedication. Congratulations!
Cadets Anderson, Booth, Duval, Gant, Postma, and Saunar
Cadet of the Month
Each month one of our Cadets are selected and awarded for their outstanding actions following the Army values and performance above their peers.
Senior Branch Night
In November Cadre revealed to our Senior Cadets who are going Active Duty their branches! This is an exciting and nerve-wracking time for them. Below are the results…
- Cadet Crespin- Medical Services
- Cadet Dunn- Infantry
- Cadet Furman- Engineer Corps
- Cadet Lurie- Military Intelligence Branch Detail Infantry
- Cadet Udoji- Military Police
- Cadet Whitney- Quartermaster Corps
- Cadet Wright- Transportation Corps
From the PMS
” I’d like to take a moment to welcome everyone back from what I hope was a refreshing and relaxing holiday break! Our Fall 2023 semester was a huge success and I continue to be amazed at all the awesome things that our Cadets are accomplishing. From Education Delay selectees and MSIV branching to Ranger Challenge and the Fall FTX, we were busy AND successful! I’m humbled and privileged to be part of this formation and am looking forward to the Spring 2024 semester! “
LTC Thompson