News Archive

The Tweet Fall ’23

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,...

Ranger Challenge 2023 Competition Recap

Last month the Blue Jay Battalion sent our Ranger Challenge (RC) team to Fort Barfoot, VA to compete in the annual 4th Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition! Our Cadets have been working hard every day since our semester started to practice for this event and all those early mornings paid off! These Cadets showed a phenomenal...

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...

2023 Summer Training

Cadet Summer Training (CST) This past summer, rising MS4s graduated from Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, a 35-day mandatory training event where cadets were evaluated and challenged on their leadership capabilities. Cadet training involves rifle qualification, land navigation testing, an obstacle course, three ruck marches, the ACFT fitness test, CBRN gas chamber, and...

Spring 2023 Commissioning

Congratulations to our 8 newest Second Lieutenants ! You all have worked so hard in our Battalion to get to this point, we are so proud of you this is just the beginning. With great ceremonies come with great guest speakers, and this years ceremony did not disappoint. Lieutenant General Laura Potter delivered this years...

JHU ROTC Highlights Jan-Feb 2022

Check out the great things JHU Cadets accomplished in January and February of 2022. Welcome back from Winter Break!

2022 Ranger Challenge Recap!

Over the Presidents Day weekend we sent our Ranger Challenge team to Fort A.P. Hill to compete in the Army ROTC 4th Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition. Ranger Challenge is a 10 Cadet team that competes against the other 37 Army ROTC programs across 4th Brigade (South Carolina / North Carolina / Virginia / West Virginia...

Blue Jay Battalion PT Event 2/3/2022

On February 3rd, the Blue Jay Battalion held a Battalion Physical Fitness Training event that all of our programs participated in. The event was a great way to bring everybody back to school coming off of the winter break. Everybody enjoyed their time at home with their families and taking a break from studying, but...

Blue Jay Highlights November – December 2021

Check out some of the great training, special events, and accomplishments of the JHU ROTC cadets from these past few months!

Spotlight on Superior Cadets

The Blue Jay Battalion want to recognize two outstanding Cadets for their contributions and performance this Fall semester. Cadet Matthew Nguyen and Cadet Jackson Hall went above and beyond to demonstrate excellence, teamwork, and leadership. Well done! Cadet Matthew Nguyen MSIV Cadet Nguyen served as the Fall 2021 Battalion Cadet Operations Officer (S3). He consistently...