Friday, April 25, 2008
Long-distance running, grenade throwing and knot tying are among the events Army ROTC cadets will compete in during this weekend’s Ranger Buddy Competition.
The annual competition will involve about 100 teams from 18 different universities. Lt. Josh Urban, freshman ROTC instructor, said many cadets looked forward to the event every year.
“It’s kind of like ROTC’s varsity sport,” Urban said. “Some schools travel quite a ways to compete.”
Urban, who organized the event this year, said cadet teams would compete in seven different challenges designed to test physical and mental endurance. Teams can be male, female or co-ed.
Cadet Sergeant Bruce Archambault, leavenworth junior, practicing weapons assembly and disassembly for Saturday's ROTC competition at Clinton Lake.
All the teams compete at the same time, but their times and scores will be separated after the event. The top three male, female and co-ed teams will receive trophies to take back to their universities.
Urban said the competition would kick off with a 6-mile road march at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. He said each team would complete the march in full uniform and with a rucksack weighing 35 pounds.
Cadet teams will then split into five groups to complete an obstacle course, knot-tying competition, M-16 rifle assembly and disassembly, grenade assault course and stretcher-carrying competition.
The competition’s last event, a 3.1-mile run, begins at 4 p.m.
Virgil Barnard, Topeka senior, is competing in the events with fellow cadet and Leavenworth junior, John Irvine.
Barnard said he and Irvine were trying to stay in good shape all semester to be competitive during the buddy competition.
Tyler Abel, Billings, Mont., senior and public affairs officer for Army ROTC, said it was good for the University of Kansas’ ROTC program that the Ranger Buddy Competition took place in Lawrence every year.
“It brings people to KU, brings money in and improves morale because we’re all doing something together,” Abel said.
This year’s competition includes teams from the Big 12, such as Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska, as well as teams from the University of Minnesota and the University of Louisville.
The Ranger Buddy Competition is free and open to the public.
—Edited by Samuel Lamb
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"The Ranger Buddy Competition is free and open to the public."
So does this mean we can participate in it or that we can watch it? Because I could probably disassemble and reassemble an M16 without too many problems. :)
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