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BG Evans Leadership Session

App State Alumni selected to Command ROTC!!
Mar 5, 2018

Brigadier General John Evans, Appalachian State ROTC Distinguished Alumni (Class of 88), was selected as the next Commanding General, United States Ar...

App ROTC Head Over Hill for Special Olympics

App State ROTC Takes the Plunge!!
Feb 24, 2018

The 2018 Special Olympics Polar Plunge in Watauga County was Thursday the 22nd of February in the Duck Pond at App State.Watauga Law Enforcement agenc...

Nathan Reitzel

Appalachian State University ROTC student receives inaugural Shilling Scholarship
Feb 15, 2018

Nathan Reitzel, a senior political science, pre-professional legal studies major from Newton, was awarded the inaugural Austin Shilling Memorial Schol...

BG Evans Leadership Session

ROTC Leadership Development and Advancement
Jan 31, 2018

Brigadier General John Evans, Appalachian State ROTC Distinguished Alumni (Class of 88), conducted a Leadership Development Program on 25 January in t...

ASU ROTC Scabbard and Blade Referee A Volunteer Event
Dec 7, 2017

On December 3rd, 2017, eight members of the Appalachian State ROTC Scabbard and Blade Club volunteered to help referee the 12th annual, “Santa ...

ROTC Yosef Fires the Musket Announcing the Team

The Mountaineer Battalion Celebrated a Full and Special Weekend 9-11 November, 2017
Nov 15, 2017

The Mountaineer Battalion Celebrated a Full and Special Weekend 9-11 November, 2017Several seniors were able to socialize with a handful of ROTC Alumn...

COL Clayton Speaking at ASU Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day 2017
Nov 11, 2017

ASU celebrated Veterans Day with a moving ceremony on campus today, Nov. 10. Col. Ralph L. “Bo” Clayton III, a 1988 Appalachian graduate, was...

App State ROTC at Fall Field Training Exercise (FTX)
Nov 3, 2017

 October 26th, 2017, Appalachian State University ROTC held its annual fall Field Training Exercise. The training event lasted October 26th-28th....

App State ROTC at 4th BDE Ranger Challenge Competition
Oct 24, 2017

On October 20th, 2017, the Appalachian State Ranger Challenge team left Boone bright and early to travel to Ft. Pickett (Virginia) to compete in ...

App State ROTC Alumni Named Director of DIA!
Aug 30, 2017

Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr., U.S. Army,  (App State Class of 84) was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 21st Director of the Defense...