September 2018 – Page 2

Application Period for the 2019 Cultural Understanding and Leadership Program Has Opened

09/14/2018 by jstafford3

All EWU ROTC Cadets interested in participating in the Cultural Understanding & Leadership Program (CU&LP), the application period opened today (Sept. 14). United States Army Cadet Command (USACC) will be accepting application into CU&LP until October 31st. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity so take advantage of it.

For those unfamiliar with CU&LP it is a program sponsored by (USACC) that takes Cadets overseas on cultural deployments in support of worldwide Army Security Cooperation plans and the Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy. The timeframe for a CU&LP deployment is generally one month in duration and are executed between the 11 May – 11 August 2019 timeframe. Here are the qualifications to apply for a CU&LP position:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Cadets must be Contracted
Medically Qualified (DODMERB Completed)
Cadet in Good Standing with the ROTC program

INELIGIBLES — DO NOT APPLY IF:

Cadet is APFT Failure or does not meet AR 600-9 HT / WT
Cadet is Green to Gold ADO (Active Duty Option)
Cadet has previously deployed on a CU&LP mission
Is planning to enroll in other Cadet summer training (ie: CTLT, NSTP, etc)
Cadet will not be enrolled full time and present at program thru AY 18-19
Do not apply if conducting study abroad in either semester

USACC selects Cadets into the program through a competitive process. After applying a Order of Merit List (OML) for all applicants is developed based on:

OML BASED ON:

University GPA
ROTC GPA
Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) score
Language Capability

After completing the OML, each Cadet’s skills, abilities, and availability are matched against the language and skill requirements for each mission. Higher OML scores get selected for a CU&LP mission. The number of CU&LP missions varies each year.

More information and details of how to apply to the Cultural Understanding & Leadership Program (CU&LP) can be found at the below link:

Click here for a web PDF that explains the CU&LP application process

Anyone with questions about the program can speak with EWU ROTC Cadet, Christian Goldbach who was selected for CU&LP last year and was sent on a mission to Peru. Any further questions can be directed towards your Military Science instructor for assistance.

Remember this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that most active duty officers will never get a chance to experience. Take advantage of it now if you meet the application criteria.

EWU ROTC Supports Washington State Veterans Cemetery Forgotten Heroes Interment

09/14/2018 by jstafford3

Today I had the honor of attending the Washington State Veterans Cemetery Forgotten Heroes Interment just outside of Medical Lake. The ceremony is used to provide proper burial for abandoned or unclaimed remains of veterans in the Spokane region.

Washington State Veterans Cemetery at Medical Lake.

At today’s ceremony 55 remains were interned at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. EWU ROTC Cadet Tyler Roylance participated in the ceremony as part of the Washington State Honor Guard.

Washington State Honor Guard ready to conduct the Forgotten Heroes Ceremony (Picture courtesy of Ms. Katie Brown).

Cadet Roylance of Post Falls, Idaho is one of the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) Cadets enrolled in the EWU ROTC program while also serving in the Washington State National Guard. While conducting monthly guard drill duty an SMP Cadet is paired with and mentored by a National Guard officer. The program also allows Cadets to participate in highly selective National Guard activities such as the Washington State Honor Guard.

Cadet Tyler Roylance (2nd from left) conducts Honor Guard duties at the Forgotten Heroes Ceremony.

After conducting Honor Guard duties Cadet Roylance also participated in helping to intern one of the remains at the cemetery:

Cadet Tyler Roylance interns remains during the Forgotten Heroes Ceremony.

More pictures from the Forgotten Heroes Ceremony can be viewed on the EWU ROTC Flickr page. It was a fantastic job by the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, the National Guard, and the local veteran community for putting together such a memorable event to honor these forgotten heroes.

Throwback Thursday: EWU ROTC in Formation Back in 1967

09/13/2018 by jstafford3

From the archives of Eastern Washington University comes the below image of the The Fighting Eagle Battalion in formation at a parade field back in 1967. Notice how back then the female Cadets wore white dresses and were called a “Sponsor Corps”. We have come a long way as an Army. Does any of our alumni recognize where this parade field was located at in the Cheney area?

EWU ROTC Assistant Professor of Military Science Featured on Eastern 24/7 Website

09/13/2018 by jstafford3

Here is an opportunity to learn more about a member of our Eastern Washington University (EWU) ROTC faculty; Assistant Professor of Military Science Captain Nicholas Carbaugh was recently profiled on the Eastern 24/7 website. Captain Carbaugh is a Field Artillery officer that arrived at EWU this summer from Joint Base Lewis-McCord. During this academic year he is the primary instructor for our MS II Cadets. You can read more about Captain Carbaugh by clicking this link.

US Army Website Publishes Article Highlighting Two EWU ROTC Nursing Cadets

09/11/2018 by jstafford3

Two of our outstanding Eastern Washington University ROTC nursing cadets were featured this week on the official US Army website Army.mil. An excerpt from the article can be read below:

Cadet Hayley Primm, from Eastern Washington University in Korea.

Cheney, Wash — When someone asks Candace Madriaga and Hayley Primm what they did over the summer, the two Eastern Washington University (EWU) Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets can enthusiastically say that they had a summer very different from their fellow college students.

That is because both Cadets participated in the Army’s Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP). The NSTP only accepts the top ROTC applicants to complete a four-week training event where Cadets are assigned to Army hospitals throughout the U.S. and overseas. The NSTP introduces Cadets to the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) and to the roles and responsibilities of an Army Nurse Corps Officer.

Under the supervision of an experienced Army nurse, the Cadets obtain invaluable hands-on experience. This one-on-one experience allows them to hone their clinical skills, develop their problem-solving techniques, and become comfortable with developing their professional skills as a member of the U.S. Army Healthcare Team. [Army.mil]

The rest of the article can be read at the above link, but the EWU ROTC program places Nurses into the Army each year. As a general rule, EWU ROTC Nurse Cadets complete their first two to three years of nursing and ROTC pre-requisites on Eastern’s Cheney campus. Nursing Cadets then complete their final two years at the Washington State University College of Nursing in downtown Spokane. The WSU College of Nursing reserves seats in each class for EWU ROTC nurses that achieve their admissions standards.

Cadet Candace Madriaga pictured on the right with her nursing mentor at Madigan Army Medical Center.

More about EWU ROTC’s nursing program can be read at the below link:

EWU ROTC Nursing Program Information

Finally great job by our Assistant Professor of Military Science, Captain Greg Benjamin for writing, submitting, and then having his article selected for publication on Army.mil.

The Spring 2018 EWU ROTC Newsletter Has Been Published

09/08/2018 by jstafford3

Something we have restarted in the EWU ROTC program is the online publication of a quarterly newsletter. See what the fantastic Cadets in the Fighting Eagles Battalion have been doing by clicking on the below link that will take you to an online PDF file of the Spring 2018 EWU ROTC Newsletter:

2018 Spring EWU ROTC Newsletter

We have also uploaded all the prior newsletters we have found onto our new website as well. The newsletters can be read by clicking the “Newsletters” link on the above menu bar. If we locate more historical newsletters we will upload those as well. I hope everyone enjoys reading the newsletter.

Fighting Eagles!