Throwback Thursday: 1989 EWU Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team

1989 Ranger Challenge team

1989 Ranger Challenge team

This picture is of the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team conducting what appears to be the ruck march event back in 1989.  Does anyone from the 1989 graduating class remember where the competition was held and how the team did at Ranger Challenge that year?

Throwback Thursday: 1968 Picture of the EWU Army ROTC Jeep

1968 EWU Army ROTC Jeep

1968 EWU Army ROTC Jeep

This is a picture from the 1968 Kinnikinik Yearbook published by then Eastern Washington State College of the Army ROTC Jeep.  Eastern’s mascot back then was the Savages and thus the Jeep was named “Lil Savage”.  Today the university’s mascot is the Eagles and thus the ROTC Jeep is named “Lil Eag”.  After all these decades the ROTC Jeep is still up and running and can be seen at every home football game next to the Cannon Crew.

We encourage any of our EWU Army ROTC alumni and friends to stop by and see “Lil Eag” and our historic World War II howitzer when attending home football games.  We hope to see you there!  Go Eags!

Throwback Thursday: The 1968 Eastern Washington University Rifle Team

1968 EWU Rifle Team

1968 EWU Rifle Team

The Eastern Rifle team, under the direction of Sgt Kyle Payne, captured the conference title with a clean sweep. The undefeated marksmen were victorious in all six of their conference matches and scored their second flawles.s season in three years. The men fired .22 calibers that were specially designed for the range. They are 15 lbs. and ten pounds heavier than regular .22 rifles. The model 52C weapons are precision-made for accuracy and have several added range features. The cost is approximately $400 per weapon.  Jim Zimmerman, who placed eleventh in the Big Sky conference at the invitational match, led the team and the league with a 287.8 average for the year. A perfect score is 300. Pat Aegerter finished the season with a 285.5 average, good for second in the league.

In target competition, each man is required to make ten shots in each of three positions; prone, standing and kneeling. Time is a prime factor in the contest as each man has 36 minutes to complete his rounds. Points are accumulated according to the distance from the center of the target. A man receives ten points when he completely shoots out the “Bull’s Eye”. Eastern placed five marksmen in the top ten positions in the conference at the end of the season. On the squad are Zimmerman, Aegerter, Rich Hamrich, Ray Grimes and Cal Kam. Pat Culllgan, who failed to accumulate enough points for conference standings, won third in the Big Sky Invitational for the prone position.  [1968 Kinnikinik Yearbook]

Did you know that Eastern Washington University still has a rifle team today?  If you are interested in competitive shooting and would like to be part of the rifle team you do not need to be part of Army ROTC program to do so.  The rifle team is an elective college class open to everyone in the university to enroll into.  Anyone with questions can contact our EWU Army ROTC office at Cadet Hall at 509-359-2386 with their questions.

 

Throwback Thursday: The Eastern Washington University Campus in 1964

EWU Campus 1964

Here is a picture of what the Eastern Washington University (EWU) campus looked like back in 1964.  Back then the school was called Eastern Washington State College.  Cadet Hall is pictured next to the old Fieldhouse that burned down back in 1970’s.  The Computing and Engineering Building was built in its place next to Cadet Hall in 2006.  The football stadium that is pictured was replaced by today’s Roos Field constructed on the other side of Washington Street from the EWU campus.  The old football stadium has been knocked down and replaced with the construction of the JFK Library and a grassy area known today as JFK Field.  This field is where we hold some our weekly ROTC leadership labs at during the year.

History of Army ROTC’s Professors of Military Science at Eastern Washington University

Since the creation of the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion at Eastern Washington University (EWU) in 1952, the Army has assigned a Professor of Military Science (PMS) to lead and administer the program.  The PMS who also serves as the Chair for the Military Science Department, executes the important role of developing future Army officers and being a liaison to the local community and the EWU faculty, staff, and senior leadership.  Below is a chronological listing of all Professors of Military Science that were assigned to Eastern Washington University since 1952.

Note: If you have any specific memories you want to share about any of the PMS’s listed below please leave a comment and share it with us. 


Benjamin J. Van Meter

Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps

2021-present

Jonathan Stafford

Lieutenant Colonel, Air Defense Artillery

2018-2021

Photo of Jonathan Stafford

Michael Eliassen

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

2016-2018

Photo of Michael Eliassen

Jason Pape

Lieutenant Colonel, Armor

2012-2016

Photo of Jason Pape

Michael Kirkland

Lieutenant Colonel

2009-2012

Photo of Michael Kirkland

David Millet

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

2005-2009

Photo of David Millet

Kevin Arbanas

Lieutenant Colonel, Aviation

2002-2005

Photo of Kevin Arbanas

Charles Green Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Finance

2000-2002

Photo of Charles Green Jr

Alan Westfield

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

1996-2000

Photo of Alan Westfield

James McMullin

Lieutenant Colonel, Armor

1993-1996

Photo of James McMullin

William Zorn

Lieutenant Colonel, Aviation

1990-1993

Photo of William Zorn

Douglas Morgan

Lieutenant Colonel, Field Artillery

1985-1990

Photo of Douglas Morgan

Ronald Walter

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

1983-1985

Photo of Ronald Walter

George Massey

Lieutenant Colonel

1981-1983

Photo of George Massey

Thomas Coonelly Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel, Engineer

1978-1981

Photo of Thomas Coonelly Jr

Emilio Zamora

Lieutenant Colonel, Transportation

1974-1978

Photo of Emilio Zamora

Darrell Irvin

Colonel, Field Artillery

1972-1974

Photo of Darrell Irvin

Andy Pribnow

Lieutenant Colonel, Air Defense Artillery

1967-1972

Photo of Andy Pribnow

Edgar Fenstemacher

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

1963-1967

Photo of Edgar Fenstemacher

Erwin Nilsson

Colonel, Infantry

1959-1963

Photo of Erwin Nilsson

Eccles Scott

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

1955-1959

Photo of Eccles Scott

Daniel Carter

Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry

1952-1955

Photo of Daniel Carter

Throwback Thursday: Cadet Hall in 2003


This picture of Cadet Hall was taken by Eastern Washington University photographers back in 2003.  Fortunately we no longer have the red sign that is pictured to identify Cadet Hall and instead have much better signs to better brand our building with today.

EWU ROTC alumni, Captain Levi Floeter stands in front of Cadet Hall in 2018.