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Getting a Lift


2628Over the course of the morning of Nov. 3, 2006, a Blackhawk helicopter flew nearly 100 BYU Army ROTC cadets from BYU’s west stadium parking lot to Camp Williams, where they participated in such activities as rifle marksmanship, land navigation, and paintball combat drills.

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BYU Army ROTC cadets, one of the largest enrollments of any non-military school in the nation

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BYU cadets commissioned each year as officers

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Years—out of 21—that BYU’s Army ROTC has won the Ranger Challenge Championship against all ROTC schools from Utah, California, Nevada, and Arizona

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Combined years of combat-zone experience shared by the seven members of BYU’s ROTC faculty