The Department of Military Science and Leadership conducted a battle staff ride to improve student understanding of historical battles, assess historical tactics based upon the U.S. Army's current principles of war, and to assist in the student’s officer development by assessing battlefield leader decisions.

University of Richmond Cadet Brad Praskach, ’10, was selected to train with 1,100 United States Military Academy cadets during West Point's rigorous eight-week summer field training program.

The University of Richmond’s Spider Battalion kicked off their 2009 spring semester with Blackhawk training and a 20-minute flight above the Richmond campus with University President Ed Ayers and University Provost Stephen Allred as guests on the flight

Three members of the University of Richmond’s Spider Battalion, were commissioned into the United States Army on Saturday, May 9 at Cannon Memorial Chapel.

The Department of Military Science and Leadership's 2008 Ranger Challenge team, led by senior cadet Daniel Fornicola, received one first place streamer and three third place streamers in an ROTC competition.

Riannon Blaisdell-Black, '09, spent the summer after her junior year living and working on a farm in Italy with a family that spoke no English.

The University of Richmond’s ROTC program has long been a nationally recognized program, in large part because of the balance the program strikes, offering rigorous military training set against the backdrop of a highly selective liberal arts institution.

Cadets Justin Sandy and Jeremiah Hencke, sophomores at the University of Richmond, were selected to train with 1,100 USMA cadets during West Point's rigorous eight-week summer field training program.

As five ROTC cadets were commissioned into the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Doug Gillem credited their success to the strong education the University's educators provide. "While there are other requirements to commission, none is more important to our Army, or valuable to our soldiers, than the education you provide," he said to the faculty.

The University of Richmond Spider Battalion concluded the 2007-08 academic year with a game of ultimate rugby that pitted the senior cadets and cadre against the freshmen, sophomore and junior cadets.