Registration is now open for all Bear Battalion Alumni and Supporters! Join us in celebrating the proud tradition of the Bear Battalion with the presentation of our Nation’s colors, a POW/MIA and fallen Soldier tribute, introduction of our Hall of Fame inductee, presentation of Bear Battalion Rings to our Senior Cadets and enjoying the camaraderie of fellow friends and … [Read more...] about 2019 Bear Battalion, Military Ball and Ring Ceremony Registration is Open!
LTC Toni M. Rieke is from Belle, Missouri and in 1991 first enlisted in the Army Reserves as a Medic. She is a 1997 graduate of Missouri State University Reserve Officer Training program where she majored in Physical Education and was a member of the MSU DIV I Softball team. LTC Rieke was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps and entered active duty in … [Read more...] about MSU Bear Battalion Alumni Returns To Lead Cadets Into The Next Generation of Second Lieutenants!
Come join the MSU Military Science Department at the Springfield Cardinals game against the Frisco RoughRiders! Friday April 26th, 2019 @ 7:10 PM Hammons Field (955 E. Trafficway St. Springfield, MO 65802) Tickets: $12 - contact the Department of Military Science at 417-836-5791 or MilitaryScience@MissouriState.edu Proceeds support the students of the … [Read more...] about Cardinals Baseball Game with the MSU Military Science Department
Congratulations to all the scholarship winners! On December 6th, The Bear Battalion awarded a total of $39,000 in scholarships to Army ROTC students who competed in a recent scholarship board. Awards are offered every semester based on leadership potential, academic success and physical fitness. 98% of all contracted Army ROTC students receive more than $7,000 per semester in … [Read more...] about Congratulations to The Bear Battalion Scholarship Recipients!!!
Last weekend we continued our class ring time-honored tradition that began in 2016. As you might know, the class ring tradition is prevalent across America in both high schools and universities. What you may not know is that it grew out of a military tradition, one that started at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1935. The rings that we don on this day … [Read more...] about Homecoming Weekend Ring Ceremony Unites Cadets to Bear Battalion and Alumni!