ROADRUNNER BATTALION SPRING 2017, VOL 1

MESSAGE FROM OUR C/BC Since the start of the Spring Semester, the Roadrunner Battalion hashit the ground running. Our hard work from last semester has carriedover to the first half of this semester and put us in an advantageousposition to begin training for the immediate mission before ourCadets; Advanced Camp in Ft. Knox, KY.

Since January, we have trained primarily tactical movements andbattle drills. Soon, we will have a 12-hour training event, which willtest our Cadets on their day and night time land navigation skills aswell as tactical competency.

The progress of the Roadrunner Battalion, at the individual level, hasoccurred throughout all the ranks, MSI’s-MSIV’s. As a whole, thisorganization has come leaps and bounds, not only since I came herein 2013, but even just since the start of this Spring Semester.

I look forward to seeing you all throughout our training.

Roadrunners Lead The Way!

C/BC Wesley Greene

MESSAGE FROM OUR C/CSM I am a firm believer in the quote “Life is 10 % what happens and 90%your actions.” In the 10% you will encounter many obstacles, there’snot much you can do about that. However, if you focus on the 90%you will develop ways to adapt and overcome adversity, becomemore resilient, turn your weaknesses into strengths, and betteryourselves daily as a leader. I encourage you to utilize every singleday to influence those to the left and right of you to achieve higherand simply do more. Take pride in our organization and put your bestfoot forward every day. Now go forth and do great things.

Roadrunners Lead The Way!Rowdy 7 Out!

C/CSM Josh White

UPCOMING EVENTS• Air Assault• President’s Cup• GAFPB• Alamo Half Marathon• Ranger Buddy• FTX• APFT• Military Ball

COMING SOON• FB Sweepstakes Announcement• New Battalion Coin• UTSA Army ROTC Recruiting Video• Spring Commissioning Ceremony

SCHOLARSHIPS• Ed Rachal Foundation Scholarship—

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SUMMER TRAINING• Basic Camp (selected MSIs & MSIIs)• Advanced Camp (ALL MSIIIs)• Air Assault Training (selected Cadets)• Airborne Training (selected Cadets)• Project GO (CDT Yu)• CULP (CDT Martinez, CDT Ibarra, CDT

Garcia & CDT Salazar)• Pre-Combat Diver Qualification (CDT

Parent)• CTLT (CDT Gonzalez, CDT Ibarra, CDT

Williams, CDT Dewberry, CDT Medrano, CDT Cabello)

Battalion Commander: Wesley GreeneCommand Sergeant Major: Josh White

Battalion XO: Marisol Sandalo

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Roadrunner Battalion Cadets, Alumni, and Friends:

We are off to a great start this semester, as we continue to prepare our Cadets to enter the Army as Second Lieutenants and lead our next generation of Soldiers. The Cadets are training hard, and gearing up for several training events in the coming months. As I write this, we have Cadets preparing to go to Normandy for a Battle Staff Ride over spring break; Bataan team is making final preparations for the Bataan Memorial Death March in a few weeks; we have seven Cadets preparing to go to Air Assault School mid-March; 18 Cadets are training to compete for the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in April; our Color Guard team continues to represent the program well with multiple events in the coming weeks; and our Ranger Challenge team is finalizing for their roster for the Ranger Buddy competition in a few months. Busy times!

I would also like to take the time to welcome new Cadre, and congratulate a few others on some tremendous accomplishments. This month we welcomed CPT Glen Walker to the team. Glen is an engineer officer, and is excited to get started training and mentoring our Cadets. Congratulations to CPT Nicole Amstutz, who was recently selected for promotion to Major. Outstanding job! And lastly, our SMI, MSG Mario Giron, was selected to attend the Sergeants Major Academy, a tremendous honor and highlight of his outstanding career. Well done!

To close, I'd like to recognize our upcoming and recent commissionees. In December, we commissioned 2LT Johnson, Jeremiah (Medical Service Corps) and 2LT Johnson, Johnathan (Engineer) into the Active Duty. Very rewarding to see the culmination of all of their hard work. On May 12th, we are set to commission 16 officers and send them on their way to the next chapter of their career. I hope to see many of you there.

MESSAGE FROM OUR PMS & SMI

As the Cadets return from spring break, we will focus our attention toward finalizing preparations for Basic and Advanced Camps, with multiple training events planned for the battalion. Our Cadets will be tested mentally and physically this summer, but I know that they are up to the challenge. Aside from the summer training at Fort Knox, we will also have several Cadets conducting Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) training overseas this summer. We are confident that they will be successful.

Thank you for all of your support and dedication. Go Roadrunners!

Major Chris Stelle & Master Sergeant Mario Giron

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RECRUITING TEAM

Working with Mr. Kellogg, the Recruiting Operations Officer, our recruiting team has successfully completed many recruitment events around campus and the San Antonio area.

Congratulations MSG Mario Giron, SMI and MSII Instructor, MSG Mario

Giron, was selected to attend the Sergeants Major Academy

Congratulations CPT Nicole Amstutzwho was recently selected for

promotion to Major

CADET SPOTLIGHTS

CDT Alegado (MSIII) has been involved in ROTC since her freshman year of college. This Fall, she exceeded in her duties as

Assistant S3, Athletic AOIC, GI Janes AOIC, and Color Guard AOIC (now OIC). She

competed in the Battalion's Ranger Challenge Team and has volunteered for

countless events. Congratulations to Cadet Kristin Alegado!

Fall Cadet of the Semester

Project Global Officer (GO)Cadet Alan Yu (MSII) will represent the UTSA ROTC Roadrunner Battalion this summer by spending 60 days in Beijing, China.

George C. Marshall Award Congratulations to Cadet Blaine Fox for receiving the George C. Marshall Award

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to Cadet Destinee Garcia for receiving

the Society of American Military Engineers

Scholarship!

Congratulations to Cadet Wesley Greene for receiving the San Antonio Ed Whitacre

Scholarship!

Military Officers Association of America Scholarship (MOAA) Cadet Ana Frederick and Cadet Marcus Dewberry

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CULPThese four cadets were selected to represent the UTSA Roadrunner Battalion overseas this summer. Pictured above are CDT Jesus Martinez (Brazil), CDT Andrea Ibarra (Guatemala), CDT Destinee Garcia (Mongolia) and CDT Daniel

Salazar (Tanzania). They are preparing the paperwork process for their deployment overseas.

CADET SPOTLIGHT

Cadet Diego Cano (MSI) received a Battalion Coin from

CPT Amstutz for demonstrating his leadership

abilities in his class.

HIGHEST APFT

Cadet Jose Michel (MSIII) achieved the highest APFT score this semester, with a

334.

OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONED OFFICERSCongratulations to the U.S. Army's two newest officers, 2LT

Johnathan Johnson and 2LT Jeremiah Johnson. UTSA Army ROTC wishes you both the best in your future endeavors.

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CADET SPOTLIGHT

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NORMANDY STAFF RIDEDuringspringbreak,fivecadetswereselectedtoattendastaffrideinNormandy,France. ThegroupflewintoFranceon9MARandreturnedhome14MAR.Duringtheirshorttimethere,thecadetswereimmersedinpracticalleadershipscenariosandgainedvaluablelessonsregardingCommander'sIntentandMissionCommand.TheywereintroducedtothetacticsandleadershipdecisionsbythealliesandaxisleadersduringD-Day'sOperationOverlord.Thecadetswereshownaround

Normandybythe"How2Lead"CadreatspecificplacesliketheOmahaandUtahBeaches,TheAmericanNormandyCemeteryandPointeDuHoc. CadetsAlexandriaPoole(MSIV),WellingtonRodrigues(MSIV),KristinAlegado (MSIII),JoshuaAdams

(MSII)andDestineeGarcia(MSII)positivelyrepresentedtheUTSAArmyROTCbattalion.

BATAAN DEATH MARCHOn17MAR- 20MAR,5Cadetsparticipatedinthe28thannualBataanMemorialDeathMarchmarathoninWhiteSands,NewMexico. ThemarathonhonorsthebravegroupofWorldWarIIsoldierswhodefendedtheislandsofLuzon,CorregidorandtheharbordefensefortsofthePhilippines.The26.2-milecoursethroughdustyandhillydesertterrain,aroundasmallmountain,andbackthroughthedesertmakesforoneofthetoughestracesinthe

nation.

CADET SPOTLIGHT – INTRAMURAL TEAMS

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Roadrunner Army ROTC Softball Team

CDT Josh White playing Basketball with an Air Force

Cadet

Army ROTC Soccer Team

CADET SPOTLIGHT – COLOR GUARD

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CadetsChristinaEnate,MarcusDewberry,AndreaIbarra,andDestineeGarciasupportthefirstcolorguardeventofthesemester,the7thAnnualWoundedVeteranGolfTournamentattheJWMarriottTPCGolf

Courseon16JAN17.

CadetsGarcia,Enate,MendezandBuenenjoycomplimentarybreakfastafterperformingat2017AnnualTexasChapterWildlifeSocietyMeetingattheWyndhamRiverwalkHotelon17FEB17.

CADET SPOTLIGHT – VOLUNTEERS

Our Cheer Power Volunteers raised $3,000.00 for the ROTC Cadet Fund this past February. They received a Battalion Coin for their efforts.

NEW ROTC WEBSITE & MOBILE APP

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The New Army ROTC website & Mobile App was launched this semester. It includes many updates, including a cadet portal where cadets can log in and see upcoming labs/events and most recent OPORDs.

Download the UTSA Mobile App to stay update with the most update information our website.

Cadets: Ask your class leader for the cadet portal username and password

A special thank you to UTSA OIT for the hard and work and dedication they contributed on this innovative project.

SPECIAL TEAMS

AIR ASSAULT TEAMCadets Matthew Austin, Hector Landa, Connor

Parent, Marisol Sandalo, Wesley Greene, Andrew Stracke and Josh White

RANGER BUDDY TEAM

Cadets Carlos Cabello, Hector Landa, Joshua Adams, Connor Parent and Andrew Stracke

BATAAN DEATH MARCH TEAM

Cadets Ashton Rouska, Dylan Thomas, Alexander Usseglio, Luis Camacho and Jack

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“Soldiers will never follow you unless you are an inspirational leader and you find yourself setting the example at the decisive point at the decisive time. Your Soldiers will never appreciate the position you are in as an officer in

charge and will never thank you until they see the results of your actions ”—Major General Christopher Hughes

ROWDY GOLD BAR

NEWSLETTER

EDITORSCDT Destinee GarciaCDT Amber Medrano

SPRING17

S6 TeamCDT Amber MedranoCDT Destinee GarciaCDT Nathaniel Ralph

CDT Jack ScottCDT Wellington Rodrigues

UTSA ROADRUNNER BATTALION

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