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The class of 2027 represents a 20-percent growth in size over last fall’s incoming cadet class. By Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets AUGUST 17, 2023 As the 2023-24 academic year begins in Aggieland, the Corps of Cadets welcomed 858 new cadets to campus for Fall Orientation Week (FOW). The...

This is an article, or series of articles, that appeared today in "The Battalion," which is the student newspaper at Texas A&M. "Dear readers, Last semester, The Battalion was one of nine college papers the nation selected to participate in the Poynter Institute’s 2018-2019 College Media...

While this story happens to be about an Aggie one could, I’m sure, substitute the names of “The Citadel” or “Virginia Military Institute” or the federal service academies without much difference. The point being, the sundry Senior Military Colleges are unique places. That said, I found this...

Texas A&M Cadet Sniper Teams compete in grueling 2019 Mammoth Sniper Challenge “On Sunday, January 6, 2018, at Ft Gordon, Ga., three cadet two-man sniper teams from the [Texas Aggie] Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (CCMU) completed the 3 day, 30 mile, Mammoth Sniper Challenge placing 3rd...

The television "story" as a nice video of the arrival of the hearse and the line of TAMU Cadets. https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Texas-AM-Corps-of-Cadets-line-route-of-Presidents-motorcade-502108061.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=KBTX&utm_campaign=PMC_mediaday. The...

The Texas A&M Maritime Academy wants Congress to allocate some $300 million for a training vessel large enough to accommodate all of its students, an upgrade that would put the Galveston campus on par with the nation’s six other federally supported schools for aspiring mariners...

What follows is excerpted from the Commandant's end of the report: The Corps continues to place a strong emphasis on academics, and the results are speaking for themselves. The cadets posted a fall 2017 term overall GPA of 3.03! Over half of the cadets (59%) posted a GPA of 3.0 or better, and...

If you have a spare 10 minutes and change you might enjoy a short film recently released by the A&M Association of Former Students. On April 21, a Southwest Airlines flight between Washington, D.C., and Houston hosted a unique and exceptional Muster, with participants including four Aggie...

The last Aggie survivor of 1942’s legendary “Muster on the Rock” at Corregidor in the Philippines passed away Jan. 4, 2018. Lt. Col. William A. Hamilton, Jr. ’40 arrived in the Philippines on Nov. 1, 1941 and was stationed at Camp Mills on Corregidor Island. As April 21 approached, an Aggie...

This is the video from the last home game this year, and also includes both the "Block T" which includes all of the cadets on the field, and the new video for the academic year. I'm not sure the information about commissioning the most students is still accurate. I still don't understand how...

Handgun accidentally discharged in Texas A&M dorm room Authorities say owner had license to carry, but another cadet was holding weapon Texas A&M University Police confirmed Wednesday a student accidentally discharged a firearm in a dorm room earlier this month. This...

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) -- Thousands of Texas A&M University Corps cadets marched to the Brazos River Saturday, all to raise money and awareness for March of Dimes. Saturday was the 41st year the corps marched the nine miles to the river and back to campus. For the last few months, cadets...

The Corps of Cadets also participates in the “Big Event” with the sundry outfits being assigned to a large number of venues. By Rebecca Fiedler rebecca.fiedler@theeagle.com | 1 comment Around seemingly every corner in town Saturday, Texas A&M students in their Big Event...

Philo H. "Buddy" DuVal Jr. '51, who wrote "The Last Corps Trip" while a student at Texas A&M, has died. He was 86. The poem is well known among Aggies. It is read at hundreds of Aggie Muster ceremonies around the world every April 21. It is also inscribed on a wall at the Bonfire Memorial...

Texas A&M University announced Wednesday that astronaut and Texas A&M class of '80 graduate Col. Michael E. Fossum will lead the university's Galveston campus as its chief operating officer. Expected to officially begin in the new role March 1, Fossum also will serve as an executive professor...

By Meredith McCown Brightening up campus with lights, holiday decor, and Christmas music, Holiday on the Quad hosted by the Corps of Cadets welcomed the community of College Station to join them in celebrating the holidays while benefiting the March of Dimes. On Sunday night, the third...

The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets will host “Holiday on the Quad 2016” Sunday (Dec. 4), beginning at 5 p.m. and continuing until approximately 9 p.m. “Holiday on the Quad” is open to the public free of charge, but it is also a Corps fundraiser for the March of Dimes. “Holiday on the...

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This article appeared in “The Eagle” (the general circulation newspaper for Bryan-College Station, Texas today, 11 Sep 2016). There are photographs in the link below. By MATTHEW WATKINS Texas Tribune | 0 comments Life is never easy for members of the Texas A&M University Corps of...

Freshman Orientation Week began on the 17th, with more than 850 new cadets arriving at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.