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    Warning for cadets traveling this summer to CST

    In our parents' Facebook group, we've learned that 4 of our cadets who were traveling to Ft. Knox for summer training have had their debit cards hacked, most likely while in an airport. Four hacked cadets that we know about is a HUGE percentage of the cadets our parents group represents. If you...
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    UNG alumni from the movie, Restrepo, speaks to cadets

    If you have 16 minutes, I highly recommend listening to the featured speaker from UNG's Memorial Retreat during Alumni Weekend this month. • START AT 11:16 for COL Tom Palmer's introduction of MAJ (P) Dan Kearney. MAJ Kearney was a North Georgia cadet on Sept. 11, 2001, and he was later...
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    2015 MacArthur Awards

    http://www.army.mil/article/148894/Top_Army_ROTC_programs_win_MacArthur_Awards/ Norwich University/1st Brigade Indiana University of Pennsylvania/2nd Brigade University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/3rd Brigade The University of Maryland/4th Brigade University of Colorado/5th Brigade The University of...
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    ROTC "Criminals"

    Don't shoot the messenger. Makhlouf ’16: ROTC: Return of the criminals http://www.browndailyherald.com/2015/02/05/makhlouf-16-rotc-return-criminals-2/ Feel free to add to the comments.
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    Spend a weekend at UNG's National Leadership Challenge

    The University of North Georgia Corps of Cadets is nationally recognized for its leadership development programs. If you would like a taste of what it's like to be a cadet at UNG, consider attending a National Leadership Challenge Weekend. The UNG Corps of Cadets hosts NLC once a semester...
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    Vice Presidential nominations

    Interesting story about Biden's noms http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20140916/NEWS05/309160075?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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    Rides in Blackhawks at UNG for new cadet-recruits

    Recruits at UNG completed FROG Week last Sunday, and then first week of classes yesterday. Today, they were welcomed to Dahlonega with a tour of the North Georgia mountains in Blackhawk helicopters. So proud of our frogs, cadets, cadre and staff! Video: http://bit.ly/VJ4XPJ All photos and...
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    Cadet Summer Training (LDAC, LTC, CULP) Ft Knox FB and Twitter Links

    From Cadet Command's FB page: Looking for news about Cadet Summer Training (CST)? With CST about to begin, we've created www.facebook.com/ArmyROTCCST and http://www.twitter.com/ArmyROTCCST just for the Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC); the Leader's Training Course (LTC)...
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    LDAC FB page for 2014 -- found it! Maybe.

    If the link below doesn't work, search within FB for: U.S. Army ROTC Cadet Summer Training http://www.facebook.com/armyrotccst Does this mean there won't be a separate "LDAC 2014" FB page, you think?
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    Required Reading for Memorial Day Weekend

    From Military Times, a moving presentation about Arlington National Cemetery: http://bit.ly/1hbGbMB The photo of the woman, Mena Anderson, in the lawn chair at the grave of her son, Army Cpl Andy Anderson, really got to me. I'm praying for her today, as I can not imagine living with that...
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    Little boy found $20. Check out what he did with it. A beautiful story.

    "Chance encounter between an officer and a gentle young soul" http://cbsn.ws/1eLBTcp
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    Battle of the Battalions at UNG (Video)

    There was a little snow in the mountains of North Georgia; school was cancelled for 2 and a half days. What's a cadet to do? Turn up the sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEomX3noa8k (Warning: guidons were broken in the making of this video.) So, who won?
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    What are the best military Twitter feeds?

    Wondering if any of you guys are on Twitter so I can follow you, and what are the best military-related Twitter feeds to follow? Looking for serious and/or light-hearted ones, and mostly military news, including ROTC, academy and SMC feeds, but I'm really not looking for silly, fake or...
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    UNG's National Leadership Challenge Weekend

    There is space available for National Leadership Challenge Weekend next weekend, Nov. 15-17, 2013. Last year at this time was my son's first weekend experience at the University of North Georgia. It was NLC weekend that clinched it and he knew UNG was the right school and the right ROTC...
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    Drill Field Webcam

    UNG's drill field: http://168.30.205.205/en/JViewer.html If you're seeing this at 7 am, you're seeing a foggy morning. And NO, I am NOT a helicopter mom, though maybe watching the drill field webcam during PT in the morning is a little bit stalky. :eek:
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    'Situational Awareness' gone too far?

    My freshman cadet worked hard to build his upper body strength, weight-lifting at the Y and at his high school weight room for 3 years, at least 3 days a week, running the other days, to get ready for ROTC. He's tall and naturally bean-pole thin even though he eats like a horse. He had gotten to...
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    "...it is a privilege, not a right, to lead..."

    "I'll never forget that it is a privilege, and not a right, to lead America's sons and daughters." Maria Gervais' promotion to brigadier general ... http://www.army.mil/article/111884/
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    My First Parents' Weekend. Advice?

    So, after the awesomeness of FROG week graduation at UNG, once I got back home to NJ, there were SO many things I would have done differently -- like -- I would have exchanged email addresses with other parents, and I would have been more personable and friendly in an effort to make friends with...
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    National Guard experience

    DS is a freshman cadet at UNG with goals of commissioning. He is majoring in International Affairs and hopes to go to SLI (Summer Language Institute) this summer studying Chinese or Arabic, then continue to take strategic language classes, eventually (after 5 years) resulting in language...
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    New UNG cadet mom

    Hi all, I've been following these forums as a guest for a couple of years, and have always found helpful threads and a supportive community. Now that my son is a cadet at the University of North Georgia, planning to commission with an International Affairs degree and an emphasis on a strategic...
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