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Celebrating the 50th: Roadrunners join the ranks of Army ROTC

Celebrating the 50th: Roadrunners join the ranks of Army ROTC

Green Beret M.Sgt. William Cornish instructs Howard Chamber, a St. Mary’s student, and UTSA student Ramon Garza on use of a firearm.

Editor's note: This article was originally published in UTSA newsletter The Discourse in October 1975.

Sept. 27, 2019 -- Four UTSA students are participating in the St. Mary’s University Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program as the result of a recent cross-enrollment agreement between the two institutions. This is the first semester [fall 1975] ROTC has been offered at UTSA. 

The UTSA students are part of the St. Mary’s cadet corps, made up of students from St. Mary’s, Incarnate Word College, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio College, and UTSA. The ROTC classes are taught by the St. Mary’s military science faculty.

>> Read the rest of this story and relive other memories from UTSA’s history as we celebrate UTSA’s 50th Anniversary. year.


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