The North Wind

ROTC cadets attend Northern Warfare Challenge, place 9th

Sophia Huhta • February 25, 2021

A team of five NMU ROTC cadets placed 9th out of 29 ROTC teams from the region competing in the Northern Warfare Challenge this past weekend. The Northern Warfare Challenge is a competition to test...

ROTC competes in Task Force Ranger Challenge

Maggie Duly • October 17, 2019

It’s 30 degree weather with sleet, snow and 20 mph winds gusting at the cadets’ faces as they march a 22.31 mile course around Fort McCoy in Wisconsin with 35 pounds of supplies in their rucksacks...

ROTC runs game ball to Mich. Tech

Maggie Duly • October 10, 2019

The NMU vs. Michigan Technological University game is a special occasion in U.P. college football, so special that the two schools Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs are working together...

Wildcats in uniform: North Wind staff tags along with students from NMU’s ROTC program

Kara Toay • November 30, 2017

Snow covered the ground and a brisk wind blew as ROTC students trudged through 108 acres of land for their lab exercise. The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program holds labs like this almost every...

ROTC program helps students develop leadership skills

Kara Toay • November 16, 2017

Since 1969, NMU has offered an ROTC program that trains students to become second lieutenants and help them ultimately transition into the U.S. Army, National Guard or the Army Reserves after college....

ROTC takes first in national assessment

Braden Linick • October 11, 2012

NMU’s Reserve Officer Training Course (ROTC) battled through a number of different obstacles, outscoring all other teams in the nation in the Leadership Development and Assessment Course over the past...