Military Science, rappelling, photo 2

This image shows students in the Department of Military Science at Appalachian State University (1967-current) preparing to rappel down a cliff on the Blue Ridge Parkway as part of basic training in the late 1970s. Students can be seen sitting on a rock wall at the bottom of the cliff, listening to two officers giving instructions. The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) began in the fall of 1969 and is housed in the Department of Military Science in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. It offers two-year programs in leadership and military training with no obligation of future military service, and an additional two-year program that results in a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve or the Army National Guard.

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Student Activities

Military Science

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 30, ROTC F4, C14.2.5.6.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University. Reserve Officer Training Corps. Department of Military Science and Leadership. College of Fine and Applied Arts

1970-1979

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers. Series 8 -- Military

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