odell writes "
"I woke up in my fox hole in a cold sweat. I had a nightmare that I was still in Ranger School. Thank God I was in Vietnam. Compared to Ranger School, combat was easy." It is comments like these from people such as COL Robert "Tex" Turner, United States Army, Retired, Former Ranger Department Commander, and honorary Ranger Training Brigade Commander, that have enblazoned a mystique about the Army's premiere small unit tactics and leadership school. Other horror stories that just about every graduate will talk about is losing 25 pounds, only getting 2 hours sleep a night, and eating 1 meal a day.

As a former Operations Officer and current Executive Officer of 6th Ranger Training Battalion, the final of phase of Ranger School located in Eglin AFB, Florida, I can tell you with all honesty, 85% or more...

...of the above is true - you will lose weight, you will be challenged mentally and physically and pushed to your limit to replicate the

Raider Battalion Newsletter
WSU Army ROTC
“Tried, Proven, and Ready”

This is the third Raider Battalion newsletter for SY 04/05. The battalion OPTEMPO & morale is high and the cadets continue to train hard in preparation for commissioning or summer training. We are proud of your performance. This edition of the newsletter covers many exciting events that are conducted during the spring quarter & planned for the summer. Thanks to those who contributed to this edition. Go Raiders!!

From the Battalion Commander
WOW!!! What a year. The end of the Spring Quarter may be just around the

Well Korea is a lot like ohio so far. Cold in the winter; warm and windy in the spring. There is this thing called yellow dust though. It is sand from china that is in the air and creates pollution. Many people running around with face masks. I'm coming home from june 7th to june 27th for mid tour leave. I'll be in north carolina from the 10th to 18th though so i'll miss graduation. The hospital is great. Equipment isnt very up-to-date but the patients are low acuity and atmosphere is very laid back. I only work about 40-48 hours a week which is against the norm than most places right now.

Hi! It's 2LT Phillips here and I am typing this msg from Iraq--Mosul to be exact. I couldn't even begin to tell you all the great new things that I have experienced here and from the Army. I wish all my fellow classmates well, GO RAIDERS, GO 2LT JONES (RN), and finally to all the cadets--study hard and ENJOY college. God bless...

This is the second Raider Battalion newsletter for SY 04/05. Welcome to our new cadets and students taking AROTC, and welcome back to our returning cadets from the fall. It’s great to see everyone again as we start the winter quarter! This edition of the newsletter covers many exciting events that are planned for the winter quarter. Special thanks to those cadre and cadet members who contributed to this edition. Go Raiders!!

PMS Corner – From the Top
RAIDERS…. It is hard to believe, but another quarter has quickly come to

2LT Flege and I (2LT Kevin Jones) have graduated from OBC and off to our duty assignments. I do not know 2LT Flege's plans but I will be doing hometown recruiting at the University of Kentucky from 22 Nov to 2 Dec and leaving for Korea on 4 Dec. I will be working on a Multi-Care Unit. I hope everyone is doing great. If anyone has questions about what to expect at OBC, medical service corp or Nurse corp, email me at kevin_p_jones1 at hotmail dot com.

And Keo, I'm glad you finally realized I can kick your butt and you have to hide in Iraq. Just make sure you return home :)

No news here, but I am going to Iraq soon. I also figured that 2LT Kevin P. Jones, US ARMY RN, would be upset if I didn't put something here. So, hi to all the wonderful, hard working cadets back at the university. Good luck, study hard, and most of all have fun while in college...Email me sometime keo.phillips@us.army.mil

I would like to remind the current WSU Army ROTC cadets that they are welcome to join the website and participate in WSU Army ROTC Alumni Association. If you have any questions, you can email 2LT Kevin Jones (2004) Army Nurse Corps at kevin_p_jones1 at hotmail dot com

Remember while you're visiting the Alumni website to check out our sponsor's links to the upper right corner of the webpage. Currently First Command is our only sponsor, but if you or your company would like to be a sponsor also, please email me at kevin_p_jones1 at hotmail dot com. The donation can be tax free.

You can contact Mike Gazzerro (Former WSU Cadre) at the following information with any questions you may have about First Command.

Mike Gazzerro 937.429.4490 or mjgazzerro@firstcommand.com

SFC Johnny Williams (former WSU cadre) has been seen at Fort Shafter, HI enjoying retirement and working in the G3 plans shop. Maj. Eric Evans (class of '89) ran into him and he sent a shout out to all of the alumni.

Click the Read More link to see his email!

Aloha WSU Alumni's,
I see that I did a great job with all your career choices, glad to see that all are doing great. Yes, I am in Hawaii, Hanging Loose! Now with bro Eric. Hope to see or hear from all of you soon.

Hang Loose
Johnny Williams
SFC, Retired
G3 Exercise Asst/Force Protection Officer