Retired U.S. Army Col. James T. Palmer will retire from his role as commandant of cadets at UNG at the end of June after 20 years in the role, making him the longest-serving Army ROTC commandant in the nation.
Col. Joseph Matthews, a military intelligence officer and 1994 graduate of UNG, has been hired as the university’s Commandant of Cadets.
UNG alumnus and Army Capt. Mike Rose became the first person to win the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition three times when he and teammate Capt. John Bergman earned a victory at the event in April at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation increased its annual grant to $26,000 for UNG’s Corps of Cadets’ overseas travel and cultural immersion to provide opportunities for Atlanta-area cadets at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to also take advantage of the trips.
Twenty-one cadets from UNG have been ranked in the top 20% of the nation among more than 5,000 ROTC cadets assessed by U.S. Army Cadet Command for the 2018-19 academic year.
Experience proved beneficial for UNG’s Ranger Challenge team in the international 2019 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, the 39th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, left, spoke with UNG President Bonita Jacobs and praised the university’s …
Col. Joshua D. Wright has been around the world with the U.S. Army, serving in places such as Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bosnia, and …
Cadets spend their junior year at UNG preparing for Advanced Camp, including exercises at the Pine Valley facility. This summer, 108 rising seniors …
Seventeen UNG cadets were honored as Distinguished Military Students on Sept. 30 during the annual Boar’s Head Weekend. On Sept. 30, UNG Boar’s …
