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Former Guantanamo commander to speak at Furman Oct. 28
Retired Major General Michael R. Lehnert, the former commanding officer of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, will speak on the Furman campus Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in Shaw Hall of the...
Continue ReadingFurman to honor its top military brass at Homecoming
IS FURMAN AN INCUBATOR for top military brass? Bill Mayville ’76, a product of Furman’s military science program, noticed a few years ago that a number of Furman graduates were being promoted to the military’s...
Continue ReadingFurman cadets work with U.S. Army in Rwanda
Summer mornings began at 4:45 a.m. for Furman ROTC Cadet Adam Johnson ’17. Stationed at Gabiro, a military training facility outside Kigali, Rwanda, Johnson exercised to the tune of Swahili chants sung by Rwandan soldiers....
Continue ReadingFurman University well represented in Operation Inherent Resolve
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Four Furman alumni and two former Furman faculty are currently serving in the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) in the Middle East, according to the U.S. Department of...
Continue ReadingLTC Scrivens appointed chair of military science program
For the past three years, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Gregory Scrivens worked from a desk in one of the world’s largest office buildings. He shared the space with 23,000 coworkers spread among five stories and 17.5...
Continue ReadingTop cadet
Furman Cadet Kacie Schoen ’14 had the honor of speaking with the Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno at the George C. Marshall Awards Seminar this week. Kacie is Furman University’s top Cadet, and...
Continue ReadingFurman hosts Raider Challenge
More than 100 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from 10 high schools as far away as Alaska gathered on Furman University’s campus for the annual Furman Paladin Battalion Raider Challenge held Saturday, March 1....
Continue ReadingFurman holds own in Ranger Challenge
by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer A squad of Furman Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets finished in fourth place October 26-27 in the 2012 Ranger Challenge held at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The Ranger Challenge is...
Continue ReadingRanger Batallion takes second at competition
OCTOBER 27, 2011 By John Roberts, Newspage Editor A group of Furman Reserve Officer Training Corp members finished in second place last weekend in the 2011 Ranger Challenge. The competition, held at Fort Pickett in...
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