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JAYHAWK BATTALION DINING-IN
The Jayhawk Battalion will be conducting its annual Unit Dining-In on 9 March 2001, at the Kansas Union. The Guest speaker will be COL (RET) Fred Green, KU '63 and ROTC graduate. COL (RET) Green is a Law Professor at UMKC and served as an ARMY attorney to GEN (RET) Colin Powell while on active duty. The Dining-In serves as a training requirement of all ROTC cadets to learn about the military traditions in the army.
SCABBARD AND BLADE MILITARY HONOR SOCIETY CONDUCT FUND RAISER
The Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society conducted and fund raiser in preparation for its spring pledges. Individuals inducted into the Scabbard and Blade must demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities along with attaining superior academic standing in their major. This year nine new inductees are to be admitted. The Scabbard and blade is open to all outstanding Cadets and Midshipmen regardless of service affiliation.
JAYHAWK BATTALION PREPARES LARGEST JUNIOR CLASS IN FIVE YEARS FOR ADVANCED CAMP
The largest junior class in five years is preparing to undergo there summer Advance Camp at Fort Lewis, WA this semester. The 22 juniors is almost double the size of last year's class. The Advance Camp is the capstone exercise in a cadet's preparation of becoming a commissioned officer. The large number of students will help the unit make its commissioning mission for the first time since 1996.
IN OTHER NEWS…
SOLDIERS RESCUE STUDENTS FROM BUS STUCK IN RIVER
Soldiers of the 507th Medical Company rescued a bus driver and three young children Feb. 16 after a school bus was swept by storm waters into a river near Waco, Texas. The accident took place at the end of an all-night storm as the school bus reportedly tried to cross a washed-out section of highway in Bosque County. Stuck in the high water, the bus was swept into the Bosque River and taken down stream about 50 to 60 feet. The 507th air ambulance unit at Fort Hood was in the midst of a crew change when a call came from the Texas Department of Public Safety around 7:30 a.m., rescuers said. "We were doing preflight checks for the crew change when the call came in, so we gained valuable flight time when we found out the latitude and longitude of the accident locale," said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Derek Mitchell, the team's pilot. "We were (Continued on page 3)
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