Ruck March
Last Thursday I was invited to go on a ruck march with the ROTC Battalion. So I threw as many theology books as I could fit into my assault pack and walked up and down the formation talking to soldiers.
The soldiers are generally quiet to practice being in a tactical environment, but I did manage to have a few conversation with a couple of cadets.
I got to know some new cadets and check in with ones I already knew. I learned about their majors and what they wanted to do in the Army once they were in which is pretty basic conversation. But a couple interactions explored marriages and one cadet told me about a shattered dream of hers.
This is the Cadet First Sergeant. He spent the two hours running up and down the formation trying to keep his platoon together, making sure no one was left behind.
None of the prior pictures have any body marching in them, but just so you know this final picture is proof that we were indeed marching.
