ROADRUNNER BATTALION
MESSAGE FROM OUR C/BC
Since the start of the Spring Semester, the Roadrunner Battalion has
hit the ground running. Our hard work from last semester has carried
over to the first half of this semester and put us in an advantageous
position to begin training for the immediate mission before our
Cadets; Advanced Camp in Ft. Knox, KY.
Since January, we have trained primarily tactical movements and
battle drills. Soon, we will have a 12-hour training event, which will
test our Cadets on their day and night time land navigation skills as
well as tactical competency.
The progress of the Roadrunner Battalion, at the individual level, has
occurred throughout all the ranks, MSI’s-MSIV’s. As a whole, this
organization has come leaps and bounds, not only since I came here
in 2013, but even just since the start of this Spring Semester.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Air Assault
President’s Cup
GAFPB
Alamo Half Marathon
Ranger Buddy
FTX
APFT
Military Ball
COMING SOON
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FB Sweepstakes Announcement
New Battalion Coin
UTSA Army ROTC Recruiting Video
Spring Commissioning Ceremony
I look forward to seeing you all throughout our training.
Roadrunners Lead The Way!
SCHOLARSHIPS
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C/BC Wesley Greene
MESSAGE FROM OUR C/CSM
I am a firm believer in the quote “Life is 10 % what happens and 90%
your actions.” In the 10% you will encounter many obstacles, there’s
not much you can do about that. However, if you focus on the 90%
you will develop ways to adapt and overcome adversity, become
more resilient, turn your weaknesses into strengths, and better
yourselves daily as a leader. I encourage you to utilize every single
day to influence those to the left and right of you to achieve higher
and simply do more. Take pride in our organization and put your best
foot forward every day. Now go forth and do great things.
Roadrunners Lead The Way!
Rowdy 7 Out!
Ed Rachal Foundation Scholarship—
Ask instructor
SUMMER TRAINING
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Basic Camp (selected MSIs & MSIIs)
Advanced Camp (ALL MSIIIs)
Air Assault Training (selected Cadets)
Airborne Training (selected Cadets)
Project GO (CDT Yu)
CULP (CDT Martinez, CDT Ibarra, CDT
Garcia & CDT Salazar)
Pre-Combat Diver Qualification (CDT
Parent)
CTLT (CDT Gonzalez, CDT Ibarra, CDT
Williams, CDT Dewberry, CDT Medrano,
CDT Cabello)
C/CSM Josh White
Battalion Commander: Wesley Greene
Command Sergeant Major: Josh White
Battalion XO: Marisol Sandalo
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MESSAGE FROM OUR PMS & SMI
Roadrunner Battalion Cadets, Alumni, and Friends:
We are off to a great start this semester, as we continue to prepare
our Cadets to enter the Army as Second Lieutenants and lead our
next generation of Soldiers. The Cadets are training hard, and
gearing up for several training events in the coming months. As I
write this, we have Cadets preparing to go to Normandy for a Battle
Staff Ride over spring break; Bataan team is making final
preparations for the Bataan Memorial Death March in a few weeks;
we have seven Cadets preparing to go to Air Assault School midMarch; 18 Cadets are training to compete for the German Armed
Forces Proficiency Badge in April; our Color Guard team continues
to represent the program well with multiple events in the coming
weeks; and our Ranger Challenge team is finalizing for their roster
for the Ranger Buddy competition in a few months. Busy times!
As the Cadets return from spring break, we will focus our attention toward finalizing preparations for
Basic and Advanced Camps, with multiple training events planned for the battalion. Our Cadets will be
tested mentally and physically this summer, but I know that they are up to the challenge. Aside from the
summer training at Fort Knox, we will also have several Cadets conducting Cultural Understanding and
Language Proficiency (CULP) training overseas this summer. We are confident that they will be
successful.
I would also like to take the time to welcome new Cadre, and
congratulate a few others on some tremendous accomplishments.
This month we welcomed CPT Glen Walker to the team. Glen is an
engineer officer, and is excited to get started training and mentoring
our Cadets. Congratulations to CPT Nicole Amstutz, who was
recently selected for promotion to Major. Outstanding job! And lastly,
our SMI, MSG Mario Giron, was selected to attend the Sergeants
Major Academy, a tremendous honor and highlight of his
outstanding career. Well done!
To close, I'd like to recognize our upcoming and recent
commissionees. In December, we commissioned 2LT Johnson,
Jeremiah (Medical Service Corps) and 2LT Johnson, Johnathan
(Engineer) into the Active Duty. Very rewarding to see the
culmination of all of their hard work. On May 12th, we are set to
commission 16 officers and send them on their way to the next
chapter of their career. I hope to see many of you there.
Thank you for all of your support and dedication. Go Roadrunners!
Major Chris Stelle & Master Sergeant Mario Giron
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CADRE
Congratulations CPT Nicole Amstutz
who was recently selected for
promotion to Major
Congratulations MSG Mario Giron,
SMI and MSII Instructor, MSG Mario
Giron, was selected to attend the
Sergeants Major Academy
RECRUITING TEAM
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Working with Mr. Kellogg, the Recruiting Operations Officer, our recruiting team has successfully
completed many recruitment events around campus and the San Antonio area.
CADET SPOTLIGHTS
Project Global Officer
(GO)Cadet Alan Yu (MSII)
will represent the UTSA
ROTC Roadrunner Battalion
this summer by spending 60
days in Beijing, China.
Fall Cadet of the
Semester
George C. Marshall Award
Congratulations to Cadet
Blaine Fox for receiving the
George C. Marshall Award
CDT Alegado (MSIII) has been involved in
ROTC since her freshman year of college.
This Fall, she exceeded in her duties as
Assistant S3, Athletic AOIC, GI Janes AOIC,
and Color Guard AOIC (now OIC). She
competed in the Battalion's Ranger
Challenge Team and has volunteered for
countless events. Congratulations to Cadet
Kristin Alegado!
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Military Officers Association of America Scholarship (MOAA)
Cadet Ana Frederick and Cadet Marcus Dewberry
Congratulations to Cadet
Destinee Garcia for receiving
the Society of American
Military Engineers
Scholarship!
Congratulations to Cadet
Wesley Greene for receiving
the San Antonio Ed Whitacre
Scholarship!
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CADET SPOTLIGHT
HIGHEST APFT
Cadet Jose Michel (MSIII)
achieved the highest APFT
score this semester, with a
334.
CULP
These four cadets were selected to represent the UTSA Roadrunner Battalion
overseas this summer. Pictured above are CDT Jesus Martinez (Brazil), CDT
Andrea Ibarra (Guatemala), CDT Destinee Garcia (Mongolia) and CDT Daniel
Salazar (Tanzania). They are preparing the paperwork process for their
deployment overseas.
OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Cadet Diego Cano (MSI)
received a Battalion Coin from
CPT Amstutz for
demonstrating his leadership
abilities in his class.
Congratulations to the U.S. Army's two newest officers, 2LT
Johnathan Johnson and 2LT Jeremiah Johnson. UTSA Army ROTC
wishes you both the best in your future endeavors.
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CADET SPOTLIGHT
NORMANDY STAFF RIDE
Duringspringbreak,fivecadetswereselectedtoattendastaffrideinNormandy,France. ThegroupflewintoFranceon9MAR
andreturnedhome14MAR.Duringtheirshorttimethere,thecadetswereimmersedinpracticalleadershipscenariosand
gainedvaluablelessonsregardingCommander'sIntentandMissionCommand.Theywereintroducedtothetacticsand
leadershipdecisionsbythealliesandaxisleadersduringD-Day'sOperationOverlord.Thecadetswereshownaround
Normandybythe"How2Lead"CadreatspecificplacesliketheOmahaandUtahBeaches,TheAmericanNormandyCemetery
andPointeDuHoc. CadetsAlexandriaPoole(MSIV),WellingtonRodrigues(MSIV),KristinAlegado (MSIII),JoshuaAdams
(MSII)andDestineeGarcia(MSII)positivelyrepresentedtheUTSAArmyROTCbattalion.
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
On17MAR- 20MAR,5Cadetsparticipatedinthe28thannualBataanMemorialDeathMarchmarathoninWhite
Sands,NewMexico. ThemarathonhonorsthebravegroupofWorldWarIIsoldierswhodefendedtheislandsof
Luzon,CorregidorandtheharbordefensefortsofthePhilippines.The26.2-milecoursethroughdustyandhilly 6
desertterrain,aroundasmallmountain,andbackthroughthedesertmakesforoneofthetoughestracesinthe
nation.
CADET SPOTLIGHT – INTRAMURAL TEAMS
Roadrunner Army ROTC Softball Team
CDT Josh White playing
Basketball with an Air Force
Cadet
Army ROTC Soccer Team
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CADET SPOTLIGHT – COLOR GUARD
CadetsGarcia,Enate,MendezandBuenenjoycomplimentarybreakfastafterperformingat2017AnnualTexas
ChapterWildlifeSocietyMeetingattheWyndhamRiverwalkHotelon17FEB17.
CadetsChristinaEnate,MarcusDewberry,AndreaIbarra,andDestineeGarciasupportthefirstcolorguard
eventofthesemester,the7thAnnualWoundedVeteranGolfTournamentattheJWMarriottTPCGolf
Courseon16JAN17.
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CADET SPOTLIGHT – VOLUNTEERS
Our Cheer Power Volunteers raised $3,000.00 for the ROTC Cadet Fund this past February.
They received a Battalion Coin for their efforts.
NEW ROTC WEBSITE & MOBILE APP
The New Army ROTC website &
Mobile App was launched this
semester. It includes many
updates, including a cadet portal
where cadets can log in and see
upcoming labs/events and most
recent OPORDs.
Download the UTSA Mobile App to
stay update with the most update
information our website.
Cadets: Ask your class leader for
the cadet portal username and
password
A special thank you to UTSA OIT
for the hard and work and
dedication they contributed on this
innovative project.
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SPECIAL TEAMS
AIR ASSAULT TEAM
Cadets Matthew Austin, Hector Landa, Connor
Parent, Marisol Sandalo, Wesley Greene,
Andrew Stracke and Josh White
RANGER BUDDY
TEAM
Cadets Carlos Cabello, Hector Landa, Joshua
Adams, Connor Parent and Andrew Stracke
BATAAN DEATH
MARCH TEAM
Cadets Ashton Rouska, Dylan Thomas,
Alexander Usseglio, Luis Camacho and Jack
Scott
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UTSA ROADRUNNER BATTALION
Address:
GSR 1.220.A.1
One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210-458-5628
[email protected]
ROWDY
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NEWSLETTER
EDITORS
CDT Destinee Garcia
CDT Amber Medrano
SPRING17
S6 Team
CDT Amber Medrano
CDT Destinee Garcia
CDT Nathaniel Ralph
CDT Jack Scott
CDT Wellington Rodrigues
“Soldiers will never follow you unless you are an inspirational leader and you
find yourself setting the example at the decisive point at the decisive time.
Your Soldiers will never appreciate the position you are in as an officer in
charge and will never thank you until they see the results of your actions ”—
Major General Christopher Hughes
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