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By JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittfsuujoumal com Members of the SUU ROTC a piogram continue to train for tough competition designed to test leaderslup skills as well as physical and mental stamina The Ranger Challenge is foi cadets of the a playoff special operations Best Ranger Competition, where rangers engage in intense fighting to win tire title of Best Ranger, said Adam Ellington, a senior criminal justice major from Cedar City Ellington is also the team captain of the Ranger Challenge team The challenge is a two day ROTC where competition from California, programs Arizona and Utah, Nevada, said blaster Sgt Michael Glad, Ranger Challenge coach BYl) ha's' w'on the competition for yeais, except for one, where SUU beat BYU, Ellington said We always try to beat them, because it makes them so mad, . 4 The Search has begun for. . . j j ) he said The Ranger Challenge will in Fort Hunter near Mojave, Calif, Ellington said SUUs ROTC will take 10 cadets, nine males and one female. Glad said Of the 10 cadets, each class has to be represented To be on the team, cadets have to keep a 2 5 cumulative GPA, he said There are 10 events, Ellington said Each person receives an individual score that counts toward the teams total scoie The 10 events are army physical fitness traimng, a one rope bridge, an obstacle course, M16 marksmanship, a patrolling lane, rappelling, hand grenade throw, a wntten test on land navigation, a practical land navigation and a 10K road march Ellington said e In the bridge obstacle, cadets must tie a rope to two stationary points and get eight men across a rope m less than two minutes, Glad said The patrol lane is a movement from point A to point B in different formations, he said The students also have to use first aid skills throughout the be Nov Liggett, Page A5 University Journal Thursday, October 19, 2006 17-1- 8 one-rop- JUSTINE PRUITT vcn Oliver Turner, center, a freshman undeclared major from Saginaw, Mich., and Jayde Christiansen, a junior undeclared major from Fountain Green, shoot paintballs during an Oct. 5 ROTC lab exercise. The ROTC lab takes place every Thursday. competition, Glad does not coach them he said The only thing he can do is run the 10K with them It is all up to them and their leadeislup he said The challenge is as much a test of mental stamina as well as physical stiength, Glad said "Cadets have to learn to think on their feet he said The competition requires gieat stiength and stamina, Glad said Theiefoic a lot of training is tequned 1 he cadets do a lot of running fiom long distance to splints and stairs he said The cadets also have to do sit ups and push ups before and after the run Glad said And if someone needs to stop during the run, we do more push ups he said Glad said he has nothing but respect for the cadets traimng for the Ranger Challenge He said he never participated in the challenge and sees the commitment from the cadets I have the utmost respect for the dedication and extra hours they put into doing w'ell, he said w ish I could be like them competition, Glad said The land navigation poition of the challenge is two parts scoied as one, Glad said Cadets have to take a w nllen find to test individually particular points, then as a team separate and find those points m less than 90 minutes The points could be anywhere from one to five kilometers away During the land nav lgation members of the squad could run at least a 10K, then turn around and run a full 10K with extia weight, Ellington said The pack list for the 10K load march is one sleeping bag, 220 ft rope, basic duty uniform top one pan and bottom, one of boots, three pairs of socks, one poncho, a wet paika, pants, a Kevlar helmet and a Swiss seat, Glad said The cadets run a full 10K with an extra 40 pounds, he said The 10K road march is the killer, Ellington said It is the deciding factor Out of 26 teams last year, SUU took third overall, Glad said The competition is a good way to teach leadership development, as well as teamwork, Glad said Once the team gets to the Have you ever wondered how Miss America receives a $50,000 scholarship and over $100,000 in cash and prizes, or how other contestants at the state and local levels share in more than $45 million dollars available annually through the Miss America Pageant Organization? 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