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The Blackhawk take place annually, are the walkmembers and several UStf profesactive duty and faced a variety of ROTC can be applicable in any can go up to 215 mph, safely fly ing steps, he said. sors on a series of training flights difficult situations one of his career. Many of the cadets go on \ up to 14.000 feet and can carry 10 "And when they get to /**;.'. Thursday afternoon. .-. fellow crew members was even to be in the National Guard or the passengers, the flight crew plus Afghanistan, they'll be running," The flights served a dual . ^ shot in the leg, Townsend said. Army Reserves and receive train,8,000 pounds of external cargo. Faletto said. purpose. They functioned as And while no one was being ing one weekend a month and for About 40 percent of the Army advertisement and recruitment as ': .These particular helicopters shot at during the training, the two weeks during the summer, have been in use since the 1980s ROTC members from USU end well as a training option for the ROTC takes this opportunity to Bruce said. and the Army spends more time up in active combat duty, Faletto members of the army ROTC, said ; help prepare the cadets for more on maintenance than flight time, " said. But many use the training ' For more information on how Major Paul Faletto. Also on the realistic situations very seriously, said Sergeant Jason Townsend, obtained in the ROTC to add to join the Army ROTC call 797Flight with Faletto were the dean Faletto said. crew chief. diversity to life, to give back to ROTC or e-mail scott.sparrow® i "Pretty much anything you ' "We try to do a crawl, walk, the country because of patriotic bf the College of Humanities, usu.edu. run approach to training," Faletto desires and take advantage of the jArts and Social Sciences, Yolanda can think of putting in the heli-seth.bracken@aggiemail.U5U.edu Flores Niemann. and Associate - . - ' - • * • • • ' . oy SETH BRACKEN staff writer STUDENTS I N T H E A R M Y ROTC RECEIVE PREFLIGHT T R A I N I N G BEFORE T H E I R FLIGHT, LEFT, after two helicopters landed in the HPER field to pick up the students in order to give them some real world experience, right. TYLER LARSON photos Hopping for a cure By COURTNEY SHOEN staff writer In the time it takes to complete the Circle K club jump-a-thon Thursday, April 16, three American children will be diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Last semester, Matt Brown, former USU student and member of the Circle K Service Club, suggested a fundraising event to benefit children like his nephews and nieces who suffer from Cystic Fibrosis. The jump-a-thon, called Hop For a Cure, is the biggest service activity Circle K has hosted this year and will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., said Jared Curtis, senior in engineering and former president of Circle K. "At first I was hesitant about the idea of a jumpa-thon because 1 knew it meant a lot of work," Curtis said, "but then as an organization we decided to go through with it because it is a great project that will benefit so many people." 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