CONTENTS Orientation Week Football Fundraiser Fall FTX Land Navigation Veteran's Day

1. The Kinnear Husky Battalion Panorama Fall Newsletter 2009-2010 Cadet Orientation Week CONTENTS Orientation Week Football Fundraiser Fall FTX Land Navigation Veteran's Day The first event of the year for the University of Washington Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (UW AROTC) was Cadet Orientation Week (COW) from 29SEP-02OCT during which we introduced our new cadets to the program. Fourth-year students (MSIVs) led the instruction, presenting about our regular training events, basic military customs, and about their newly issued gear. UW AROTC accepts cadets both on and off scholarship contracts. To contract, cadets need to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) first, so on September 28th, the test was held to measure the performance of our new cadets. Those passing contracted October 2nd to accept their scholarships. However, due to the competitive number applicants, not every qualified student could be awarded a scholarship at this time and will need to wait for mid-year or3-year scholarships to become available. Left: Lieutenant Colonel Daniels signs the paperwork for each cadet after the cadets swear into the program. Right: Students who contracted this fall. Also during the first days of the quarter, UW AROTC participated in the UW event Dawg Daze. With the assistance of local recruiters, who ran a free rock climbing tower, we held information display tables to address the curiosities students had in the program. Football Fundraiser The KHB runs a CAC (Cadet Activities Council) account to fund expenses for the battalion, such as barbeques for the training events, paper/toner for the cadet printer, as well as the annual Military Ball. Our most significant fundraiser for the CAC in fall quarter is selling programs at home football games. With many cadet volunteers to operate the carts and make sales, KHB did well this year in sustaining our ability to provide fun for the cadets throughout the year. Right: Cadet Uele poses an exchange with a friend in front of the stadium's main entrance

2. Fall Field Training Exercise Fall quarter's main training event was the Fall Field Training Exercise (FFTX). From 16OCT-18OCT, the Kinnear Husky Battalion conducted a variety of training events to interest our newest cadets. Upon arrival at Fort Lewis on the night of the 16th, we conducted a Combat Water Survival Test (CWST) at the pool in the Soldier's Field House. This test required to use their basic swimming skills to complete a variety of tasks, the 25 meter swim, the 15 meter equipment swim (with a load bearing vest and dummy rifle), the equipment ditch (cadets enter the water and try to remove all their gear prior resurfacing), and the 5 meter drop (blindfolded cadets try to keep control of their rifle as they walk off the diving board). Cadets with swimming difficulty were given remedial instruction and practice so they could complete the training. Above: KHB packed into a bus on its way down to Fort Lewis Right: Cadet Chung, an MSIV, serves as an extra life guard and coach throughout the CWST training After CWST, the battalion moved to the northern barracks of Fort Lewis for a barbeque and residence for the night. Prior the day's end, the MSIVs gave classes to the lower classes on the Operations Order (OPORD) process and evaluated the MSIIIs (third-year cadets) on their ability to disseminate the plans for the following day's training events. Meanwhile, the MSIs and MSIIs received instruction on land navigation so they could properly plot grid coordinates, use their compass, and navigate the woods to find the points of our land navigation course. Above: Cadet Coleman, the MSIV OIC of Land Navigation was responsible for the organization and conduct of this event. Here he briefs the battalion using a giant terrain model to represent the surface features on the land navigation training site. Above: The cadre member, Sergeant First Class Blake, gives additional instruction on land navigation to Cadet Takahashi to ensure that he adequately understands the concepts of land navigation before he goes out to practice.

3. Fall Field Training Exercise Saturday morning, rain cancelled our scheduled use of the Obstacle/Confidence Course for safety reasons. Instead we conducted a variety of extra classes and exercises at the barracks. The weather cleared for our use of the land navigation course later that day. Cadets were sent off on the course to find their points twice, once during the day and again at night, requiring that they exercise what that had learned in the lessons the day prior. New cadets we paired or given MSIV guidance during the night. Land navigation was repeated again in the morning, followed by a trip through the Fort Lewis museum before the return to the university. Above: Cadet Baer finds one of his points tied to a tree. He marks the alpha-numeric symbol on his lane strip (scorecard) hoping that it is the correct point. All points were kept at least 100m away from each other, but even a short distance along the wrong azimuth (direction) could cause significant error on one's path. Left: Cadet Uele has his lane strip scored by Cadet Michelle Lee. To pass the day event, he needed to correctly find 5 of his 8 assigned points within 5 hours. The night event requires 3 of 5 points within 3 hours for a passing score. Above: Cadets Cazales and Schultz at the Fort Lewis museum simulating the use of one of the machines on display (most mechanical devices had been rendered immovable by concrete). Left: Cadet Schreck poses before one of the many vehicles once used by the Army. Other puzzling antiques on display included a variety of tanks, aircraft, and weaponry that cadets had the opportunity to examine and explore before the day was over.

4. Land Navigation On the 21st of November, KHB conducted its second land navigation event of the quarter. Like with the first one during the Fall FTX, we focused on reinstructing and reinforcing land navigation technical skills technical skills. However, with the foundation set it was also our intent to focus on enforcing the standards and measure how many cadets meet or excel beyond the qualification standards. There was marked improvement in the results from Fall FTX, showing our success in developing the skills and confidence of our cadets. Above: Cadets Frei and Villeneuve walk a 100m course counting their pace to use it to match distances traversed along roads in the course. Left:: MSIVs and cadre set up the training site Right: Cadet Aaron enjoys a book while at one of the three checkpoints posted along the course. Veteran's Day Ceremony On November 11th UW AROTC cadets marched proudly along Memorial Way with the fellow Air Force and Navy/Marine Corp cadets in a short procession, stopping by the flagpole to witness the university's dedication of a new memorial to honor United States veterans. Several of our cadets had the privilege of escorting our distinguished guests, awardees of the Congressional Medal of Honor, to the event stage where accounts of the lives and exploits of present awardees were recounted. Right: Cadet Zhong poses with Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Robert L. Howard after the ceremony.