Dartmouth has a long and proud history of producing commissioned officers in service to the Nation. Dartmouth Army ROTC first began training cadets in 1951. Today, Dartmouth cadets are following in the footsteps of their forebears and continuing the noble tradition of service to the country. Since the 1980s, Dartmouth cadets have trained here on the Dartmouth campus in Hanover under an agreement with Norwich University, which is located in Northfield, Vermont.
2LT Philip Back, Class of 2010, atop atop an M1 Abrams tank during Armor Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC), class 11-002.
Dartmouth Army ROTC prepares cadets for success in any career-military, government, corporate, or non-profit. In short, we are the Best Leadership Course in America.
Current Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim and former President James Wright share a common bond of personal and institutional support for Dartmouth students who are preparing for military service, or coming to Dartmouth as veterans of our nation's service branches. In 2009, Dartmouth Honorary Degree Recipient General John Abizaid served as the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Speaker on Commencement weekend.
President Jim Yong Kim says, "I have profound respect and admiration for students who choose to participate in Army ROTC at Dartmouth College. It is a privilege to provide our cadets with a strong liberal arts education that will inform their careers as future military leaders. I often encourage students to embrace the words of former Dartmouth president John Sloan Dickey who said we must make the world's troubles our own. Few take that charge as literally as our brave men and women in ROTC who have chosen to serve in the U.S. military."
The Dartmouth College Army ROTC is proud to announce that CDT Aaron C. Cappelli and CDT Jacob B. Wijnberg will become Commissioned Officers in the rank of Second Lieutenant this semester. Their Commissioning Ceremony is scheduled to be held in the Dartmouth Outing Club House on at 2:30pm on Saturday the 9th of June 2012. The Commissioning Ceremony encompasses a great deal of military history and tradition including the newly Commissioned Lieutenant's "First Salute". There will also be a social reception following the Ceremony for those wishing to attend to mingle with the newly Commissioned Officers.
