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����AV students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for the 12th annual Mason Nation 9/11 Day of Service.

George Mason’s Army ROTC Patriot Battalion is on the rise. From its humble beginnings more than 40 years ago in 1982 with little more than 20 students, the program now boasts nearly 150 cadets and continues to grow in recognition.

Joel Martin, associate professor of kinesiology and researcher in the SMART lab, is working to help first responders and ROTC cadets enjoy longer and healthier lives.

If Bryan Vega, a graduate student in ����AV’s College of Engineering and Computing, has learned anything from his lengthy career, it’s that he can never count himself out.

Honors College student Noel Quezada came to Mason through the Early Identification Program and credits EIP with much of his success.

On Thursday, March 30, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters transported 62 Mason ROTC cadets and two cadre to the Marine Corps Base Quantico for Mason ROTC’s spring Joint Field Training Exercise (JFTX), which it holds annually with ROTC students from Georgetown and Howard universities.

Mason’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), known as “The Patriot Battalion,” began in 1982 and frequently conducts training with other universities throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Mason cadets fly to Marine Corps Base Quantico to complete a simulated military mission.