The U.S. Army Cadet Command announced Feb. 28 that the UCCS Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps department won one of eight MacArthur Awards for the school year 2012-2013.
The awards, presented by Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation, recognize the ideals of, “duty, honor and country” as advocated by MacArthur.
The UCCS department represented Cadet Command’s Fifth Brigade, which consists of the 36 senior Army ROTC programs in the Southwest.
The award is based on a combination of the achievement of the school’s commissioning mission, its cadets’ performance and standing on the Command’s national Order of Merit List and its cadet retention rate.
Cadet Command and the MacArthur Foundation have given the awards annually since 1989.
— U.S. Army Public Affairs
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