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On February 9, 2006, Foundation board member Colonel Lyman
Hammond presented the annual MacArthur Awards to the U.S. Army Reserve Officers’
Training Corps at the Commander’s conference. These awards were instituted in
1989 and honor the top U.S. Army ROTC units from the 272 units located around
the United States. Those selected were the most successful of the Commands’
units in accomplishing their mission of training and commissioning the majority
of the lieutenants entering the Army each year. These units best represent the
ideals of the watch words, Duty-Honor-Country and the legacy of leadership as
practiced by General Douglas MacArthur.
These awards recognize performance among the small, medium and large
battalions in the Eastern and Western regions. The command winners for the
Eastern region are Bucknell University, Wake Forest University and Rochester
Institute of Technology. For the second straight year Bucknell University was
selected as the best overall Eastern Region Command recipient. California State
University, Fullerton, Wheaton College and Arizona State University received the
awards for the Western region and Wheaton College also was recognized as the
region’s best overall winner.
The General Douglas MacArthur Foundation is honored to recognize these future
leaders of the United States Army. We are proud of all the units and individuals
who make up the Army ROTC program. Since its establishment in 1916, over 500,000
men and women have become United States Army officers through Army ROTC.
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