George Mason University: Retro Mason: Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps 1982

Fairfax Station VA

31 May, 2022

5:13 PM

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Press release from George Mason University: May 31st, 2022 George Mason University'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. Here, ROTC cadets raise their hands inside a classroom during the 1980s. Photo credit: George Mason University Broadside Photograph Collection from the University Libraries' Special Collection Research Center. This image is part of the 50th Anniversary exhibit, Past, Present, Future: Mason's Core Remains Constant, which showcases photos captured by student photographers working for Broadside, Mason's student newspaper from 1969 to 2014. On the lower level of Horizon Hall, the exhibit runs through December 2022. This press release was produced by George Mason University. The views expressed here are the author's own.