On this day 25 years ago (Commentary Thread)

[chico20854]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

YOU'RE A YINZER??

I did ROTC too. First at Allegheny College right behind the Admiral (Lee) and later in the unified program that included Allegheny, Ganon, Mercyhurst, and Edinboro Universities. All our "drills" were held at Edinboro. I still declined a commission though, I LOVED being on a gun crew and wouldn't give it up, even after they disbanded the 4th/92nd FA. That's how I ended up on active duty with the 10th Mountain during RESTORE HOPE.

I'm not a Yinzer, just went to school up there. After four years I'd had enough, but a year or two at Ft. Sill was enough to convince me Pittsburgh wasn't so bad so I went back for another couple years of school. Haven't been up there in 12+ years though...

The Carnegie Mellon ROTC battalion got consolidated into the Pitt one when I was there. Post-Cold War drawdown spelled the end of that unit and my comissioning; that's ok I had more fun being enlisted!