Company Activities

Ours is an active company, offering many opportunities for professional development in the form of:

Company Physical Training (weekly) - keeping in shape by running and exercising.

Drill/Lab period (weekly) - general military training, administrative functions, announcements, planning, drug testing, guest speakers.

Fundraisers (occasionally) - raise funds for event costs typically by working concessions or service staff at sporting events.

Color Guard Events (occasionally) - provide the services of our Color Guard to various university events.

Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball (fall) - celebrating the birthdays of our services with our Prairie View counterparts and our dates with a formal dining event and ceremony.

Dining In (spring) - a "mess night," without dates, crystallizing a centuries-old tradition.

Pentathlon (fall) - sporting and drill competition between the Rice and Prairie View units.

JROTC Drill Meets (occasionally) - as a unit, we host our own in the spring, as well as send personnel to staff those of other organizations, including Prairie View's.

Platoon Weekends (occasionally) - each platoon's time to develop cameraderie by selecting a fun event to do.

Special Opportunities/Tours (occasionally) - nuclear power plant tours, tours of Navy submarines and ships, chances to speak with junior officers and their commanding officers, trips to run field exercises and obstacle courses, etc.

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