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FROG Week
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"North Georgia College & State University recently received a high-profile boost of attention when the Chronicle of Higher Education
ran a feature on "FROG Week," the university's grueling biannual
six-day boot camp for new cadets. More than 270 graduated from the
Army-style freshman orientation in August. Many of the upperclassmen
that led this years program are veterans of the war in Iraq and
Afghanistan. More than 50 students veterans returned to campus this
fall after serving a year in Iraq. That, along with the unique status
within higher education held by NGCSU as one of only six four-year
senior military colleges in the nation, helped attract the Chronicle's
attention. The 670 ROTC cadets make up a minority of the university's
4,800 students, yet the institution's culture includes a strong
military tradition."
- University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis, Jr. |
| All new members of the Corps will participate in FROG Week, an
experience that that you will remember for the rest of your life! To
complete the transition from civilian student to military cadet, you
must rely on each other and work as a team.
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Day One:
| Upon your arrival, you will begin in-processing into the Corps of
Cadets. Your company will already be assigned to you and the cadre
(upperclassmen cadets) will direct you to your barracks. You will
unload your luggage and be placed into a small group to continue
in-processing. Then you will run to the records administration location
and ensure that all of your required paperwork has been filed properly.
After you complete this process, you will be taken to one of the local
barbers for a fresh hair cut. After the hair cut, you will be taken to
the campus bookstore to pick up your uniforms. You will then return to
your respective barracks and meet the cadre of your company. |
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| Be sure to stand tall and look good. After you in process with your
assigned company, you will move all of your personal items and uniforms
into your new dorm room. Shortly thereafter, you and all of the other
new cadets will be called to formation. This will be the first of many
company formations. Your cadre will then march you to the Chow Hall for
dinner. Before the night is through, you will have a meeting with the
president of the college, our Commandant of Cadets, Professor of
Military Science, and other officials. After the president’s welcome
there will be a short run back to the barracks where you will be given
time to set up your room and get cleaned up before heading to bed.
Lights Out! |
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Day Two:
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Before the sun rises you will be on your feet for first call.
Depending on the battalion you are placed in, there will a PT (Physical
Training) test that will test your endurance in push-ups, sit-ups, and
a two-mile run. After PT you will head back to your room for personal
hygiene and then go to chow. Throughout the day the cadre will give a
series of military oriented classes. Once the classes are done for the
day you will have a briefing from the Assistant Commandant of Cadets
about your responsibilities as a cadet. Again, you will run back to the
barracks and be given time to set up your rooms. Lights Out |
Day Three:
| Wake up, now it is time for the fun to begin. It’s time for PT. Once
you finish that you will get cleaned up and head to chow. After
breakfast you will draw a weapon weapon from the Armory and begin
learning drill and ceremony. The majority of the day is dedicated to
small unit level training in which your squad leader will teach you a
multitude of tasks such as drill and ceremony,weapons cleaning, and
military customs and courtesies. These classes are crucial to your
development and success as a cadet. After the day of classes everyone
will head to the chow hall for dinner. After chow, you will participate
in the Retreat Ceremony; the tradition of lowering the United States
flag. Retreat is one of the most important traditions that the Army
has. Once the ceremony is over you will be taken around our campus to
learn many of the college’s traditions. Then it’s off to the barracks
for personal hygiene and bed. |
Day Four:
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Day Four will be a long, hard, trying day that will test your
endurance. The day begins with company PT before the sun even rises. In
fact, it might still be dark when you head back to the barracks for
personal hygiene. After you get cleaned up and eat, you will take a
little trip to North Georgia's training facility at Pine Valley.
Remember one thing: encourage your cadre to get dirty today. At Pine
Valley you will negotiate the grenade assault course, the leadership
reaction course, and the low-ropes confidence course. You will also see
a demonstration from one of North Georgia's elite specialty units who
will then teach you basic military skills such as individual movement
techniques (IMT) and camouflage. Another elite specialty unit, the
Mountain Order of Colombo, will be present to teach you military
survival techniques. This is a great day to see what you are made of!
Early in the evening you will travel back to the college. You will eat
chow, then clean up and hit the rack. If you are not tired by the end
of today, don’t worry... there is always tomorrow.
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Day Five:
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Day Five puts the end of FROG Week in sight, but there is still a
lot of tough training to be accomplished. By this point, you are
beginning to understand what it means to be a cadet. You are starting
to become part of the history and traditions that make North Georgia
unique.
On Day
Five you will go to Camp Frank D. Merrill which is home to the 5th
Ranger Training Battalion and the Mountain Phase of the US Army Ranger
School. You will train where the elite train. Your company will conduct
a foot march to the training site where you will see a demonstration
from the Mountain Order of Colombo. After the demonstration, you will
receive classes on military mountaineering techniques and knot tying.
You will then tie your own Swiss-seat harness, and rappel down a
thirty-foot tower. Once you successfully negotiate the thirty-foot
tower, you will put yourself to the test and rappel down a sixty-foot
rock face. Later in the day Ranger Challenge, another specialty unit,
will teach you how to use a one-rope bridge and three-rope bridge to
cross a river. At the end of the training activities at Camp Merrill,
you will go on a six mile foot march. Just remember only one day left.
You then will travel back to campus where you will eat chow. This night
is reserved for the presentation of the company Gideon. It will be
given to the most outstanding individual in the FROG class for that
company, good luck! |
Day Six:
| Last day of FROG week, just get through today and you are done. You
will get up and dress in your PT uniform and head out for a light
breakfast. Once you are done with chow your company will head to the
drill field so that the Crown Mountain Run can begin. The run is over
three miles... up a mountain. The Crown Mountain Run is the culminating
event for FROG Week. You can do it; you have made it this far so do not
quit. After the run there will be a ceremony accepting you into the
Corps of Cadets. The Gideon bearer will also be recognized at this
time. Following the ceremony you will be released to get cleaned up,
put on a fresh set of ACU's, and partake in our traditional luncheon of
frog legs. When you are finished chow, you are able to spend a few
hours with family and or friends. You will be told when you are to
report back to the company. Congratulations on making it through the
week. |
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"NGC
served as the catalyst that has made me who I am and what I am today.
It provided a structured approach to academics and life while providing
enough freedom to gain what many describe as the college experience.
The Cadet Corps was my anchor and remains in my heart and soul today. I
met my wife Julie there, she has been the "wind beneath my sails" for
32 years. We came back to NGC in 1986 with Seth, Jared, and Julianne
and taught for three years. Not only was it our physical home, it now
remains as our emotional home. God Bless NGC and the Cadet Corps!"
Major General James Terry, NGC '78
Commanding General, 10th Mountain Division
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