Tulane NROTC hosts MG drill

NEW ORLEANS - Future military officers from across the U.S. from 21 universities journeyed to Tulane University to participate in the 47th annual Mardi Gras Drill Meet on Feb. 21. It is one of the largest ROTC drill meets in the country. Tulane’s NROTC unit hosted the event attended by 24 teams from 21 different universities spanning all branches of the armed forces. The Mardi Gras Drill Meet is significant to the training and development of Tulane midshipmen. The meet is one of two leadership-evaluated events the unit conducts, and is designed to be intermediate in complexity for midshipmen to plan and execute. Once scores were tabulated, Texas A&M emerged as the overall victor followed by Norwich University, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Rear Adm. Jamie Sands, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), headquartered at Naval Station Great Lakes, supports 98 percent of initial officer and enlisted accessions training for the Navy, as well as the Navy’s Citizenship Development Program. Sands and his NSTC staff at Great Lakes and at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., also support Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s only boot camp, at Great Lakes. (Source: NSTC 02/25/20) https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112176