In accordance with the Morrill Act (Land-Grant) passed in 1862 and by the approval of the Secretary of the Army on November 22, 1967, a Senior Division of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) was established at this institution, effective September 1968.
Upon the shoulders of Lieutenant Colonel A.B. Battiste fell the responsibility for the organization and development of this program. Under his supervision, we saw both an advanced and a basic corps grow during the first semester.
We witnessed crack performance of the first Military Drill Team. At homecoming, we saw a massive parade of some 500 Cadets march in the downtown parade. The men of A. M. & N. Cadet Corp took this year to lay the foundation for a program that promises to install pride, confidence, individual character, and attributes essential to an officer and a leader.
The primary objective of the Department is to produce Junior Officers, who by their education, maturity and inherent qualities exhibit a capacity for leadership in the Army. Instructions cover fundamentals common to all branches of the service.
LTC Alfonzo Batiste, IN
1967 – 1970
LTC Moses Smalls, IN
1970 – 1973
LTC John Barner, IN
1973 – 1976
MAJ Robert Jones, AR
1976 – 1977
LTC Oscar Mack, IN
1979 – 1983
LTC Bob Dalton, FA
1983 – 1986
LTC Omer McCants, AV
1986 – 1990
MAJ William Bryant, AD
1990 – 1992
LTC Leon Crumblin, EN
1992 – 1995
LTC Melvin Batniks, LG
1995 – 1998
LTC George Akins, SC
1998 – 2002
LTC Kenzie Wallace, FA
2002 – 2006
LTC Vincent Telfare, MI
2006 – 2009
LTC Tommie Walker, FA
2010 – 2012
LTC Jeffrey Foster, LG
2012 – 2015
LTC Willette Alston Williams, AG
2015 – 2017
LTC Sherry K. Oehler, SC
2017 – 2019
LTC Kevin Moyer, EN
2019 – Present
Previous Programs Sponsored by the UAPB COA
in 2018 and 2021
