08/28/2026
Summer recap from CDT Rendon and CDT Foster‼️
This summer, these cadets attended an Army National Guard Annual Training in Ft. Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania with 642 Air Support Battalion. This annual training consisted of Individual Weapons Qualifications with M4s, H8 Mire Pit training exercises, Medical Simulation Training Center exercises with combat medics, a bit of quality time with Crew Serve Weapons, and a culminating Field Training Exercise with a “massive casualty” event.
Rendon and Foster are both Simultaneous Membership Program cadets. The SMP program allows college students to be enlisted soldiers in the Army National Guard, as well as Army ROTC. There are many benefits to this program such as NYS tuition assistance, monthly drill pay, and additional experience shadowing Army officers in a National Guard unit.
It’s safe to say that without being an SMP cadet, this kind of training would be hard to come across for an ROTC cadet! Great to see the fun you've both had Freedom Eagles🦅