Two more units of Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets are being reactivated.
Commandant Joe Ramirez (Brigadier General-Retired U.S. Army) says 2,600 cadets are on campus this fall. That’s the most since 1970, and it represents a 40 percent increase since he started nearly seven years ago.
General Ramirez says this year’s cadet population has reached capacity on the Quad.
Ramirez says they just opened dorms one through eight on the north side, along with completing the last of four Leadership Learning Centers, and the interior of the Corps quad.
The general says they’ll look at expanding once A&M starts building a new music building next summer.
You’re invited to reactivation ceremonies this Friday at the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center…at 10 a.m. for Squadron 5…also known as the “Filthy Fifth…and at 2 p.m. for Company G-1…also called the “Ramblin’ Rogues”.
Click below for comments from Joe Ramirez, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.
Additional information from Texas A&M:
Responding to continued growth in the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, two units will be reactivated Friday (Aug. 26) for the new school year — the 10th and 11th such outfits to be reactivated within the past five years.
Squadron 5, popularly known as the “Filthy Fifth,” will be formally reactivated at 10 a.m., with similar ceremonies set for Company G-1, called the “Ramblin’ Rogues,” at 2 p.m. — with both events to be held at the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center.
Both ceremonies will include presentation of the outfits’ guidons, comments by the commandant of the Corps of Cadets, Brigadier General Joe Ramirez (U.S. Army-Ret,), former members of the outfits, and the units’ new commanding officers. Receptions will be held following both ceremonies.
General Ramirez encourages all former members of the two reactivated units to attend. “These will be significant events for all current and former members of both outfits, and we encourage as many former members of both outfits as possible to attend,” he said.