Cadet Clubs and Teams HOYA Battalion cadets participate in several activities in addition to normal ROTC duties. Cadets take part in a large number of activities that challenge and enhance their athletic, tactical, and ceremonial skills and offer cadets a way to distinguish both themselves, and the HOYA Battalion. Below you can find information about the various clubs and teams that the HOYA Battalion offers.

Ranger Challenge Team   The Ranger Challenge team provides cadets with an opportunity for some exciting and challenging training. Ranger Challenge is the “varsity sport” of ROTC. Annually, more than 300 universities nationwide field teams to compete in a series of challenging events. The Hoya Battalion Ranger Challenge Team is named after MAJ Michael Lawrence Malone who founded a Ranger program in the Hoya BN during the Vietnam War to better prepare Hoya cadets for the rigors of combat that they would face in the jungles of Vietnam. MAJ Malone was killed in action January 7, 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.   The Hoya BN’s Malone Rangers train five days a week for two hours a day, in addition to FTXs every Saturday. This training culminates with a competition at FT A.P. Hill, VA, at the end of October against 27 other teams from the region. Training for this event includes rigorous physical fitness workouts, information classes on and practical application of various elements of light infantry tactics. Ten Miler Team   The Ten Miler Team trains to run the Army Ten Miler Race, held in Virginia and Washington, DC every year in October and other races throughout the year. The team trains by running short, intermediate and long distances as well as working on muscular strength exercises. The Ten Miler Team practices five to six days and are excused from regular PT in order to train for the race. Color Gaurd   The Color Guard is the Hoya Battalion's premiere Drill and Ceremonies team. We post the National Colors at Georgetown Basketball Games and Commencement Exercises, and provide support to a wide variety of functions for outside organizations, including gala dinners and national conventions. If you are a Hoya Battalion cadet, sign up with the Color Guard NCOIC to join this fulfilling and enjoyable team. If you are with an organization or company that desires to have a proficient team post the Colors at your event in the Washington, DC Area, please contact Captain Suitonu at (202) 687-7094 or email cas236@georgetown.edu. Maneuver Warfare   The Maneuver Warfare Club is dedicated to the study of military history and theory including lectures, war games, and battlefield tours. In the past, the club has sponsored lectures from historians, military officers, and combat veterans. Our cadre oversight, Major Vandergriff, has great expertise in military history as well as many contacts of people working with modern war theory, allowing us to have influential speakers. The club occasionally organizes military war games at their own initiative or with Major Vandergriff. However, one of the most influential activities of the club is touring a Civil War battlefield once a semester. Some battlefields we have toured include Gettysburg, Cedar Creek, Antietem, and Monocacy. The lessons learned from walking the ground help us better understand the Civil War and warfare in general. Indeed, it is an academic oriented club, without the burden of assigned reading or homework. The Maneuver Warfare Club is a club for cadets to explore and learn about war in order to better prepare us as future 2LTs.