Ashley Collier - Army Strong Stories

FTX Weekend

Ashley Collier — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:09:00 GMT

By: Ashley Collier
The weekend of Halloween we had our fall FTX at camp Grayling. I didn't really know what to expect because I have never done anything of the sort, but im satisfied with how it turned out. I did better than I expected in everything we had to do; especially on the obsticle course and land navigation. I wasn't apart of the Ranger Challege team this year but this FTX gave me good insight of what to look forward to next year. It was a great experience overall, and a...read more

Freshman Year

Ashley Collier — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:11:00 GMT

By: Ashley Collier
I'm Ashley Collier and I am a freshman at Northern Michigan University. Going back to before school started and when I started looking into the ROTC all seems so long ago now. Everything seemed to come so fast, and being a nursing cadet eligible for a 4-year scholarship was a bit overwhelming. I recently became a contracted cadet but getting to that point was tough. I had a time where I wasn't sure if I wanted to contract and almost walked away from ROTC and my scholarship all...read more