Edson Diaz - Army Strong Stories

Life in the Bruin Battalion

Edson Diaz — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:54:00 GMT

By: Edson Diaz
My name is Edson Diaz; I am an MS III ROTC cadet in the UCLA Bruin Battalion. I decided to enter the Army ROTC program in May of 2009. I had stumbled on to the website the previous week and made contact with the recruiting officer. After meeting with CPT Dittami I decided that I wanted to join the program in the fall. The program I joined is the UCLA Army Battalion, but even though the battalion is hosted at UCLA...read more

How I Became a Cadet Blogger

Edson Diaz — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:18:00 GMT

By: Edson Diaz
So about two weeks ago after pt, my cadet Lt. Col comes up to me and ask me if I want to volunteer to be a cadet blogger. It's kind of funny how in the army whenever you are asked if you want to voulunteer it's really just a nice way of telling you your going to do it. So I accepted the position of cadet blogger along with another cadet in the battalion, and now I get to tell all of you of my experiences as an officer cadet in the ROTC program....read more