Peggy Williamson - Army Strong Stories

University of Toledo Army ROTC Lab

Peggy Williamson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:44:00 GMT

By: Peggy Williamson
Every week The University of Toledo's Army ROTC Rocket Battalion has a hands on lab. This past week we had a weapons lab including the M249, 50 CAL, M203, M16 and the M19. We had a hands on experience getting to know the weapon, taking it apart, and putting it back together. There were different stations each with their own weapon. We had small groups which gave us more experience with the weapons. My favorite part of the lab was getting to shoot the M19. Next week in lab we are doing...read more

Recon FTX

Peggy Williamson — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:14:00 GMT

By: Peggy Williamson
This past weekend, The University of Toledo Rocket Battalion's Recon Platoon headed into the wood for their second and final FTX. The weekend consisted of 4 patrolling lanes with different leadership every time. What was different from this Recon FTX than the last was that this time we had about half as many people. It made it a better learning environment and I felt like a got a lot more out of the experience. Three out of the four missions were recons and the other was an ambush. I...read more

My first semester being in Recon...

Peggy Williamson — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:55:00 GMT

By: Peggy Williamson
My name is Peggy Williamson and I'm a part of the Rocket Battalion at The University of Toledo. I'm an MSl majoring in this year so I haven't been part of the program for very long. So far I've really enjoyed being in ROTC. For me it wasn't about getting my college paid for because my parents would have taken care of all that. I want to join the Army because there are so many great opportunities and I just want to be a part of something great. One thing that I really...read more