ROTC cadets participate in Northern Warfare Challenge

ROTC cadets in skills testing along a snowy path

Three Ripon College cadets were among a team of five cadets representing the Fox Valley Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Battalion at the Northern Warfare Challenge Feb. 24-25 at Fort McCoy. The Fox Valley Battalion is based at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

They are Nathan Crenshaw ’25 of Bangor, Wisconsin; Jacob Lange ’23 of Vail, Arizona; and Mitchell Lipinski ’24 of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The test of individual and team skills is designed to test the limits as cadets compete in physical challenges and soldiering events. The Fox Valley team placed 22nd out of 51 teams.