ROTC honored with MacArthur Award
The Army ROTC program at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been honored with a MacArthur Award, signifying that it is one of the top eight university ROTC units in the nation.
UH Mānoa Army ROTC was named best battalion within the Eighth Brigade, which consists of the 30 senior Army ROTC programs on the West Coast.
The MacArthur Award recognizes the top schools in eight brigades, selected from among the 275 senior ROTC programs nationwide.
Criteria for the award include performance on the Cadet National Order of Merit list, cadet retention ratio, quality and performance of military training and newly commissioned second lieutenants.
The awards, presented by the U.S. Army Cadet Command and the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation, recognize the military ideals of “duty, honor and country,” as advocated by General Douglas MacArthur.