Vision
The Jaguar Battalion focuses on high standards of academic and leadership excellence that prepare our graduates to be commissioned and succeed as future officers in the United States Army.
Mission
To recruit, educate, retain, empower, develop, and commission qualified Senior ROTC Cadets that embody both the Warrior Ethos and the Army Values, with capacity to exemplify the Army Profession. Partner with all Louisiana Junior ROTC Programs in order to produce citizens of extraordinary character and competence for service to our nation.
Objective
The objective of the Southern University and A&M College Army Senior Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is to train, motivate and prepare select students with potential to serve as Commissioned Officers in the Regular Army, United States Army Reserve or the Louisiana Army National Guard. The program is designed to provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of military art and science, and to develop leadership and managerial potential in the Cadet. A strong sense of personal integrity, honor, and individual responsibility, and an appreciation of the requirements for national security are instilled in all Cadets. Attainment of these objectives will prepare Cadets for commissioning and establish a sound basis for their future professional development and effective performance in the United States Army or civilian life.
Partnership Schools
Enrollment in the Southern University and A&M College Department of Military Science courses are open to all students attending the below university or colleges:
Our history began in 1969 during the Vietnam War. The program flourished until 1995 when it was closed, due in large part to declining numbers and retrenchment by the military as a result of budget constraints. More than a thousand students are estimated to have gone through the program during those years.
From 1995 to 2015, the program became a partnership with the Louisiana State University and A&M (LSU) and Southern University and A&M College of Baton Rouge (SUBR) Army ROTC Programs. As a “Satellite Program,” students attended SLU, but were dually enrolled in the Departments of Military Science at one of the two schools above. Students would then attend ROTC classes at the Host University’s campus, as the ROTC courses were no longer offered at SLU.
When it was discovered that an average of 5 students per year were enrolling into Army ROTC at one of the two universities while studying at SLU, talks began to make SLU an “Extension Program” of the SUBR Army ROTC Program. Through a partnership between SUBR, SLU, Army ROTC Cadet Command and the Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG), the program was re-instated in Fall 2016 as an Extension Program.
Since its re-instatement, the SLU Army ROTC Program has continued to grow and commissions between 5 and 7 officers into the Army Active Component, Army National Guard and Army Reserves each year, with an average of 3 to 5 students per year earning an Army ROTC Scholarship. We currently field a Ranger Challenge Team, which placed first in the state in 2020 against LSU, Tulane, GSU and NSU. In addition to taking state that year, we placed 15th in regionals overall and 1st in regionals for HBCUs and Extension Programs. With our newly constructed obstacle course, we are hoping to again place well at state and regionals this year. In addition to Ranger Challenge, we provide a Color Guard detail for all major campus events to include sports games and graduations. During the Fall Football Seasons, the Army ROTC program has the honor of escorting the Football Program’s BELL-ON-WHEELS into the stadium, where we present the colors, and provide a detail to ring the bell while our Push-up Platoon does push-ups in the end zone when the Southeastern Lions Score!
Do you have what it takes to become a part of this great tradition?
