Beyond the drill, ROTC cadets commit to values and lasting bonds

While most of Drake University’s campus is sleeping, Drake University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets meet at 6 a.m. — or “0600 hours,” as they would call it — to complete their thrice-weekly physical training in the Olmsted Center’s underground gym.

Even if it gets easier with time, waking up that early can be a struggle, said Cadet George Mays…

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