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Five cadets from William & Mary competed in the 4th Brigade, Eastern Region Ranger Challenge Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23-25.

Several of William & Mary's ROTC cadets received accolades this summer for their participation in ROTC events and programs.

This past May, the William and Mary ROTC Department commissioned seven new Second Lieutenants into the Army. Two more will be commissioned once they finish training this summer.

Senior Jennifer Purser was commissioned May 10 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army by her mother, Brigadier General Leslie Purser.

Theirs is a William and Mary love story -- but with a different kind of epilogue.

With both of her parents serving in the U.S. Army, Jenny Purser was raised in the midst of military culture. "I was a tomboy as a kid," she explained. "I couldn't see myself doing anything else."

This May, the William and Mary ROTC department commissioned four new Second Lieutenants into the Army. Two more will be commissioning once they finish training this summer.

As the featured guest told them during a special ceremony in the Wren Chapel just hours before William and Mary's commencement ceremony, the new Army lieutenants were about to join a proud legacy of ROTC graduates from William and Mary.

ROTC cadets from the College of William and Mary placed third in a competition geared toward preparing them for what it takes to be part of one of the Army’s most elite force.