Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives Photograph Collection, 1890-1982
Date
circa 1980
Decade
1980s
Subject (LCSH)
Women military cadets
Military art and science
Military education
Military training
Historical context
Under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, the Department of Military Science and Tactics was activated at New Mexico State during the 1902-03 school year. The first PMS&T was Professor Alfred S. Frost, Major, U.S. Army, Retired (former Colonel, 1st South Dakota Infantry) who continued in this capacity until the school year 1904-05. The original Cadet Corps consisted of 36 cadets formed into a battalion of two companies. Detachment 505, located on the NMSU campus, hosts cadets from both NMSU and UTEP. Established on October 2nd, 1946, nearly an entire year before the Air Force became a separate service, we are one of the oldest AFROTC detachments in the country.
Extent
5 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Notes
U.S. Army ROTC Staff Sergeant Cody surrounded by unknown group of men. "This (co-ed AFROTC) program was first tested at four universities in the fall of 1969 and was opened to all women in May 1970. At present 153 schools offer co-ed AFROTC.'' Cited from The Round up, volume 62, number 97, October 18, 1971, p. 4.