ROTC Activities at Radford ROTC Activities at Radford Cadets at Radford are organized into a detachment with their own chain of command.
Seniors hold staff officer positions while juniors fill the company positions.
Cadets at Radford participate in a wide variety of activities. Typical training includes rappelling , land navigation or orienteering , weapons qualification , and other confidence building exercises. Longer exercises involve cadets either leading or participating in battle drills, which are small unit collective infantry task. Radford also has a Ranger Challenge team and a Color Guard . The Ranger Challenge team competes against over 30 schools in the Brigade in a competition designed to test soldier skills, and physical and mental endurance.