page_title: Penn State Army ROTC
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Penn State Army ROTC / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: PSU AROTC Guidon at Area 5
context_page_description: The Penn State Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps is the ROTC department at The Pennsylvania State University. It is the largest branch of the ROTC program at the school, which also has Naval ROTC and Air Force ROTC.
  The Penn State ROTC Battalion is one of the 41 participating battalions in the 2nd Reserve Officers' Training Corps Brigade, also known as the Freedom Brigade. The brigade is headquartered at Fort Dix, NJ, and comprises ROTC programs in the North Eastern United States including CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
context_section_description: The Penn State Nittany Lion Battalion is a Cadet run battalion, which means the cadre supervise, but the senior cadets (MS IVs) organize, develop, and execute training.  As of Fall 2015, the Nittany Lion Battalion has five companies.  Four are located at University Park; Alpha Company, Bravo Company, Charlie Company, and the Higher Headquarters Company (HHC) and Delta Company is located at the Altoona Commonwealth campus.
  Battalion HHC (University Park, PA - Main Campus)
  Led by select MS IV cadets.  HHC includes the Battalion Commander with his Battalion XO, CSM, and staff (S-1, S-3, S-4, S-6, PAO, etc.) - each with a team of MSL IV Cadets.
  Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie Companies (University Park, PA - Main Campus)
  In charge of each company are Commanders, Executive Officers, and First Sergeants. Each company is made of 2 Platoons, led by Platoon Leader and Platoon Sergeant. MSL III and IV cadets are in charge of each Platoon and Company, while MSL II cadets lead the Squads found in each Platoon. Companies are made of approximately 60-70 Cadets from all four class levels.
  Delta Company (Altoona, PA - Commonwealth Campus)
  Delta Company is organized the same as Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie Company at University Park.  They conduct leadership class and laboratories as a company at the Altoona campus and participate in battalion leadership development exercises with the battalion.
caption: Penn State Army ROTC Platoon Guidon
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