A US Army officer who led Cal Poly’s ROTC program has been arrested on suspicion of spying on minors in multiple dressing rooms. Lt. Col. Jacob Sweatland, 39, was arrested by Pismo Beach Police for invasion of privacy and resisting arrest, according to a complaint filed by the San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office on […]
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Cal Poly Police Department scales back on military equipment
The Cal Poly Police Department will be reducing its stock of ‘regulated equipment,’ according to Police Chief George Hughes. The change was announced during a seminar held Friday, Jan. 20 regarding the department’s stock of regulated equipment, also referred to as military equipment. The department will be getting rid of its only pepper ball gun […]
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Cal Poly named ‘Military Friendly’ campus
Cal Poly earns the Military Friendly campus recognition from the veteran’s organization, Viqtory, for its work with veterans in the San Luis Obispo community
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ROTC cadets conduct largest field training of the year
Cal Poly’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program linked up with cadets from California State University, Fresno and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) on April 7 to kick off their largest field training exercise (FTX) of the year. This FTX was a three-day event at Camp Roberts on the border of Monterey and […]
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A look into the action-packed ROTC Field Training Exercise weekend
The cadets spent about 12 hours on Friday and about 17 hours on Saturday at Camp San Luis Obispo
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The essential quality of hardiness: A veteran’s story
“I felt like I didn’t have anything and the military itself was kind of a way out.”
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Student veteran looks to connect with others
Cal Poly student and Army Reserves veteran Jesse Grothaus hopes to start a club on campus to reconnect with fellow student veterans, but has hit a red tape roadblock just in getting the signatures needed to found the club.
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Regardless of view on war, support the troops
Mustang Daily reporter Jennifer Titcomb discusses the war in Iraq and the impact she believes troops like her father, Navy Commander Ken Titcomb, have had on the country. Her father returns home to the U.S. after a year-long tour next week.