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The Corps of Cadets was founded in 1876 with the creation of the all-male, military-focused Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the Morrill Act of 1862.The Morrill Act did not specify the extent of military training, leading many land-grant schools to provide only minimal training, Texas A&M was an exception.
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Officers of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets in "Class Bravos (Summer)," the daily garrison uniform. Cadets at senior military colleges are authorized, under Army Regulation 670–1, to wear uniforms developed by their institutions. Regular U.S. Army personnel assigned to those units as instructors may also wear institutionally ...
Company A-1 has long been known throughout the Corps as an outfit that has an exceptionally high rate of cadets who contract as officers in the U.S. Army. As such, A-1 adopted the "Ranger Joe" character meant to personify the grit, skill, and high standards of the U.S. Army Rangers as an unofficial company mascot. Ranger Joe has since appeared ...
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as the Noble Men of Kyle or just the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed of over 400 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets , it is the largest military marching band in the United States.
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets marches past members of the Longhorn Band ahead of the 2011 game at Kyle Field, the last time the two schools faced each other in football (until this Saturday's game ...
The Corps is a link to the early days of Texas A&M's history, when all students were required to be members and receive military training. [30] Although Corps membership became voluntary in 1965, [ 30 ] as of 2001 it was the United States' largest uniformed student body outside the service academies , [ 31 ] with an enrollment of over 2,500 ...
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