The Citadel cadet experience is not one that includes a laissez-faire approach to tackling the hard stuff.

Fifty cadets are spending hours practicing getting ready to perform in the Christmas Candlelight Service, an iconic part of the Lowcountry’s holiday season.

“It made me feel more prideful about the service that I will be doing for my country,” said Ruby Bolden of Pompeo’s speech.

In just a few months, The Citadel Pipe Band will be performing in front of a national audience at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland.

After four 90-minute rounds, The Citadel’s Ethics Bowl team finished in 4th place, earning a spot at the national competition early next year.

By Cadet Sae-Eun Lee, ’20 “Full battalion, attention,” boomed 3rd Battalion’s new TAC NCO, U.S. Army retired Sgt. Maj. Isaac Ragusa. “Half right face.” Without pause, the 466 cadets in

Photo above: U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo addressing the South Carolina Corps of Cadets on Veterans Day, 2019, at The Citadel Part of The Citadel experience includes opportunities

She’s a two-time Army Ranger Challenge competitor, she’s on track to become an officer in the U.S. Army after graduating, and she was also Miss Charleston.

Citadel cadets will soon be able to boat to and from their college campus along the Ashley River again thanks to a local couple’s ambition.

The Citadel is taking action to bring awareness to the issue of veteran suicide.