After a few days of settling in, freshmen are met with a shocking feat, Challenge Week, in preparation for their first year at school.

“To hold this role for the military is a dream come true and something I have been working for since becoming a JAG Officer.”

Deon Jackson is a member of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 1999; he also earned master’s degrees from The Citadel in ’05 and ’13.

He’s served in Haiti, Kuwait and Syria, and was posted to the Pentagon for the last two years as the highest ranking enlisted Marine.

Eight young men and women, each from different backgrounds, begin to describe why they decided to attend The Citadel.

Before dawn’s first light, cadets from The Citadel boarded a fleet of buses and left Charleston for a very unique training exercise.

The past year has strengthened my belief that the path to
principled leadership goes through the humanities and
social sciences.

Curtis said the findings of the project should be ready around the end of September.

Brandon Perry and Scott Hansen, a member of The Citadel Class of 1994, founded Island Coastal Lager in the Lowcountry.

Scott Curtis, the director of the Near Center for Climate Studies at The Citadel, says storms will dump more water on Charleston in the future.