CAMP DODGE, Iowa - Andrew Moore, 20, a cadet from Wheaton College tried his hand at archery during the Capt. Edward D. Iwan and 1st Lt. Benjamin John Hall Challenge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 17 during the first 3rd ROTC Brigade Gaspers-Cahill Ranger Challenge.
It was one of the mystery challenges.
“It was kind of a curve ball,” Moore said of the mystery challenge. “But it gave us an opportunity to exude mental agility and react to our surroundings.”
The course was less about making the shot then about gaging cadet leaders ability to think on their feet, said Cadet Trenton Burgess, 23, of the University of Dubuque.
“It’s not necessarily about shooting the bow but more about developing their leadership skills,” said Burgess, who was manning the station. “It’s an opportunity for the team leader to figure out who his Subject Matter Expert and to teach and mentor others.”
Iwan, a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was killed November 2004 in Fallujah Iraq while assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The challenge was named for two of the brigade’s 11 alumni who died in combat, Nebraska graduates, 1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers and Capt. Joel E. Cahill.
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