Roosevelt Military Academy no longer exists.
Some of the buildings in Aledo, Illinois,
have been torn down or left to fall down.
But the Scarlet and Gray spirit lives on!

2010 RMA Reunion Being Planned for Western Illinois

The Association Board of Directors has voted unanimously to hold the next all-class reunion in the Quad Cities with a trip to the RMA campus in Aledo. based on the results of the survey which we have been running on line for the past couples of months.  (The survey was also mailed to all former cadets, faculty and friends of RMA without e-mail addresses for whom we had street addresses.)  The next step is to establish a Reunion Committee which will develop options for the event and present a proposal to the Board.  We hope to have a committee named within the next month.  If you would be willing to serve on the reunion committee, please contact the Association President.

More details on the survey and the planning progress is included in the May 2009 newsletter.
 

Let's Find the Cadets of "The Lost Battalion"

Every September between 1931 and 1972, old and new cadets would assemble on the cement area on the RMA campus that had become known as “The Slab” to form the RMA Battalion for that school year.

Over the years thousand of cadets joined the battalion, passed thru the hallways of the academy and, eventually, went on to their life after RMA

Some of us have kept in touch, some have left this earth, and some are hiding from us all over the world because—for one reason or another—they want to put their RMA experience behind them.

But for each of us, our experience at RMA and our association with our cadet classmates, helped form the person we are today.  There is no denying that.

There are those among us who know some of these cadets of the "lost battalion" and it would be wonderful if we could get them to join their old classmates in the RMA Rough Rider Association—or at least add their names to the RMA roster.

So I ask each of you to talk to anyone of these lost cadets you know and ask them to renew their affiliation with the RMA Battalion through the association or the roster. 
 

                                                                       Lloyd “Ace” Young, Sr. ‘64
                                                                       Membership Chairman
 

RMA Cadet Writes "Tell All" Novel about Roosevelt

Jim Kilpatrick, Class of 1965, has written a book that will bring back memories for all of us.  Whether you were a cadet, faculty member of a friend of the Academy, you will be able to relate to the events in this e-book.   Jim is also donating a portion of the proceeds from each book sale to the Rough Rider Association.  Here's a short excerpt from the book. You can order the book through Jim's web site.

RMA Quartermaster Store

Whenever a cadet needed to buy uniforms or other RMA-unique items, he would visit the Quartermaster Store in the Administration Building.  Now we have created an online quartermaster to provide RMA memorabilia, merchandise and electronic copies of yearbooks for members of the RMA Rough Riders Association, alumni and friends of RMA.  Visit the new Quartermaster Store today.
 

RMA 2006 All-Class Reunion
Was All About Camaraderie

More than 120 cadets, faculty, staff, friends and family members spent the first weekend of August in Rock Island and Aledo renewing friendships and reminiscing about their times at RMA.  Here's the full story.
 

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
	ROOSEVELT MILITARY ACADEMY is named for Theodore Roosevelt who so ably represents the ideals of American youth.  His magnanimous sprit, commanding personality, alert mind, and abounding physical energy represent our ideals for each cadet who studies at Roosevelt Military Academy.        It is the Purpose of Roosevelt Military Academy to educate boys and aid them in their growth processes.        The Academy strives to develop in each and every cadet qualities of leadership, both academically and socially, that will aid them - not only in a mastery of his formal education - but also in the full development of his physical, social and moral capacities "BUILDERS OF MEN" --from an RMA Catalog published in the late 1960's
Did you know?
Theodore Roosevelt was recently awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for leading the famous charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.  (HQ, Department of the Army General Order No. 28, dated 31 December 2001) Theodore Roosevelt is one of only two fathers and sons who have received the Medal of Honor.  Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.  was awarded posthumously for his actions on the Normandy Beaches during D-Day.  (The other father-son team was 1st Lt. (later Lt. Gen.) Arthur MacArthur, Jr. during the Civil War and Gen. Douglas MacArthur during World War II.)

The RMA "Crack Squad" Drill Team

(circa 1965)

Do you think you can still do the Queen Ann's Salute? (Don't drop that rifle or you'll be walking "The Slab".) See more pictures of Cadet Life.

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