Army ROTC
Extension program- Unit
- Raider Battalion (Shippensburg University) — formerly Blue Mountain Battalion (Dickinson host through Spring 2026)
- Campus role
- Hosts 4 crosstown schools ; on-campus cadre with a partner host
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Dickinson College ROTC Program
Dickinson College has a Army ROTC option on record. Army ROTC operates as an extension unit with on-campus cadre through Raider Battalion (Shippensburg University) — formerly Blue Mountain Battalion (Dickinson host through Spring 2026). Families comparing ROTC scholarships should confirm current participation, crosstown logistics, and campus-specific requirements with the ROTC unit before finalizing a college list.
On record
Branch availability
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Crosstown network
Crosstown schools that train here
Students at these schools do not have an ROTC unit on their own campus. They train through a crosstown arrangement with Dickinson College. Drive times shown are campus-to-campus estimates.
Army ROTC
- Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster · 74 min drive
- Gettysburg College Gettysburg · 49 min drive
- Messiah University Mechanicsburg · 24 min drive
- Penn State Harrisburg Middletown · 43 min drive
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