Robert Bowles
  • Business Administration
  • Class of 2019
  • Beaufort, SC

Recognition Day for The Citadel Class of 2019

2016 Apr 12

Men and women who entered The Citadel as freshmen last fall have officially been sworn in as members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets as of Saturday, April 9, 2016. Recognition Day 2016 marks the end of what many consider the toughest first year college military-training in the country.

Each year, hundreds of people line the streets to cheer for the freshmen as they march, dressed in their brilliant, white uniforms, to attend "The Oath Renewal on The Citadel Green." The oath marks their transition to officially becoming members of the Corps. The green at Marion Square was the original parade ground for the college, when it was founded in 1842 in the structure that is now the Embassy Suites.

Robert Bowles of Beaufort, South Carolina (29906), was among 588 other freshman cadets that have been officially sworn into the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.

The march follows three weeks of Transition to Recognition Training during which the knobs take classes examining student ethics and leadership skills and the honor code. They also undergo inspections and drills training.