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Undergraduate earns Army ROTC award

A UGA senior has earned a leadership award from the U.S. Army Cadet Command after completing its Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known was Operation Warrior Forge.

Orry Young was presented the Warrior Forge Commander’s Leadership Award at the July 21 LDAC graduation at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. He was ranked No. 1 among more than 200 cadets in his training company at the 29-day LDAC program, the capstone training and assessment exercise for the Army ROTC.

A history major with a minor in military science, Young is the student commander of more than 100 cadets in the Bulldog Battalion during the 2012-2013 academic year.