Profiles:
 
 
 
     

Derek Johnson

 

Major: Degree in Recreation Management; Masters: Recreation Studies; Minor in Business; Bachelors Degree in the sport industry.
 

Athletic Involvement

 High School:

-Cross country

-basketball

-baseball
 

 College (if any):

-intramurals

-Officiated intramurals

-Outdoor pursuits
 

Work Experience

For the first 2 years of college I worked at the post office as a clerk and mail carrier, two summers I worked construction in Florida, and the whole time during college I worked at outdoor pursuits, which includes the climbing wall and the high and low ropes course. I was also the manager of the challenge course. I often times officiated sports in the intramural program as well.

 

High School Involvement:

- Marching Band, concert band (trombone)
 

1. What do you plan on doing in the Army?

I would like to fly for the Army, hopefully rotary aviation if I gets my eyes fixed.
 

2. What else are you involved in other than Army ROTC?

I work with Outdoor pursuits, I’m in graduate school, I have an assistantship which allows me to teach classes for recreation studies. I’m also in the National Guard, intramurals, and a volunteer firefighter for Medicorp Ohio.
 

3. What have you learned in Army ROTC (that you couldn’t have learned in other courses)?

Leadership values
 

4. What opportunities (training) has ROTC provided you?

LTC (leadership training course), Multiple Field Training Exercises (FTX’s), Ranger Challenge and possibly this summer I may get to go to Airborne after LDAC/Warrior Forge.
 

5. What do you like most about Ohio University Army ROTC?

The people involved and the quality of the training. OU’s location provides for some unique training that any other school can not experience on campus.



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