March 28, 2026

At Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Islander Battalion is conducting the Islander Challenge on Saturday, March 28, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various campus-wide locations and University Beach. The mission of this event is to engage Junior ROTC programs across Texas in a competition that challenges each team’s physical and mental abilities through events throughout the day, such as a grenade course, an obstacle course, a 2-mile ruck, a mystery event, and more.

Junior ROTC cadets:
Test your skills, challenge yourself like never before, and get a taste of the Island University.

JROTC teams from throughout the state will take on a series of challenges described in the high school informational presentation below.

Islander Challenge Letter of Instruction (pdf)

Additional documents:

• High school informational presentation (pdf)
• TAMU-CC waiver (pdf)
• Army ROTC waiver (pdf)

The goals of the competition are:

1. Expose JROTC Cadets to a university campus.
2. Encourage friendly competition while increasing esprit de corps among JROTC programs.
3. Raise awareness of the Islander Battalion Senior ROTC Program at TAMUCC.

Register by March 6 for Islander Challenge:

• Register your first team here.
• We offer discounted registration for an additional team from the same organization, but you must add this to your cart as a separate product. Register an additional team here.
• Each team consists of 5 student members. Registration includes 7 t-shirts and 7 box lunches per team. 

David Romero 
361-825-5841
david.romero@tamucc.edu