Baylor University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Military programs=== Baylor University has a strong history of military service dating back to before the Civil War and currently offers both Army and Air Force [[ROTC]] for students. Baylor graduates have served in every major military engagement in Texas history. Formal military instruction began on campus in 1888.[[File:Baylor AFROTC.jpg|thumb|right|Baylor University's Air Force ROTC program celebrated 65 years in 2013.]] Baylor has had several famous military graduates such as [[Andrew Jackson Lummus, Jr.]], who fought and died at the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] during World War II and received the Medal of Honor for his service. [[John Riley Kane]] also received the Medal of Honor for his service after flying 43 combat missions for a total of 250 combat hours in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Kane's daring operations caused German intelligence reports to dub him "Killer Kane." In July 1948, the Air Force and Baylor University partnered in the creation of Air Force ROTC Detachment 810 - one of the first detachments ever created. In 2008, Detachment 810 was awarded the Air Force ROTC Right Of Line Award as the No. 1 large detachment in the nation. The unit was additionally awarded the High Flight Award, recognizing it as one of the top four detachments in America. It has been named best in the AFROTC Southwest Region for 1996, 2003 and 2008. Baylor runs several postgraduate and professional health sciences programs in partnership with the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] headquartered in [[San Antonio]]. Programs offered include the [[Doctor of Physical Therapy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/pt/|title=Baylor University -- Army-Baylor DPT|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729185424/http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/pt/|archive-date=July 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Master of Health Administration|MHA]], United States Army Graduate Program in Nursing Anesthesia (USAGPAN), and MHA/[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] (joint program).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/mha/|title=Baylor University -- Army-Baylor MHA - MBA|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804071439/http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/mha/|archive-date=August 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page