Fitness challenge honors fallen Marine, SU alumnus

An alumnus of Southern University’s Naval ROTC battalion, 1st Lt. Brandon Dronet, died when his helicopter collided with another off the coast of Djibouti in February 2006. An estimated 200 members of four Reserve Officers Training Corps battalions in Baton Rouge gathered inside Southern University’s A.W. Mumford Stadium in Dronet’s memory Saturday to compete in the inaugural Dronet ROTC Fitness Challenge.

“It’s a day of friendly competition in honor of one of our own fallen graduates, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot,” Southern University Naval ROTC Capt. Kent Flowers said.

For more on the challenge, see article on 2theadvocate.com