The University of North Georgia Shooting Sports Program is one of the most unique and innovative programs in the country with its combination of military and intercollegiate competition teams.The Service Rifle and Pistol Team is the premiere unit on campus for military marksmanship training and weapons familiarization. Cadets frequently train to a high level of proficiency with the M16A2 Assault Rifle and the M9 Beretta Pistol. The Service Rifle and Pistol Team competes in local shooting matches, including 3 Gun and 100 yard reduced matches. The team has also traveled to Fort Benning, GA to compete against soldiers in the U.S. All-Army Small Arms Championships. Cadets on the team are occasionally afforded the opportunity to train with tactical shotguns and the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. Members of the Service Rifle and Pistol Team are afforded some of the best shooting opportunities and training a college ROTC Cadet can receive.The Intercollegiate Rifle Team trains intensely every day in the latest shooting techniques and procedures for competition shooting. The Intercollegiate team is made up of both ROTC Cadets and North Georgia students. Standards for the team are high and experience in formal competition shooting is highly recommended.

The Mountain Order of Colombo is the premier developmental leadership opportunity offered by the Corps of Cadets at UNG. The mission of the Order of Colombo Mountain Platoon is to develop and train North Georgia cadets in the art of basic and advanced military mountaineering, small unit infantry tactics, and woodland survival while developing personal attributes of physical endurance, mental agility, and intestinal fortitude in order to develop dynamic, capable leaders for the United States Army. The motto of the unit is "If You Can't Keep Up the Pace Drop Out of the Formation."In 1962, the unit was founded at North Georgia College by a small group of cadets who were interested in forming a military mountaineering organization after watching a demonstration performed by the cadre of the U.S. Army Mountain Ranger Camp. After requesting information and training assistance from the Ranger Camp, Master Sergeant Louis P. Colombo volunteered his time and knowledge to instruct North Georgia Cadets on the principles of mountaineering and infantry tactics. Master Sergeant Colombo was the second honorary Ranger not to go through Ranger School. Prior to MSG Colombo's departure, the unit was named in his honor.http://www.mountainorderofcolombo.com

The Aggressor Platoon is an extra-curricular activity that you can become a part of as a Cadet at University of North Georgia. The Aggressors focus on small unit tactics, which include patrolling, land navigation, ambushes, raids, recons, night operations, close quarters combat, and operations orders. As an Aggressor, you will fine tune your skills as a leader in a tactical environment while developing interpersonal tact and confidence in high stress situations. Go to our website and check out our other specialty units. www.ung.edu/cadet/organizations.

See our website www.ung.edu/cadetadmissions/. Since its early beginnings, the Blue Ridge Rifles Drill Team has earned state and national recognition. The Rifles became recognized in 1971 with their winning First Place in the Eastern Tennessee State University (E.T.S.U.) Drill Meet in Tennessee, and have since won First Place honors at the nationally recognized Mardi Gras Invitational Drill Meet in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Blue Ridge Rifles are the 2001 and 2002 National Champion Precision Drill Team. In 2009, at the Beale Street Drill Meet, the 2nd largest drill meet in the nation, the Blue Ridge Rifles took First Place overall, as well as in three individual envents, Platoon Exhibition, Squad Exhibition, and Two-Man Exhibition.