It was dinner time at the Virginia Military Institute, and the rats were ready to eat. Chins jammed into their necks, backs straight, heads shaved, faces contorted into painful grimaces, the freshmen ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – At VMI, strength comes in the form of mental and physical fortitude. The Rat Challenge is a program designed to test both. “Not even physical obstacles, it’s the mental obstacles. You ...

VIRGINIA BEACH - The Virginia Military Institute recruiter unfolded this fall's list of applicants, hoping to coax another high school student to follow their path. It ran two pages long and impressed ...

BEDFORD, Va. – Hundreds of VMI cadets could be found swarming the D-Day Memorial in Bedford Saturday. Senior Ethan Miles helped lead the time-honored tradition. “VMI has brought up their freshman ...

Among the sentimental items people across the country asked Christa McAuliffe to take with her into space was her husband's Virginia Military Institute class ring. Her husband, Stephen, was a 1970 ...

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The future class of 2025 has made its first steps toward being full-fledged Virginia Military Institute cadets. VMI’s Rat Mass of 2022 plus 3 were awakened at 5 a.m. Saturday ...

Staring into gray skies and stark fear, 30 young women were verbally taunted Wednesday afternoon– and thus made military history. “Rats, look at the men who stand before you. . . . They will teach and ...

They turn off the heat and lock up the doors on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute this time of year, and wrestling coach John Trudgeon can take a hint. No, he doesn’t shut down his team ...