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CEDAR FALLS — After announcing earlier this summer plans to close its University of Northern Iowa-based ROTC unit, the U.S. Army has changed course — allowing UNI’s ROTC program to remain in Cedar Falls under a new structure.

Instead of serving as a host unit as it had for four decades, UNI going forward will be an extension unit of the University of Iowa’s ROTC program, according to updated guidance the Army communicated to UNI this week.

Host units, defined by the Army, are senior ROTC programs staffed with full-time ROTC personnel based on campuses where cadets attend training and classes. Extension units are linked to host institutions while still allowing cadets to take ROTC courses on t

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