* 1922 – The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A & M graduates who had died in the previous year.

* 1942 – World War II: The most famous ( and first international ) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore ( with 25 fellow Texas A & M graduates who are under his command ), while 1. 8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.

2007 Aggie Muster at Reed Arena.

Aggie Muster is a time-honored tradition at Texas A & M University which celebrates the camaraderie of the school while remembering the lives of Aggies who have died, specifically those in the past year.

Beginning April 21, 1903, the tradition of Aggie Muster merged with the Texas Independence celebration, featuring both athletic events and banquets to honor alumni.

The most well-known Aggie Muster took place during World War II in 1942 on the Philippine island of Corregidor.

He changed the April 21, 1943 celebration to be the first known as an Aggie Muster and sent packets to each A & M club, Aggie Moms club, and to military bases around the world with a detailed program of events for April 21.

It is currently used as one of the four primary marching tunes of the Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band.

* 1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A & M University when the Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2: 42am.

Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band | Texas A & M's " aTm " formation during halftime

Due to a lack of appreciation, competition venues, and military personnel, almost all military marching bands have disappeared from schools in the United States ; notable exceptions the Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band from Texas A & M University, the Highty-Tighties of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and the Cadets of Norwich University Military College of Vermont, the oldest collegiate band in the United States and the nation's first private military academy.

The largest military marching band in the world is in the United States, that of the " Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band " of Texas A & M University.

The Texas A & M University Corps of Cadets ( often The Fightin ' Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets, The Corps of Cadets, or simply the Corps ) is a student military organization at Texas A & M University.

* Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band

* Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association

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The Aggie Yell Leaders are a group of Texas A & M University students that leads Aggie fans in a series of " yells " during athletic events or other school events.

One of the most notable former Aggie Yell Leaders is Texas Governor Rick Perry.

The Yell Leaders, along with junior and senior cadets of the Fightin ' Texas Aggie Band, and Seniors of the Fightin ' Texas Aggie Singing Cadets are the only students on campus who receive a varsity letter without playing a sport.

At the various yell practices, the Aggie Yell Leaders wear either maroon ( seniors ) or white ( juniors ) t-shirts and denim overalls that they decorate with maroon paint, often featuring their graduation year and various depictions of the A & M logo or other A & M symbols.

Meanwhile, the Aggie fans follow the Aggie Band as they leave Kyle Field and congegrate in front of the A & M YMCA Building for another Yell Practice.

Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A & M University as part of the college rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin.

A & M President Bizzell encouraged former students and the student body to gather together wherever they were on April 21, becoming the first Aggie administrator to officially support the tradition.

The March 1923 Texas Aggie urged that " If there is an A & M man in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A & M College of Texas.

* Texas A & M University – Aggie War Hymn

* In 1973 the Texas A & M Aggies took exception to a MOB performance which featured such typical MOB irreverence as Nazi-style goosestepping, turning the Aggie War Hymn into " Little Wooden Soldier March ", and forming a fire hydrant while playing " Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Unfortunately, the first half produced so many injuries for A & M that Coach D. X. Bible feared he wouldn ’ t have enough men to finish the game, so, he called into the Aggie section of the stands for E. King Gill, a reserve who had left football after the regular season to play basketball.

It has been the home to the Texas A & M Aggie football team in rudimentary form since 1904, and as a complete stadium since 1927.

UC Davis, originally established as the University Farm, the agricultural extension of UC Berkeley, also published its own newspaper, The California Aggie.

Today, students are involved in more than 20 service organizations including Aggie Special Olympics, Aggies for Africa, Alternative Breaks, and Senior University.

Colorado State University Apartment Life oversees University Village, International House, Lory Apartments, and Aggie Village.

* University of California, Davis – Aggie Fight

In 1956, Crow was part of the first Aggie football team to beat the University of Texas at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Traditionally the last game of each team's football schedule, beginning in the 2006 season, Texas A & M University requested that the game be held earlier in the year so not to interfere with Aggie games.

Degrees are awarded from Texas A & M University in College Station and Sea Aggies receive the same Aggie ring of which they have the option to attend the ring ceremony in College Station.

The Aggie War Hymn is the official fight song of Texas A & M University.

" Pinky " Wilson, one of many Aggies who fought in World War I. Wilson combined several Aggie yells then in use at the time into a song called " Good-bye to Texas University.

" was widely thought to originate from an Old Army Aggie yell written in 1907, though other uses of the phrase have been recorded as early as 1889 at Johns Hopkins University.

Muster became a student organization in 1950, and students now coordinate all aspects of the campus Muster in College Station, Texas.

The largest Muster each year, with over 12, 000 in attendance, is held in Reed Arena on the campus of Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas.

*” Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution ( Austin, 1986 ).

* Muster ( Texas A & M University ), a time-honored tradition at Texas A & M University

Charles D. Spurlin, references, Texas Veterans in the Mexican War: Muster Rolls of Texas Military Units ( Victoria, Texas, 1984 ).