Our mission is to cultivate humility, military bearing, and leadership through horsemanship. Conrad Cavalry was organized in the fall of1971 by Kenneth T. Chappelle, who was its first commander, made its debut May 23, 1972, on Montgomery County Day. The organization was named for Thomas N. Conrad, president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech), 1882-86, who was an ex
pert horseman. The unit, which was disbanded and then re-established in the late 1990s. As of 2019, the troop rides and trains at the Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena and Paris Mountain in Blacksburg, Virginia. Our goal as an organization is to become a cohesive mounted cavalry unit representing the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and its values, proudly.
