Warriors Corner: JROTC – The Strategic Proposition to our Army and our Nation
By Commanding General John R. Evans, and Lindsay Grant [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjnmKqSvRY[/embedyt] The U.S. Army Cadet Command is not only committed to producing future leaders of the Armed...
When You Set Your Mind To It – The Burpee Challenge
FORT KNOX, Ky. — When 23-year-old Milford, Michigan, resident, Cadet Bryan Abell, started doing burpees, he didn’t stop. Around two months before he left for Advanced Camp in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the Michigan State...
FTX Tact
FORT KNOX, Ky. – 11th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets conducted training at the Field Training Exercise (FTX) Grizzly, August 9th, during Cadet Summer Training. FTX’s are crucial to training, assessing the...
Rucking Toward the Music
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAmJ_fCjJOg[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, KY. – It was a perfect morning for 10th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets to march 12-miles back to base to prepare for graduation in a few...
Becoming A Morning Person
FORT KNOX, Ky. — On Aug. 5, Cadets of the 10th Regiment had an early morning fighting the enemy during a defense mission at AO Grizzly. This is their last full day of the Field Training Exercises (FTX), with...
Trusting Your Buddy
FORT KNOX, Ky. — “COVER ME WHILE I MOVE!!!” “I GOT YOU COVERED!!!” These two phrases were a common consistency on Aug. 4 at Mill Creek Range, when 6th Regiment of Basic Camp went through the Fire Team...
It’s Not About the Money
FORT KNOX, KY. – “ I, myself, can see change in me just about how much more confident I am and how, how confident I am as a leader and how I talk and help delegate missions…” said Cadet Emma Haynes, University of...
Re-Assessing Your Motives
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURaLrpSWtQ[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, Ky. — On July 31, 9th Regiment Bravo Company spent their last full day of their Field Training Exercises conducting a raid mission on the...
Hitting the Ground…and the Air…Running
With a plane full of anxious Cadets flying towards their connection in Amsterdam, with a final destination of Hungary for the Cadet Coalition Warfighter Program (CCWP), no one expected a flight attendant to ask for...
Malawi and Romania: Foreign Countries, Foreign Training
Cadets from colleges across the United States have the opportunity to travel to foreign countries and immerse themselves into the culture while becoming familiar with different military training. The Cadet...
Teamwork: One Platform to the Next
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_BTtQ–NpQ[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, Ky. — On July 24, 4th Regiment Basic Camp Cadets practiced their teamwork and leadership skills at the Dunagan Team Development Course...
Branches and Stepping Stones
FORT KNOX, Ky. — 6th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets attended Branch Orientation, a time where the different branches of the Army hold informational briefs to showcase different career paths, July 21 during Cadet...
One Foot In Front of The Other
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHExjYDZooA[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, Ky. – Sixth Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets woke up before the sun had risen to conquer the 12-mile ruck march July 18. The 12-mile ruck...
Keep Calm and Apply Pressure
FORT KNOX, KY.— Cadets from 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp put down their weapons, and picked up their med kits for First Aid training on July 18. Throughout the summer, Cadets have learned how to communicate and...
Trusting in Your Battle Buddy
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCRJ0oPHTB0[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, KY.— Cadets from 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp stood ready with their weapons and their battle buddies for Buddy Team Live Fire training on...
Pick a Few, Take a Leap
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfK89G9SGGs[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, Ky. – 5th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets learned more about Army branches at Branch Orientation Day July 16, during Cadet Summer Training....
L.A.C.E. and Lead
FORT KNOX, Ky. — 1st Regiment, Basic Camp Cadets completed a day of Field Training Exercises (FTXs) July 13 during Cadet Summer Training. For many Basic Camp Cadets, this FTX was one of their first experiences...
Map Reading, with A Side of Ranch Dressing
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8pKdRUDwRY[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, KY.— Cadets from 3rd Regiment, Basic Camp laced up their boots and grabbed a compass for their land association and map reading courses on...
Leading From the Front in Mongolia
Leadership excellence comes in many forms, and Army ROTC Cadets see that in their daily training. Cadets Taylor Clarkson, Shade Bullock and Patrick Scharf set out to Mongolia to learn and experience how leadership...
Defining Confidence
FORT KNOX, Ky. — 3rd Regiment, Basic Camp Cadets completed the High Ropes Confidence Course July 10 during Cadet Summer Training. The course consists of three different obstacles including Moore’s Mountain rock...
Leadership Isn’t Easy
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuA0zCGhWKA[/embedyt] FORT KNOX, Ky. – Advanced Camp, 5th Regiment Cadets tracked through the woods as part of Field Training Exercise (FTX) during Cadet Summer Training,...
Weaving Strength and Encouragement
FORT KNOX, Ky. – 6th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets finished the Confidence Course during Cadet Summer Training on July 2, placing them one step closer to graduation. “The confidence course is a set of obstacles...
A Bumpy Road
Fort Knox, Ky. — Cadets from 4th Regiment spent day 25 of Advanced Camp tackling another field training exercise, July 2. Cadets fought through a sticky heat as they took an assault objective at 8:30 a.m. The goal...
From Physical Training to Triathlete
Lt. Col. Bryan Dunker spent the morning of June 22 in Point Mugu, California, 2,000 miles away from his South Carolina home. He swam 1500 meters in the wide-open Pacific Ocean, biked 40 kilometers along that same...
“Navigating to victory”
Basic Camp 1st Regiment Cadets participated in Map Reading to begin learning the basics of how to understand a map on June 29th 2019. Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Evans, who oversees Bravo Company, explained what Map...