CST 2022 Wrap Up
As Cadet Summer Training (CST) 2022 comes to a close and 10,000 freshly graduated Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets depart Fort Knox, Ky., it is time to take a look back at some of the successes...
Saving the Best for Last
A freshly tabbed Ranger enters the final regiment of Cadet Summer Training 2022. From April 1st to now, Cadet Daniel Walters, University of South Carolina, has had less than a week of rest due to back-to-back...
9th Regiment, Advanced Camp Graduation
Special Awards Recipients AUSA Leadership Excellence Award This award is presented to the top Cadet in each Regiment, as determined by Regimental cadre board. Cadet Brandon Rainville, University of Oregon First...
Success-ion of Command
One Cadet started the mission, another Cadet had to finish it. 10th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets began their movement to contact mission with the vision of 3-4 opposing forces near their objective. Minutes after...
FTX: Plants, Paints, and Ranger Handbooks
As Cadets of 10th Regiment, Advanced Camp, advanced their way through Cadet Summer Training (CST), they quickly realized the importance of teamwork, focus, and utilizing tools around you during the Field Training...
First to Respond
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) at Cadet Summer Training is not a timed event but remains a test for Cadets if they can quickly respond to care under fire. Cadets are assessed on knowing the different...
A Pool of Laughter – and Mud
“I told them if they hit the target, I’d be going in there just like they were,” said 2nd Lt. Jeanluc Pos. After realizing their Platoon Training Officer was in on the muddy action if they hit their target,...
Zero Percent Chance of…
M4 carbine sights may have been fogged up as 11th Regiment, Advanced Camp, went out to the Handiboe Range to group and zero their M4 Carbines, but the conditions taught Cadets that not everyday will be sunny and...
64ft. from a High-Five
“When I was dangling in the air for the first five seconds, I was like, ‘oh my gosh, oh my gosh… I can’t do this,” said Cadet John Conrad, Texas Tech University. In the hot July sun, Cadets conquered the...
A Nine-Line and a Little Time
A nine-line and time was all 7th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets needed to get through their mission successfully – but time was not on their side. “And in that moment, we only had five minutes and we...
A Light in the Night
“When you’re crawling, it felt like forever,” said Cadet Thomas Damsgard, University of Alabama. “I felt like I was crawling for a mile.” An obstacle that is approximately 100 meters long stands between...
A Patch on the Shoulder
A platoon sergeant patch was clinging onto Cadet Christian Lopez’s uniform while he was out at the grenade course during Cadet Summer Training. Lopez practiced throwing grenades with everyone in his platoon,...
Back to the Basics
Basic Camp Cadets packed their rucks and went out to their Field Training Exercise (FTX) during Cadet Summer Training (CST) at Fort Knox, Ky., July 17, 2022. FTX is done at a smaller scale when compared to...
Navigating Old and New Paths: Cadet Alec Brinkman
Cadets trickled into the check-in table at the Land Navigation Course during Cadet Summer Training. Some finished the course within an hour and a half, including Cadet Alec Brinkman, a prior service Infantryman...
Leaders Make Leaders
Drill Sergeants and newly commissioned Second Lieutenants helped to direct 3rd Regiment, Basic Camp Cadets through the Rugger’s Rope Course during Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky., July 15, 2022. In the mix...
Cadets bond and learn from one another as they go through the Field Leader Reaction Course
‘Slow is smooth and smooth is fast’, is the common mantra heard at the Field Leader Reaction Course (FLRC) during the first Cadet run-through of the summer. On June 3, 2022, 1st Regiment Cadets from the Charlie and...
11th Regiment, Advanced Camp Graduation
DOWNLOAD Program Special Awards Recipients AUSA Leadership Excellence AwardCadet Elizabeth Walton, Western Illinois University Military Order of World Wars AwardCadet Thomas Haas, Austin Peay State University...
1st Regiment, Advanced Camp Graduation
DOWNLOAD Program Special Awards Recipients AUSA Leadership Excellence AwardCadet Aaron Beaumont, Wichita State University Military Order of World Wars AwardCadet Catherine Witte, Clemson University Military...
9th Regiment, Advanced Camp Graduation
DOWNLOAD Program Special Awards Recipients AUSA Leadership Excellence AwardCadet Avery Duvall, Western Kentucky University Military Order of World Wars AwardCadet Robert Rupert, McDaniel College Military Officers...
3rd Regiment, Basic Camp Graduation
DOWNLOAD Program Special Awards Recipients AUSA Warrior Ethos AwardCadet Turner White, Cedarville University Military Order of World Wars AwardCadet Seneca Tsang, University of Richmond Military Officers...