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...
11th 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 Cole Anderson, Western Illinois University First...
Last Haul
The final event hosted for Cadet Summer Training 2022 was just getting started when the day was ending. Cadets of 11th Regiment, Advanced Camp began their final event to check-off for CST: the 12-mile foot...
10th 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 William Richie, University of Arizona First...
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...
3rd Regiment, Basic Camp Graduation
Special Awards Recipients Military Order of the Purple Heart Badge of MeritPresented to the Cadet who shows the most improvement in the developmentof Character and Accountability, must meet all stated Basic Camp...
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...
8th 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 Kyla McKim, Drexel University First Command...
2nd Regiment, Basic Camp Graduation
Special Awards Recipients Military Order of the Purple Heart Badge of MeritCadet Jozylynn Auditor, University of California- Irvine Military Order of the World Wars AwardCadet Zachary Barthel, University of New...
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...
L.O.V.E.
Cadet Sage Brooks, North Carolina State University, marched his platoon to the Rappel Tower to take on their next challenge at Cadet Summer Training. As they arrived, a lieutenant mentioned to them that a brigadier...
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,...
7th 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 Christopher Jennings, Western Oregon University...
1st Regiment, Basic Camp Graduation
Special Awards Recipients Military Order of the Purple Heart Badge of MeritCadet Itxel Martin-Huesca, Benedictine College Military Order of the World Wars AwardCadet Anneliese Cowles, Seattle University Military...
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...
One Team, One Fight
After the long-awaited signal that the skies were clear of lightning, Cadets from 7th Regiment, Advanced Camp, stepped off and began their last graduation requirement for Cadet Summer Training, the 12-mile...
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...