Public Affairs Officer blog
By Noelle Wiehe Staff writer Most every Cadet comes to the Leader’s Training Course with a fear. A fear of heights, a fear of water or a fear of having no control. Matthew Cabrera’s biggest fear is letting down his fellow Cadets. If the first few days of the course are any indication, that...
By Thomas Gounley Staff writer It might not be the ideal way to show up for 29 days of exhaustive training, but the first Cadets to arrive Sunday morning at Louisville International Airport had already had a long day. “I just found out I was going Thursday night,” said Cadet Kerby Mills, of...
U.S. Army Cadet Command Nearly 200 Cadets from across the country arrived Sunday at Fort Knox for the start of the 2011 Leader’s Training Course. The group, known as Alpha Company, is undergoing in-processing this morning. A total of roughly 800 Cadets will begin their path toward Army officership with the four-week training this...
The Army exhausts vast resources to recruit and train individuals to serve as officers. It takes a special person to join the ranks, requiring that they exhibit the qualities of a scholar, athlete and leader. That combination of traits proves pivotal to the Army’s overall success. So it’s no wonder that the Army, and...
Every Army unit or organization can trace its roots back to a specific date and place and, in some instances, a single person. The Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, ROTC, is no different. While military historians generally use 1916 as the date when the Army officially established the concept of the Citizen’s Army, Army...