Public Affairs Officer blog
By Noelle Wiehe Staff writer Watching over more than 800 Cadets on an Army post each summer is a considerable task. Just ask Lt. Col. Pat Johnson, whose focus is keeping them safe. “Safety is the number one priority of this whole camp,” he said. “We want to train Cadets, but we want to...
By Thomas Gounley Staff writer Lt. Col. Richard Ruffin might be best viewed as proof that Cadets at the Leader’s Training Course have a little more power over things than they might originally think. “It went up the chain, they told us to give them their cell phones back and so they got their...
By Caitlin VanOverberghe Staff writer After receiving a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Northern Kentucky University and commissioning from Xavier University, 2nd Lt. Ian Kirst never thought his first assignment as an Army officer would be more or less an “art project.” When he came to the Leader’s Training Course to work as...
By Alex Aspacher Staff writer Although he has four children of his own at home, Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Rugg agreed to leave his family behind to take on the responsibility of grooming Cadets into potential Soldiers. Rugg, who has 15 years of Army experience, was stationed at Fort Knox while he was mobilized...