Summer Training Opportunities

先进的营

The Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC), 也被称为战士熔炉, is the only required summer training cadets normally attend, usually between their junior and senior year. This five-week camp is essentially the final exam for 军队参加后备役军官训练军团 cadets.  

LDAC is the crucible of the 军队参加后备役军官训练军团 program. The primary focus at LDAC is to evaluate each cadet's officer potential in a collective environment. The secondary purpose of LDAC is to validate specific skills taught on campus and to impart selective individual and collective common skills. LDAC represents an opportunity for cadets from disparate schools to train in an environment with common operational conditions. They will be required to pass certain basic skill assessments, 比如陆地导航和PRT, and demonstrate their leadership proficiency in six graded leadership assignments during the camp. A cadet's performance at camp plays a significant role in her or his final national ranking.

Although LDAC is the only required summer training, there are training opportunities based on availability of slots.  These opportunities are competitive, 和参与, GPA and APFT scores will play a role in determining who is given the opportunity.

航空学校

航空学校 is a three-week course held at Fort Benning, Georgia. This training teaches the cadets how to jump out of an aircraft and land successfully under a parachute deployed by static line. Attendees normally receive five jumps and are awarded the parachutist badge upon graduation.

空中突击学校

U.S. Army 空中突击学校 is a two-week (10 days) course of instruction conducted at several Army locations, 包括坎贝尔堡, Ky.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Camp Smith, U.S.M.A.; and overseas locations in Germany and 夏威夷. The purpose of the course is to train soldiers in air assault operations, 起吊载荷的操作, 和绳索下降.  Upon graduation of the course, soldiers will be able to perform skills required to make maximum use of helicopter assets in training and in combat to support their unit operations. Soldiers are trained on the missions performed by rotary wing aircraft, 飞机安全, aero-medical evacuation procedures, pathfinder operations and principles and techniques of combat assaults.

Cadet Troop Leader Training Internships

The Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) internship program places you in actual Army units acting as a real lieutenant. This three-week challenge is a definite learning experience, allowing you to gain a perspective on what you will be facing as future officer. 一般, you are placed in a platoon leader position, leading 30+ soldiers and are responsible for millions of dollars of equipment. CTLT is the best way to familiarize yourself with a branch before having to choose your branch preferences during the accessions process at the beginning of the MSIV year. 近年来, Golden Knight Battalion cadets have done CTLT in Korea, 夏威夷, 胡德堡和布拉格堡, 在其他地点.

Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)

Cadet Command Culture and Language Immersion Deployments help 参加后备役军官训练军团 cadets become aware and more knowledgeable of cultures, 语言和地区, including the American and Army culture. 学员们要接触各种各样的人, 语言, 传统, and contexts of countries other than the United States. Culture and language immersion prepares these future leaders to make better decisions not only in the best interest of the U.S., but also in that of the indigenous population of the country within which they may find themselves operating. These summer deployments help dispel stereotypes and build mutual respect. These "real-world" missions not only provide excellent venues for culture and foreign language immersion, but provide 参加后备役军官训练军团 cadets with the opportunity to directly contribute to Army efforts toward building relationships with our partner nations around the world. Cadet participation in summer deployments is strictly voluntary. Applications are solicited each fall term.

山地作战

山地作战 School is a two-week course taught by the 佛蒙特州 National Guard at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, 佛蒙特州. Both a summer and a winter phase are offered. The training is designed to make you an expert in mountain operations. 山地作战 School is both physically and mentally demanding. Training is non-stop, 15 hours per day, for 14 days. If you can carry a 65-pound rucksack up to 5 miles per day in mountainous terrain and are competent with both day and night land navigation, you may have what it takes to complete this intense training.