Measuring key to training safely
By Mary Barczak
Staff writer
Keeping a close eye on heat conditions requires training on an instrument known as the wet bulb. Every site at LTC has one to constantly monitor dangerous heat ...(more)
By Forrest Berkshire
Editor
ROTC Cadets attending the Leader’s Training Course see only a small part of the day-to-day life at
By Forrest Berkshire
Editor
The program brings in proven leaders to speak to and answer Cadets' questions. These experienced men and women can give real-world examples of how their leadership skills were tested ...(more)
By Forrest Berkshire
Editor
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 ...(more)
LTC transformation follows grads back to campus
By Forrest Berkshire
Editor
Successful Leader's Training Course graduates have found more than military skills following them home to campus in years past ...(more)
By Shane Ersland
Staff writer
Before Cadets could get started rappelling from the 50-foot tower or crossing a stream on a one-rope bridge, minor details, like transcribing Social Security numbers, making beds and filling out paperwork, needed addressing ...(more)
By Mark Payne
Staff writer
“When we started training to make sure everybody knew the specific jobs they had on the committee, he stepped up and said, ‘Yes, I know those knots, I can start teaching those knots to the group.’ ” ...(more)
By Mary Barczak
Staff writer
“When we started training to make sure everybody knew the specific jobs they had on the committee, he stepped up and said, ‘Yes, I know those knots, I can start teaching those knots to the group.’ ” However, the Cadets are only allowed to use their phones during personal time at night before lights out. ...(more)
Physical training becomes part of daily routine for Cadets
By Joe Castelli
Staff writer
PT at LTC is a way of life throughout the four weeks of the course, whether it be organized workouts or supplemental training in the form of another physical activity. ...(more)
Chaplain provides comfort zone
By Roseline Twagiramariya
Staff writer
"At some point, there was the thought that a Cadet might have a religious need that should be met, and the realization came that we should try to get a chaplain assigned here for the Cadets and the cadre," said LTC Chaplain Maj. Rick Stevenson. ...(more)
High temperatures raise heat awareness
By Mary Barczak
Staff writer
While most American teens will reach for a frozen freezer pop this summer to cool down, Cadets in the Leader’s Training Course will be reaching for their CamelBaks to guzzle water as the temperatures soar into the 90s. ...(more)
2nd lt. continues learning while helping others
By Joe Castelli
Staff writer
“As much as this is a learning experience for all these Cadets here, it is for us too because we’re all new officers,” Herbst said. “We work with senior NCOs, drill sergeants hand-in-hand, you learn so much from them, too. So I’m learning a lot by just being here.” ...(more)
Map reading teaches Cadets terrain identification
By Mark Payne
Staff writer
Map reading is a skill Cadets learn in order to participate in land navigation. They sit through a roughly five-hour class and are then given a map, a protractor and a compass. ...(more)
Day off provides time for Cadets to relax and explore
By Joe Castelli
Staff writer
Cadets of
Unusual rain triggers some training delays
By Terry Heifetz
Staff writer
The clock read 10:30 a.m. But June 18, it looked more like nighttime as ominous clouds and thunderstorms rolled into
Cadets work together, build leadership abilities at Teamwork Development Course
By Roseline Twagiramariya
Staff writer
“The Cadets are brand new and they are not used to working with each other, so this develops cohesion and their ability to work together as a team,” said Staff Sgt. Tiffany Brimmer, a drill sergeant for Co. B 1/46th Inf. “It is not about accomplishing the mission.” ...(more)
Immigrant from Haiti now decorated lieutenant colonel
By Mark Payne
Staff writer
King, today a planner for the Army ROTC Leader’s Training Course, is an accomplished military woman. Perhaps her greatest accomplishment is her journey; once a poor immigrant from Haiti, now a decorated lieutenant colonel. ...(more)
Cadets navigate ropes course, alpine tower, climbing wall
By Mary Barczak
Staff writer
Alpha Company Cadets Cassandra Adams and Kimberly Adkins chatted about their families, school and their experience thus far at the Leader’s Training Course while waiting in line with dozens of others. Towering in front of them was something neither were excited to face: the 45-foot-high maze of ropes and bridges called Rudder’s Rope Course. ...(more)
