- Aircraft Safety
- Aircraft Orientation – includes the familiarization of the characteristics & capabilities of Army aircraft
- Aero Medical Evacuation – includes the capabilities and request procedures for MEDEVAC aircraft.
- Pathfinder Operations – HLZ selection, marking and operation for day and night missions involving multiple aircraft, to include sling loads.
- Hand and arm signals- Soldiers are taught 17 hand and arm signals used during sling load operations
- Close Combat Attacks- use of attack aviation in a CAS role
- Combat Assault Operations – Includes various factors encompassed in an Air Assault operation such as: components of an AASLT mission, the reverse planning sequence, duties & responsibilities of platoon level personnel during an Air Assault, static load training and a simulated combat assault on UH-60 aircraft
- Planning & preparation for sling load operations
- Capabilities, characteristics and use of sling load equipment
- Duties & responsibilities of a sling load personnel
- Familiarization with sling load theory & rigging of non-standard loads
- Tying of the hip-rappel seat (Swiss seat)
- Hook-up techniques
- Lock-in procedures
- Rappel with and without combat equipment
- Belay procedures
- Fast Rope familiarization
Map to Military Science Building 
Training
Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC)
Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT)
Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)
Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC)
All ROTC cadets must complete The Leader Development and Assessment Course prior to receiving a commission. LDAC is normally attended the summer between the Junior and Senior year. Cadets spend 32 days at Fort Lewis, WA, applying the leadership and tactical skills they acquired on campus and throughout their training. LDAC is the most important training event for an Army ROTC cadet. The camp incorporates a wide range of subjects designed to develop and evaluate leadership ability. The challenges are rigorous and demanding, both mentally and physically. LDAC tests intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and stamina. These challenges provide a new perspective on an individual's ability to perform exacting tasks and to make difficult decisions in demanding situations. The camp places each cadet and officer candidate in a variety of leadership positions, many of which simulate stressful combat situations. In each position, cadets are evaluated by Platoon Tactical and Counseling (TAC) Officers and Non-commissioned Officers. In addition to proving their leadership ability, cadets must meet established standards in physical fitness, weapons training, communication, combat patrols and demonstrate their proficiency in many other military skills. Cadets must excel at camp to be considered competitive for a commission as an Army Officer.
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Leaders Training Course (LTC)
LTC is four weeks of intense classroom and field training held in the summer at Fort Knox, KY. This course is an accelerated version of the two years of leadership development training Cadets receive in the Basic Course. By transforming yourself through this rigorous training, you will qualify for enrollment in the Army ROTC Advanced Course on campus-provided you have two years of college remaining (undergraduate or graduate). Once you successfully complete LTC and agree to contract and enter the Advanced Course, you may also qualify to receive a $5,000 bonus.
At LTC you experience the Army firsthand. You will receive the kind of leadership development training that is unmatched by any other program. How? By developing your potential in the most important of ways-mentally, physically and emotionally. You will be grouped into squads where you will gain experience in all leadership roles-culminating in verbal and written feedback on your improvement. You will also receive a stipend, transportation to and from Fort Knox, housing and meals. The four weeks and four phases of LTC can lead you to the ultimate goal: becoming an Army Officer.
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Airborne Training
Located at Ft. Benning, Georgia, the US Army Airborne School is available to cadets that are enrolled in the program. The course is three weeks long with different types of training designed to teach you how to parachute out of airplanes. This exciting, non-stop course will push you to the limit of your abilities. Airborne school is broken down into three weeks: Ground week, Tower Week and Jump Week.
Ground Week
During Ground Week, you begin an intensive program of instruction to build individual airborne skills, prepare you to make a parachute jump, and land safely. You will train on the mock door, the 34 foot tower, and the lateral drift apparatus (LDA). To go forward to Tower Training Week, you must individually qualify on the 34 foot tower, the LDA, and pass all physical training (PT) requirements.
Tower Week
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The individual skills learned during Ground Week are refined during Tower Week and team effort or "mass exit" concept is added to the training. The apparatuses used this week are the 34-foot towers, the swing landing trainer (SLT), the mock door for mass exit training, the suspended harness, and the 250-foot free tower. Tower Week completes your individual skill training and builds team effort skills. To go forward to Jump Training Week you must qualify on the SLT, master the mass exit procedures from the 34-foot tower, and pass all PT requirements.
Jump Week
Successful completion of the previous weeks of training prepares you for Jump Week. During Jump Week you will make 5 jumps. One of which will be a night jump.
Link to Airborne School
Air Assault Training
Air Assault School is a 10 ½ day course that teaches Air Assault techniques and procedures, and qualifies soldiers to wear the Air Assault Badge.
PHASE ONE – COMBAT ASSAULT
This Phase is three days long. During the Combat Assault Phase, soldiers receive instructions on the following tasks:
PHASE TWO – SLINGLOAD OPERATIONS
This Phase is three days long. During the Sling Load Phase, soldiers receive instruction on various aspects of sling load operations. This includes:
PHASE THREE – RAPPELLING PHASE
This phase is three days long. During this phase soldiers receive instruction on basic ground and aircraft rappelling procedures, to include the following tasks:
Soldiers will conduct 2 rappels on the wall side of the 34 foot tower, 9-12 rappels from the open side, and 2 from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter hovering at 70-90 feet. All rappels are conducted with and without combat equipment. During fast rope familiarization, students conduct a controlled descent and a static hold for 5 seconds. Students that successfully conduct both descents from a 12 foot platform, then descend from the 34’ tower using the stack-out/rapid exit technique. Fast rope descents are conducted without combat equipment.
12-MILE FOOT MARCH
The final event is the 12-mile foot march. Soldiers must complete the 12-mile foot march, with the prescribed uniform and equipment, in three hours or less in order to graduate. The foot march is a graded task and a graduation requirement for Air Assault School. Units and individuals may NOT pace or otherwise walk with a student during the foot march.
Link to Air Assault School
Northern Warfare Training
Arctic, subarctic, and mountain environments are brutally unforgiving to the unprepared. Units that have successfully fought in these environments have historically been those with special individual skills, are physically and mentally tough, and have extensive experience and expertise operating in harsh conditions.
Students are taught basic mountain climbing and mountaineering skills including rock climbing, mountain walking techniques, basic knots, ice climbing, and route selection. . Mountain phase includes climbing, rappelling, and medical evacuation. The River phase covers boat operations, stream crossing, and river charting, reading and navigation. The Glacier phase covers crevasse rescue, step cutting and anchors, and belaying and party climbing. The course culminates in a three day field exercise that takes place on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska. This training opportunity is an excellent way to see and experience the spender of Alaska. All costs for travel, meals and lodging are covered by ROTC. The schedule for this training is during the summer.
Link to Northern Warfare School
Mountain Warfare Training
Mountain Warfare School is designed to develop and conduct training for the Department of the Army in basic and advanced mountain warfare and cold weather skills and tactics to be employed by combat units during all climatic conditions.
This training is conducted at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont.
Link to Mountain Warfare School
Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT)
The Cadet Troop Leader Training provides Cadets the opportunity to experience leadership in Army units over a three to four week period. Cadets serve in LT level leadership positions in active duty units. Platoon Leader positions have a 3-4 week duration depending on the hosting unit and location. Assignments include units that are located CONUS and OCONUS. Cadets are assigned a unit mentor, and are provided on-post lodging and meals via a Dining Facility. This program is exclusively designed for MSIII Cadets. This program is exclusively designed for MSIII Cadets before and after completion of LDAC.
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (CULP)
CULP is a cultural immersion program that allows selected cadets to travel to another country for the summer. Selection for the program is based on GPA and foreign language proficiency. This program provides cadets with the opportunity to study in foreign countries or within the United States with foreign military personnel. The goal of this training is to develop culturally competent leaders able to function in the contemporary operational environment. Cadets must have a basic knowledge of the language, as they may be placed in a position to interact with the indigenous populace and government and reflect the appropriate cultural sensitivities in positive interactions with the media.
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