E&H ROTC Student spends summer training at Forts Knox and Lewis

Cadet Zane Seymore, E&H senior from Glade Spring, Va., spent a month this summer at Fort Knox, Ky., completing the Army’s ROTC Advanced Camp.

A 31-day training event, the Advanced Camp is designed to assess a cadet’s ability to demonstrate proficiency in basic officer leadership tasks. Cadets are evaluated on their ability to lead at the squad and platoon levels, both in garrison and tactical environments. They are mentally and physically tested during a 12-day consequence driven field training exercise that replicates a combat training center rotation.

The mission of Advanced Camp is to assess a Cadet’s potential to serve as a commissioned officer. It is the most significant training and evaluation event in ROTC. Training is complex, challenging, and rigorous and is conducted in a stressful training environment. Cadets reinforce basic skills through squad level leader development exercises, and transition to platoon level operations in a company construct.

Cadet Seymore finished in the top 25 percent of over 6,000 trainees. Based on his performance at Advanced Camp, he was selected to participate in the highly selective Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) later in the summer at Fort Lewis, Wash. In this program, cadets serve with active duty Army units as Platoon Leaders.

“I developed leadership skills, not only through working with other cadets I hadn’t met before, but also using infantry tactics as a motor for evaluating our leadership skills,” says Cadet Seymore. “At CTLT, I had the opportunity to see day-to-day operations of a Platoon Leader and other advanced training.”

The Emory & Henry ROTC program began in the Fall of 2018, being reformed after its disbanding in 1920. The program is open to all current and incoming students enrolled at Emory & Henry. Upon graduation with a degree of their choice, students will be commissioned as officers and may serve in the Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard. The partnership with East Tennessee State University allows Emory & Henry students to become cadets and participate in leadership and physical training courses at ETSU while continuing their academic studies.

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