Summer Training Programs

Training

Airborne
If jumping out of a perfectly good airplane sounds like fun, then Airborne School may be of interest to you. Earn the wings of a U.S. Army Paratrooper at this three week school located in beautiful Fort Benning, Georgia. Airborne School is offered to qualified cadets during the summer of their freshman, sophomore, and junior years. AIRBORNE!!!

Link to Airborne School
Air Assault
Learn how to establish helicopter landing zones, prepare sling loads for Air Assault operations, and learn how to rappel from a helicopter at this two week course. Qualified cadets can attend any one of the schools located in Schofield Barracks, HI, Fort Drum, NY, Fort Polk, LA, or Fort Campbell, KY.

Link to Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, KY
Air Assault School 25th ID (L), Hawaii
Air Assault School Fort Drum, NY
Cadet Field Training
Cadet Field Training is an 8-week program of instruction focused on Military Training, Physical training, and Moral, Ethical, and Professional development. Training is conducted at Camp Buckner, NY and the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. During the training is a one week deployment to Fort Knox for mounted maneuver training. Cadet Field training provides cadets with an environment in which to develop leadership skills they will need to later fulfill their obligations as officers in the Army. Cadets will train on topics such as reflexive fire, weapons training, obstacle course, fire support, leadership development, land navigation, advanced land navigation, mounted maneuver training, engineer training, physical training, and close quarters combat.
Leaders Training Course LTC
Leaders Training Course is a four week course Leadership course located in Fort Knox, KY. Cadets are taught leadership, teamwork, and problem solving by being placed in rigorous and challenging exercises. Cadets also learn to rappel, fire an M-16, perform several obstacle courses.
Mountain Warfare
After completing this 14 day long course, cadets earn the title of Military Mountaineer. Training lasts 14 hrs each day for the entire course and cadets learn how to effectively perform small unit tactics in a mountainous terrain and is taught by some of the top Mountaineer’s in the world.

Link to Mountain Warfare
Northern Warfare
Battle cold and conquer mountains at the Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Wainright, Alaska. Learn basic Mountaineering in one of the most visually appealing places on earth.

Link to Northern Warfare
Warrior Forge
The ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) or operation WARRIOR FORGE is the most important training event for an Army ROTC cadet or National Guard Officer Candidate. The 33-day training event incorporates a wide range of subjects designed to develop and evaluate leadership ability. The challenges are rigorous and demanding, both mentally and physically. WARRIOR FORGE 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.

WARRIOR FORGE places each cadet and officer candidate in a variety of leadership positions, many of which simulate stressful combat situations. In each position, cadets will receive evaluations from platoon tactical and counseling (TAC) officers and noncommissioned officers. In addition to proving their leadership ability, cadets and officer candidates must meet established standards in physical fitness, weapons training, communication, combat patrols and demonstrate their proficiency in many other military skills. Cadets and officer candidates must excel at WARRIOR FORGE to be considered competitive for a commission as an Army officer.

Over 5000 Army ROTC cadets and National Guard Officer Candidates from throughout the nation will attend WARRIOR FORGE. WARRIOR FORGE will consist of 13 ROTC and 2 OCS training cycles with the first cycle beginning in June and the last cycle graduating in August.
Sapper School
The Sapper Leader Course trains selected combat engineer unit leaders in leadership skills, combat engineer and infantry battle drills, and the specialized engineer and infantry techniques required to perform as members of a Sapper Battalion.

The course is also designed to build cohesion and esprit de corps by training soldiers in troop leading procedures, demolitions (conventional and expedient), mountaineering operations, aerial operations, airborne operations, foreign weapons, land navigation, waterborne operations and contingency threat.

The course culminates in an intense field training exercise that reinforces the use of the battle drills and specialized engineer techniques learned throughout the course.

Platoon-leading Internships

Cadet Troop Leading Time CTLT
Cadet Troop Leading Time is an internship in which 3rd year cadets go to units all over the world and learn the ropes of being a platoon leader. Cadets are assigned to every type of army unit and gain valuable knowledge and experience as a 2LT.
John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Platoon Leader Program (JFKSWPLP)
JFKSWPLP is a platoon internship conducted during operation ROBIN SAGE. The Robin Sage exercise provides cadets with an interest in Infantry and/or Special Forces an opportunity to serve as squad members within "G" bands. There are 15 "G" bands consisting of three to four cadets, 15-20 regular Army personnel and one "G" Chief. The "G" band conducts link-up operations with Special Forces Student Operational Detachment Alphas, receives specific training and conduct combat and sustainment operations.

Over a three-week period this program provides the cadets with opportunities to learn and grow as potential leaders. Areas to which cadets are exposed: Troop Leading Procedures, Mission Planning (Warning, Patrol and Frag orders), Small Unit Tactic (Raids, Ambushes, Recons), Air Operations (Drop and Landing Zones and Message pick-up), Basic Field Craft (Survival, Expedient Navigation), Demolition, Medical, Communications and Weapons. The location for this exercise is Camp Mackall, North Carolina.

Degree-based Internships

Chaplainry Internship Program (CHIP)
The Chaplainry Internship Program (CHIP) is for MS III’s interested in pursuing an academic delay to become an Army Chaplain.
Judge Advocate General Internship Program (JAGIP)
The Judge Advocate General Internship Program (JAPIP) is for MSL IIIs interested in pursuing an academic delay to become an Army lawyer. Interns will be assigned to positions with Staff Judge Advocates (SJA) at legal offices throughout the Army.
Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP)
Cadets with an Academic Major of Nursing are the only cadets eligible to apply for this program. Cadets are assigned to Army Medical Facilities both in the continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS) including Alaska, Hawaii, Europe and Asia. NSTP provides nursing cadets with opportunities to develop and practice leadership in a clinical environment. Cadets work side-by-side with an Army Nurse Corps Officer preceptor. To qualify, cadets must submit an application packet through their PMS and the Brigade Nurse counselor to the Cadet Command Chief Nurse. Cadets applying for this program must be certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and certification may not expire prior to the completion of NSTP training. The paid internship also fulfills the internship requirement credit at UT.

Research and Specialty Internships

George and Carol Olmsted Foundation Cadet Overseas Travel and Cultural Emersion Program (OFCOT)
The OFCOT program is funded by a grant from the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation and is designed to educate future career military officers who exhibit extraordinary potential in becoming the country's future military leaders. The two to four week trips funded by this program consist of a combination of briefings, visits to foreign military academies, participation in educational tours, working in American Embassies etc. OFCOT provides cadets an opportunity to study and/or visit places in Africa , Europe, Asia, and Central and South America during the summer months.

The program represents the ultimate in opportunities for language and cultural immersion experiences around the globe. The Future Force requires leaders for a diverse Army with multitude of missions and increasingly complex technologies, a mission which can only be met by better-educated and culturally sensitive officers. Thus, the Olmsted Foundation's support of overseas travel for cadets, both in the short term and well into the future, will ensure the quality, depth and breadth of the program and its relevance to the Army's strategic vision.