{"id":22139,"date":"2013-06-17T14:10:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=22139"},"modified":"2022-09-26T14:26:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:26:54","slug":"students-get-crash-course-in-army-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/06\/17\/students-get-crash-course-in-army-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get crash course in Army life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wright State students can learn about the Army and ROTC at the Leader\u2019s Training Course this summer.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s 29 days of running, climbing, marching, rappelling, rafting and bonding in the woods of Kentucky. When it\u2019s over, the participants know what it takes to be a leader in the U.S. Army.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wright State is one of the many colleges and universities that takes part in the Leader\u2019s Training Course in Ft. Knox, Ky., at facilities that were once home to the mechanized cavalry headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides showing them the basics about the Army, it\u2019s also showing them camaraderie and teamwork,\u201d said Lieutenant Colonel Maria Emery, a professor of military science and commander of the Army ROTC at Wright State. \u201cIt\u2019s teaching them discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), a college-based program to train students to become commissioned officers of the armed forces, is designed as a four-year program. The Leader\u2019s Training Course, or LTC, is a way to accelerate the first two years.<\/p>\n

For students who take part in the course and are not in ROTC, there is no requirement that they join.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo they do it to see if ROTC is a good fit for them,\u201d said Emery. \u201cIt\u2019s good for juniors who are coming into the fall and graduate students also. I don\u2019t think we have targeted graduate students as much as we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wright State students who participate in the Leader\u2019s Training Course have a chance to compete for scholarships.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State typically sends three or four students to the LTC each year. The Wright State student attending this year\u2019s first session is Gary Colson, a criminal-justice graduate from Dayton who will be seeking his master\u2019s degree in applied behavioral science. The first of the seven sessions began June 12, with the final session starting July 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are still slots available,\u201d said Emery. \u201cAnd there is a good window where we can tell interested students about ROTC and prepare them for those 29 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students must be enrolled at Wright State, have no criminal background and get a physician\u2019s approval to take part in the course. During the course, they have a chance to compete for scholarships. Of the roughly 1,400 students who attend, 200 will receive scholarships.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to do well,\u201d said Emery, who has taken part in the course herself. \u201cThey will do an order-of-merit list and take your GPA into account and how you perform at camp. All of the LTC candidates we\u2019ve had attend in the last couple of years have received scholarships.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students spend the first few days learning the basics of the Army\u2014drills, marching, ceremonies, customs and courtesies. They take a physical-fitness test that features pushups, situps and a timed two-mile run. They are also divided into different units where they learn teamwork and go through various training events such an obstacle course and simulated combat.<\/p>\n

Students learn to rappel down a 50-foot tower, monkey across a rope bridge over a stream, upright a capsized raft and take part in combat water survival training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like basic training where there\u2019s a drill sergeant in your face,\u201d Emery said. \u201cWhat they like about it is they just become a part of the team pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch a video on LTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in attending, contact the WSU Army ROTC Military Science Department at (937) 775-2581\/2763 or verne.taylor@wright.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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