Airborne School - Airborne School is taught in Fort Benning, Georgia, and is a course comprised of three weeks of training. In the first week, "ground week", students are physically conditioned and taught the basics of parachuting. In the second week, "tower week", students try their first jumps off a tower to practice parachute landing falls, or "PLFs". Week three is the opportunity for students to make jumps of their own out of a low-flying Lockheed C-130 Hercules or a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Cadets compete for slots through an Order of Merit list (OML) based on their participation, APFT score, academic standing and instructor assessment.
Air Assault School - A ten-day school situated in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, or Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Air Assault School teaches candidates about preparing combat loads for transportation by air as well as insertion techniques like fast-rope rappelling from helicopters. Cadets compete for slots through an Order of Merit list (OML) based on their participation, APFT score, academic standing and instructor assessment.
Mountain Warfare School - Jericho, Vermont, is the home of Ethan Allen Firing Range and the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School. This particular course is comprised of two parts, each two weeks in length: the summer phase and the winter phase. In each phase, students are taught climbing and small unit tactics on a mountainous terrain learning useful skills like knot tying and mountain land navigation techniques. Cadets compete for slots through an Order of Merit list (OML) based on their participation, APFT score, academic standing and instructor assessment.
Northern Warfare School - In this school, students spend fifteen days in Fort Greeley, Alaska, learning skills involved in conducting combat operations in an Arctic or Antarctic environment. Such skills include hazard evaluation, snow and ice movement, climbing, rappelling, cold weather survival, knot tying, and rescue techniques. Cadets compete for slots through an Order of Merit list (OML) based on their participation, APFT score, academic standing and instructor assessment.
Cadet Troop Leadership Training - Abbreviated CTLT, Cadet Troop Leadership Training takes place during the same summer cadets attend Advanced Camp and is a chance for cadets to become part of a military unit for a period of two to five weeks. Cadets are placed in a leadership position and given a taste of the responsibilities of a junior officer in that type of unit as well as familiarizing cadets with command, training, administration, and logistical functions. Open to MS III cadets upon completion of LDAC. Cadets compete for slots through an Order of Merit list (OML) based on their participation, APFT score, academic standing and instructor assessment.
UNITED KINGDOM SUMMER CAMP - The United Kingdom Summer Camp, often referred to as the United Kingdom Officer Training Camp (UKOTC), is a three-week program hosted by our British Army ROTC counterparts. UKOTC provides cadets the opportunity to conduct ROTC training with a foreign nation. The training is conducted at two locations; Cambridge and London. The UKOTC program allows US Army ROTC cadets to interact with the cadets and military students of other countries. A great deal of the training focuses on small unit tactics and individual training. Students participate in Military Operations in Urban Terrain training as well as a two-day FTX. Additionally, cadets will participate in weapons training, rappelling and mountaineering. The cadets fire on weapons ranges, train on branches of the Army, conduct "adventure" training and participate in a Field Training Exercise (FTX). The training period capstone is a 4.5-mile foot march with full a rucksack and weapon. Only Military Science (MS) II students are eligible for this training. Students must be contracted (scholarship) and have finished their MS II academic year. Additionally, students must be in the upper half (all around) of their class with a strong recommendation by their Professor of Military Science (PMS).