2008 Woodie Awards
ROTC cadets apply summer lessons to fall training
Chris Donnelly
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: News
Throughout the course of the summer Providence College students from the Patriot Battalion underwent a six week course for Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students across the country. Among the 122 ROTC programs in the Eastern Region, the Patriot Battalion had the second best ratio of cadets receiving the rating of excellent. This course allows students to take on leadership roles in this year's ROTC program, preparing underclassmen for this experience.
More than 4,000 ROTC students participated in the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) held at Fort Lewis, Wa. The purpose of the course is to evaluate a cadet's progress before his or her senior year.
"It was the culmination of the past three years of ROTC at Providence College," said Adam Bolton '07.
The course is important to cadets because performance in the course is a major factor in determining whether or not the cadets receive their choices in branch assignments. A branch assignment is the specific section of the army a cadet is sent to, as in infantry, intelligence, aviation, etc.
The cadets are tested in areas such as land navigation, physical fitness, and field and garrison activities. The Patriot Battalion seniors bested the averages for all the categories they were judged on.
The highest rating a cadet can earn is excellent. The Patriot Battalion sent 12 members, nine of which were PC students, and eight members received an overall rating of excellent. The only school with a higher average of cadets receiving an excellent rating was Fordham University, which sent fewer people.
The PC seniors who went to Fort Lewis were: Bolton, Tim Aras '07, Ben Dalton '07, Cullen De Bourgknecht '07, Terrence Flanagan '07, Matthew Kotowski '07, Jennifer Kramer '07, and Michael Miller '07. The Patriot Battalion consists of several Rhode Island colleges and UMass Dartmouth. Of the other three seniors, one attends Bryant University and two attend Rhode Island College.
More than 4,000 ROTC students participated in the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) held at Fort Lewis, Wa. The purpose of the course is to evaluate a cadet's progress before his or her senior year.
"It was the culmination of the past three years of ROTC at Providence College," said Adam Bolton '07.
The course is important to cadets because performance in the course is a major factor in determining whether or not the cadets receive their choices in branch assignments. A branch assignment is the specific section of the army a cadet is sent to, as in infantry, intelligence, aviation, etc.
The cadets are tested in areas such as land navigation, physical fitness, and field and garrison activities. The Patriot Battalion seniors bested the averages for all the categories they were judged on.
The highest rating a cadet can earn is excellent. The Patriot Battalion sent 12 members, nine of which were PC students, and eight members received an overall rating of excellent. The only school with a higher average of cadets receiving an excellent rating was Fordham University, which sent fewer people.
The PC seniors who went to Fort Lewis were: Bolton, Tim Aras '07, Ben Dalton '07, Cullen De Bourgknecht '07, Terrence Flanagan '07, Matthew Kotowski '07, Jennifer Kramer '07, and Michael Miller '07. The Patriot Battalion consists of several Rhode Island colleges and UMass Dartmouth. Of the other three seniors, one attends Bryant University and two attend Rhode Island College.