Army ROTC
Professional Development Opportunities
Raise your level of expertise by signing up for professional development. Add elite skills—mental, physical, nursing and/or leadership—to your basic skill set and set yourself apart. Become parachute qualified and earn your jump wings with Airborne, master helicopter-borne techniques with Air Assault, learn to negotiate difficult mountainous terrain day or night with Mountain Warfare, or gain firsthand leadership and management skills with CTLT, DCLT, or NSTP. Accept the challenge and strive to be more.
Airborne
A three-week school conducted at Fort Benning, Georgia. Cadets in good physical condition may compete for a school allocation. At Airborne school, cadets will train alongside Regular Army officers and enlisted men and women, as well as members of the other armed services, to jump from an Air Force aircraft (C130 and C17). Upon completion of the course, cadets will earn the coveted jump wings and be parachutist qualified.
Air Assault
The Air Assault School, conducted at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is two weeks of mental and physical challenges. This school is designed to teach air assault skills and procedures, improve basic leadership skills, instill the Air Assault spirit and award the Air Assault Badge.
Mountain Warfare—Summer/Winter phase
Mountain Warfare school is a two-week course taught by the Vermont National Guard at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont. Both a summer and a winter phase are offered. The training is designed to make you an expert in mountain operations. Mountain Warfare School is both physically and mentally demanding. If you can carry a 65-pound rucksack up to five miles per day in mountainous terrain and are competent with both day and night land navigation you may have what it takes to complete this intense training.
Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT)
CTLT is a four-week leadership experience conducted at units in the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Europe. Students are placed in charge of a regular Army platoon of approximately 35 soldiers. The student’s objective is to perform the leadership and management tasks necessary to train the platoon’s soldiers and maintain equipment.
While in CTLT, cadets continue to receive a rate of pay and allowances equivalent to that received at Advanced Camp.
Drill Cadet Leadership Training (DCLT)
Drill Cadet Leadership Training (DCLT) is a four-week program that provides cadets an opportunity to apply leadership skills, interact with highly skilled and experienced Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) and drill sergeants, and improves common task skill proficiency in an Army training environment. Cadets serve in positions with the cadre of Initial Entry Training (IET) and One-Station Unit Training (OSUT) units—Basic Combat Training.
Nursing 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 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.