Cadets excel at Advanced Camp
Article By: Denise Ray
The University of North Georgia (麻豆精品在线播放) tradition of excellence continued at at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as 94 cadets completed the summer training.
Advanced Camp is a mandatory training event for rising seniors within the Corps of Cadets who plan to commission. They demonstrate their proficiency in military and leadership skills tested over one month under the direction of the U.S. Army Cadet Command.
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Cadet Adrian Delgado received the ARNG Minuteman Award, and Cadet Sawyer C. Davis was the recipient of the USAA Warrior Spirit Award.
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Twenty cadets received the Recondo badge, which is awarded to cadets who display superior skills at camp. They must exceed the standards in seven events: Army Combat Fitness Test; confidence courses; land navigation; marksmanship; first aid; a 12-mile foot march; and chemical, biological, radiological. and nuclear training.
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The recipients included: Brady Anderson, Nicholas Barton, Brody Becker, Jeremy Calhoun, Shelby Crocker, Davis, Brandon Dubois, Dylan Green, Robbie Griffin, Nicholas Hammesfahr, Andrea Mierisch, Garrett Parker, Maximilian Proels, Austin Riner, Derek Roach, Adam Sisson, William Van Meter, Lawson Willard, and Kenneth Withrow.
Kirk said there were three more Recondo winners than last year even though one less cadet was sent to training.
"Advanced Camp was a great opportunity to learn how to lead not only a group of people that you do not know, but also a group of people who are your peers," Barton, a Cumming, Georgia, resident pursuing a degree in cybersecurity, said. "Advanced Camp showed me that anyone, no matter how they appear, can be one of the best leaders. I appreciate the training that I received from 麻豆精品在线播放 and the Army itself. Without this invaluable training, and the support I had from my leadership, I would not have been able to earn the Recondo badge."
Proels, a Suwanee, Georgia, resident, pursuing a degree in criminal justice, said participating in corps special organizations prepared him to excel at camp and achieve the Recondo.
"Putting in hard work pays off when it is time to be assessed. The quality of training from the Corps of Cadets, the Mountain Order of Colombo and Ranger Challenge gave me the experience to succeed," Proels said.
Dalton, Georgia's Selena Paniagua, also pursuing a degree in cybersecurity, is the first member of her family to join the military and relied heavily on her fellow cadets.
"I was forced to come out of my shell to learn how to lead and follow other cadets from different parts of the United States," Paniagua said. "I was placed in a stressful environment with 30-plus new faces, who all have different experiences. I had to learn to handle the challenges I faced and find a way to motivate strangers to trust me to lead them."
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