Posted on Nov 15, 2019
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I understand that the ROTC program is their basic, but I want to know what everyone’s thinks
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Maj Kim Patterson
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SSG(P) (Join to see) no, officers don’t need to go through basic training, however us smart ones will take the advice of our enlisted.
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I've done both - I dont think officers should go to basic training.
They do have to participate in a similar style camp experience, which is modeled after ranger school, before they can commission.
I know that their cadet advanced camp is currently expanding to increase the tactical proficiency of young officers as well, but I think integrating them to basic training undermines the differences between the officer and enlisted world and jeaprodizes the way enlisted soldiers could view or respect officers.
I do recognize that many enlisted folk look down on young officers because they feel they dont even have a comparable foundation to basic training, but I think that is pretty untrue and is based in misunderstanding what training officers in ROTC programs actually undergo.
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SGT Kenneth Partyka
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I'll agree with MSG Thompson here. Some LTs came in expecting to learn from their cadre, others (though very few) had chips on their shoulders. I went through both, ROTC and BCT and ROTC camp is nothing like BCT (or at least it wasnt 30 years ago)
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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Unless things have changed I believe they do go to a camp on a Military Installation as a specific part of their ROTC training. I don't see any valid point in also making them go through basic training. By the time they are done, not even counting that camp they have Four years of ROTC training. Like anyone new as a Commissioned Officer there is still much to learn and listening to those with more experience, both Officers and NCOs can only help them advance. The same can be said for Junior enlisted however they aren't going to have the same level of responsibility or decisions to make that a Junior Officer will. Once Commissioned, there is no short cut to learning, You learn by doing and of course career/specialty training to upgrade and become more qualified.
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