WPAOG Parent Handbook 2018-19

40 YEARLING YEAR Cadet Field Training — CFT Military Leadership 100 (ML100) —Third-class cadets (Yearlings) learn how to lead, develop, and care for individual subordinates and serve as team leaders for fourth-class cadets (Plebes). Third-class cadets are expected to demonstrate proficiency as individual soldiers, and as members of teams, and to continue to demonstrate courage, character, integrity, and toughness. They also gain an initial understanding of tactical problem solving skills and the roles of officers and noncommissioned officers and receive opportunities to accomplishmissions as leaders. ML 100 Cadet Field Training (CFT) is a key component of the West Point Leader Development System in which cadets are responsible for planning, resourcing, and execution of training and the day-to-day operation of Cadet Companies. It builds upon the base of military skills learned during cadet Basic Training (CBT) and during the academic year through exposure to new combat systems, tasks andmore complex environments. The CFT cadet Regiment conducts a 44-day programof training events consisting of a 13-day Leader Training Program for Squad Leaders and Company leadership, followed by 31 days of individual and collective training and assessment for all cadets. The Regiment resides at Camp Buckner, and training events take place within the USMA training areas. CFT concludes with a run back to the West Point Garrison. The purpose of Cadet Field Training is to develop, train, test, and validate specific tasks; prepare third-class cadets to assume duties as NCOs in the Corps of Cadets; instill the warrior ethos in each cadet; and inspire each cadet to professional excellence through physically andmentally demanding training.

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