9/29/2003
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
EIGHT SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
COMPLETE
ARMY ROTC NATIONAL ADVANCED LEADERSHIP
CAMP
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Eight Slippery Rock University students
have graduated from the recent Army Reserve Officers’
Training Corps National Advanced Leadership Camp held at Ft. Lewis,
Wash., after taking part in what is often considered the single,
most important training event in preparation for future
commissioning as an Army officer.
Completing
the 32-day camp that incorporated a range of subjects designed to
develop and evaluate the cadets’ leadership ability
were:
-
Russ Eury of Butler
-
Jeff Fields of New
Brighton
-
Phil Gryskewicz of Evans
City*
-
Laura Lubinski of Allison
Park
-
Jeremy Linn of Egg Harbor Township,
N.J.
-
Derrell McBroom of East
Pittsburgh
-
Stephenie Benedict of St.
Marys
-
Neil Oberlin of Grove City
Army ROTC is the largest officer-producing
organization within the American military, with approximately 75
percent of all officers in the U.S. Army receiving their commission
through the program. Those completing the camp are now prepared for
their senior year and subsequent commissioning as an Army officer
following graduation.
The
leadership camp training includes a series of exercises and
evaluations that challenges each cadet individually and each
platoon and regiment as a group. This dynamic training includes
water safety, basic rifle marksmanship, machine gun, land
navigation, fire support, hand grenade, tactical and physical
training.
*After
completing the camp, Gryskewicz went onto participate in the
Army’s Cadet Troop Leadership Training, a a unique hands-on leadership experience held
in Hawaii. As a participant he
was assigned as a platoon leader in an active duty Army unit to
learn and eventually perform the day-to-day duties of a second
lieutenant.
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