Army ROTC Cadets Continue Training, Learning During the Summer Months

Cadet Ben Hughey receiving award

Cadet Emily Sumrall with veteran at Lincoln Memorial

Caption. Cadet Will Shaw at Fort Knox

Cadet Cote Sams training at Ft. Bliss

Cadet Eric Jeter relaxing before Advanced Camp

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Army ROTC cadets at Cadet Initial Entry Training at Fort Knox this summer.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Many of the cadets from the Army ROTC Razorback Brigade spent at least part of their summer vacation attending various Army schools, internships and cultural emersion programs, with some attending more than one.

• 18 cadets representing Razorback Brigade at the Cadet Leadership Course at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
• 10 cadets attended Cadet Initial Entry Training. 
• One cadet attended Airborne school and one attended Air Assault school, both at Ft. Benning, GA. 
• Two cadets participated in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program, one in the Republic of Georgia and one in Thailand.
• One nurse cadet attended the Nursing Summer Training Program at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. 
• Six cadets participated in Cadet Troop Leading Training programs held at Ft. Bliss and Ft. Hood Texas; Ft. Jackson, South Carolina; Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; and Ft. Riley, Kansas. 

Here are a few highlights of the cadet’s activities – not all related to their military training.

• Cadet Ben Hughey was awarded the First Command Financial Services Award at the 4th Regiment Cadet Leadership Course at Ft. Knox. This is awarded for best demonstrating the leadership traits necessary to encourage teamwork, improved unit cohesion, and reinforce mission accomplishment.  Cadet Hughey had a busy summer: he also attended Cadet Troop Leader Training with Field Artillery, and traveled to the Republic of Georgia to attend the Summer Basic Mountaineering Warfare Course.
• Cadet Emily Sumrall attended the Nurse Summer Training Program at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. in June, working in the labor and delivery unit and witnessing at least 15 births. She also volunteered with Honor Flight Chicago, a program that helps bring vets to see their memorials and other landmarks in the capital. 
• Cadet Trevor Larson earned the USAA Warrior Spirit Award while attending Cadet Initial Entry Training at Ft. Knox.  The award is given for demonstrating personal actions necessary to represent the Army profession, ethics, and officership while best exemplifying the warrior spirit. 
• Cadet Eric Jeter attended the Advanced Camp at Ft. Knox.
• Cadet Jack Ellis attended Airborne School at Ft. Benning.
• Cadet Andrew Denome attended Air Assault School at Fort Benning.
• Cadet Cote Sams attended Cadet Troop Leading Training at Ft. Bliss, but got notable public exposure during his Cadet Leadership Course at Fort Knox. His platoon’s training was the subject of an article on the Cadet Summer Training website and a YouTube video as well.
• Cadet Seth Richards did an internship in Washington, D.C. where he met former Razorback Brigade assistant professor of military science and recruiting and operations officer and current Congressman Steve Womack.

On a more personal side:

• Cadet Jeter did some white water river rafting in New Mexico.
• Cadet Abby McVay ran several 5ks in the Memphis area with 2nd  Lieutenant Lysa Walterhouse, who graduated and was commissioned this past spring.
• Cadet Emily Gray married 2nd Lt. Ethan Sumrall, who was commissioned in Spring 2015. She is now Cadet Emily Sumrall.
• Cadet Madeline Ramos married Sam Beck and is now Cadet Madeline Beck.  
• CDT Philip Reed proposed to Meaghan Victoria Tipton and they plan to be married in November of 2017.

If you are a student at the University of Arkansas, the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, John Brown University, Norhtwest Arkansas Community College or Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma and you are interested in more information about the Army ROTC program, come see us at the Army ROTC building, located between the Grad. Ed. Building and Memorial Hall on Maple Street or visit our website:  armyrotc.uark.edu.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.