For the past week, five adult leaders have come from all over the country to attend the various adult leadership courses for USAC. These adult leaders have taken vacation time from their civilian jobs to attend these classes at their own cost in order to become full-fledged members of USAC and to lead the Cadets and recruits at their various units. While many of the adults leaders in USAC do have prior military experience or are currently active-duty and reserve servicemembers, most of the adults in this year’s class do not have any prior military experience, so they are also getting a dose of the “boot camp” treatment that the recruits are getting!
Adult leaders hold a special place in USAC. They are “non-paid professionals” and volunteer many, many hours each year in order to ensure that USAC gives the most realistic and safest military experience available to the Cadets and recruits who come to USAC. These adult leaders also teach leadership and problem solving skills to senior Cadets, so that the senior Cadets can in turn lead and mentor more junior Cadets and the new recruits. Without these adult leaders, there would be no USAC.
Topics covered this past week have included traditional subjects such as Military Customs and Courtesies, and Drill and Ceremony. However, salient subjects such as Military Leadership and Officership, as well as Ethical Leadership and the Responsibilities of Leadership were also covered. Once this week is finished, we will have five new adults assuming leadership positions throughout USAC. We look forward to having them join the ranks of “non-paid professionals” in USAC, and thank them for volunteering so many hours and so much of their time and energy to USAC.
Hooah!
A. J. Chen
LTC, GS, USAC
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
Course Instructor, BLC/OCS-I/DCC
What an outstanding experience for my son Vincent Petersen. I am impressed by so many things. What he learned, who he met, how he changed and grew. He seems to have grown two inches in two weeks. His Distingished Honor award surprised both of us, but I know he work very hard to achieve such an accomplishment. Vince now has good fiends from Russia, Africa, China, all over the US; including a Cadet named Crazy Cajon from Southern Louisiana. Hats off to everyone at Forest Hill Station. The training Vincent received will no doubt have a positive long term effort on his future. Many, many thanks. Jack Petersen
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