Day 4: Thursday, Aug. 7
Cadet leaders learn to administer the physical fitness test for other cadets. Students on the Human Affairs Team, discuss typical problems students might have and how best to handle them.
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Citadel Leadership Training Day 4
Citadel cadet leaders get certified to give the physical fitness test, which includes two minutes of push ups, two minutes of sit ups and a 2-mile run.
Command Sgt. Maj. Sylvan Bauer knows everything there is to know about how to properly do a push up. He can tell you where you should place your legs, which hand positions are acceptable, and how to spot someone trying to get away with a less-than-perfect dip.
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Weart, director of The Citadel's Krause Leadership Initiative, says Bauer is "Hooah." That's an Army term that means motivated, energized, pumped, or just about anything you want it to mean.
Bauer taught cadet leaders to give the physical fitness test that all cadets must pass. First he taught them to recognize an acceptable push-up and sit-up. Then he took them out to Wilson Field and had them practice testing each other. Finally, the cadets had to pass a written test to certify that they understand how to properly administer the test.
"You're the cream of the crop," he told the cadet leaders. Other cadets will suffer consequences if they fail because their test is scored it incorrectly.
Friday morning, cadet leaders will give the test to members of the cadre.
The cadre, the second wave of Citadel leaders, is a group of about 200 students. Under the supervision of the top cadets, the cadre will lead the freshmen, know as "knobs" through what is sometimes called "Hell Week."
That's the week before classes begin. Knobs receive extremely short haircuts, learn how to stand, walk and salute.
And the cadre pushes them through a grueling military training program.
Citadel leaders know that the school's stressful physical and academic programs can be too much for some students. And college-age students have a host of other issues going on in their lives.
So, a group of students called the Human Affairs Team is trained to help students with problems such as alcohol and drugs, sexual harassment and assault, and family or relationship issues.
In a training session Thursday, members of the team discussed incidents that have been reported on campus and how to appropriately handle them.
Col. Greg Stone, commandant of cadets, says the school turns over some important responsibilities to certain students in the Corps of Cadets. So, it's responsible for giving them the tools to properly handle them.
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dogfan (anonymous) says...
Mooncalf,
I trust you recongize that your ignorance is being broadcast around the worldwide web for all to see, but don't care.
You would be hard pressed to find a Citadel cadet who wanted to attend one of the federal service academies. For that reason alone Citadel cadets are special, they elect to challenge themselves in an atmosphere that is more rigorous than the federal academies.
Citadel grads are generally more well rounded, tougher, more mature, and mentally prepared to enter either the military or the civilian workforce than their counterparts from USMA, USNA or USAFA. I will say grads of the Merchant Marine Academy are top notch, way better than USNA grads. I've served with grads of all the schools and give me a Citadel or Kings Point grad anytime.
August 7, 2008 at 10:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jwebster80 (anonymous) says...
28 years after graduating I have lived all over the country in my career, and now reside in the D.C. area.
My first couple of years out of school I'd hear that same "second class to the academies" BS.
Let's arrange for this "Mooncalf" dude to sit down one on one with Lt. Gen John Rosa, President of the Citadel who came directly from being Superintendant of the Air Force Academy,...ask him to compare the product.
I have no chip on my shoulder "Mr. Mooncalf". Any person in a position of significant responsibility in the military or business will tell you that Citadel grads perform well ahead of their peers.
August 8, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Floger76 (anonymous) says...
Mooncow - If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person on earth. "What a waste of their parents money...Could have got paid to go to school" Some are getting paid to go to school. But I forgot, your blissfully ignorant. "Play military crap at the Citadel, like it matters." Its called leadership training, which is what this country lacks. Many of these young men and women end up defending your sorry butt as commissioned officers in the U.S. armed forces. But I understand your feelings....I may feel the same way if I had lost my job and girlfriend to a Citadel cadet. And no, I am not a graduate, just not as ignorant as you.
August 8, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mrcitadel2008 (anonymous) says...
Hey Mooncalf,
Your inability to mind your tongue has also inclined me to speak out about your complete and utter ignorance. It is people like Lt. Gregg Stone and this Colonel Weart fellow from the Service Academies that are making MY fine Military College of the South more and more like the academies up north; SOFT, POLITICALLY CORRECT, and Open for the public to see. There was a time when Citadel cadets were "Wack Jobs". It was these brave souls that pulled survivors from freezing waters of the Potomac after the Air Florida disaster or gave there all in Afghanistan and Iraq right along side those service Academy graduates. If you would have cared to do your homework before you spoke out on something you know nothing about you would find that our ROTC cadets place higher than many, if not all Universities in this Country (including the Academies) during the annual military training camps. Given your sarcasm and lack of knowledge its easy to see you wouldn't have lasted one week in the barracks. Shannon Faulkner thought she knew what she was getting in to. Why don't you leave my college to the real men and go criticize your College. It's probably not near as prestigious as mine, and if it is, I could care less. Do you see Citadel Graduates slandering USC or Clemson on public websites. "Waste of Parent's Money" I invite you ask my parents in 5 years to see who will be entirely supporting them for all the opportunities, like the Citadel, that they gave me. We were fine until people like you came along in 1996 and upset the apple cart. You, CNN, West Point graduates, and the Post and Courier can leave my school. You obviously have no business being there.
August 8, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mrcitadel2008 (anonymous) says...
mooncalf; noun
One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal dope, gander, goose. Slang cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck,
Still waiting for that reply...
August 8, 2008 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Floger76 (anonymous) says...
mrcitadel2008 - you left off pinhead & putz. You must have been an english major.
August 8, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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