Besides being home to the United States gold reserves, Fort Knox, Kentucky is also the home to the U.S. Army Cadet Command’s premier training event, Advanced Camp. At Advanced Camp, Cadets from Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs spread out across 274 college campuses, come together to conduct leadership training at Ft. Knox. Cadets generally attend Advanced Camp the summer between their Junior and Senior years of college. Passing Advanced Camp is a requirement for every Cadet who wants to commission as an officer after graduating from college.
EWU ROTC Cadets (From Left) Megan Baker, Austin Pfennig, & Chad Triplett participate in Advanced Camp 2019 at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
In effort to help university faculty and community leaders better understand the training ROTC Cadets conduct at Advanced Camp, select personnel from across the nation are invited to attend a one-week course at Ft. Knox. Recently our very own Dean of the College of Social Sciences (CSS) at Eastern Washington University (EWU), Dr. Jonathan Anderson had the opportunity to attend this course known as Centers of Influence (COI) Training.
While at Fort Knox Dr. Anderson attended a number of informational meetings about ROTC and also participated in training Cadets experience during Advanced Camp. These events included a Leadership Reaction Course and rappelling.
Dr. Anderson (upper right) participates in an informational brief.
Dr. Anderson (center) prepares for rappel tower training.
For a very select few of the personnel that attended the COI training, they were able to participate in a jump with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute demonstration team. Dr. Anderson was chosen as one of the few COIs to participate in the parachute jump.
Dr. Anderson prepares to jump with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team.
Dr. Anderson flies off with the Golden Knights.
Dr. Anderson parachutes over Ft. Knox, Kentucky with the Golden Knights.
EWU ROTC thanks Dr. Anderson for attending the COI training and the strong support we receive from the College of Social Sciences.
Go ROTC! Go Fighting Eags!
