Corps Mission Statement

The Corps makes leaders, that’s the Mission Statement, but are we accomplishing that goal? Are the policies which maintain this institution building free thinking leaders or vexatious micromanagers? Are we allowing outfits to create their own identity and a sense of pride, or are we just another ROTC program in a civilian college? Cadets are not given the opportunity to grow as leaders in a Senior Military College; a college that produces more officers than any other school besides the Academies. The Corps should enforce its sense of military rigidity in regards to cadets in all classes, allows leaders to learn from their actions, and permit a sense of outfit identity and pride. First of all, the Corps is losing its military rigidity and losing its status as a senior military college. The corps is known for its structure, order, and discipline, however the actions from cadets speak to me otherwise. Cadets have been out of uniform during classes, no respect for personal appearance in uniform, and no desire to participate in Corps activities and I am not talking about fish. Besides the plethora of cadet infractions that seem to continue, Cadets are showing signs of demotivation and boredom, they are not as challenged as they were during their fish year; this applies mainly to the

Many leaders place no trust in the abilities of their underclassmen, and therefore underscore their duties by preventing them to fail and learn from mistakes. Seniors will not listen to underclassmen opinions when planning and will belittle them when the implementation will not meet their standards. This causes many outfit, even Corps wide insubordination, an alignment of cliques, and habits such as hazing which do not form men and women into competent leaders. Cadets in leadership must have the opportunity to fail, and when they do, there must a mentoring so that those cadets will learn from their