MS III Sensing Session Summary

(9) Summary of MS III Sensing Session: 11 MSIIIs were present for the sensing season, including four females and seven males. Cadets’ morale averaged a seven. Cadets stated that the get along and work well together regardless of the diverse Program that they have, and they hang out outside of ROTC. New Cadre has also impacted their morale. Cadre come in motivated keeps them motivated. Cadets stated the between the new PMS and SMI the Program has gotten a lot better. They stated that they wanted to see more consistency from the Cadre. For example, one Cadre member will say this is how you do this, then another Cadre will come in and tell them to do it a different way without explaining the reason for the difference. Cadets do feel that

Cadets would like to see a few of the Cadre show more empathy to Cadet issues/concerns. For this reason the Cadets believe that the morale for the MS1 and IIs are lower, cadre need to remember that the new Cadets are learning to balance School, Work, Internships, ROTC and family life. Some of the Cadets stated that they have struggled a little with the recent changes, new PMS, but like were the Program is headed. However, they have genuine concern for their lower classmates and their future. They would like to see the lower class learn begin to learn about things that they will see in their MSIII and MSIV year. The example that they provided was during movement drills and tactics, the lower class are out there but they are placed on security and basically stair at the brushes not knowing why they are pulling security. They also feel that what their lower classmates are learning is being dumped because they do not see the importance of what they are being taught. Some Cadets would like for the Cadre to incorporate the different Army systems that they will see when they Commission. Most Cadets would like to see more time firing a weapon. Most agreed that the recent standard for APFT is great, 250 with 80 in each event, has really pushed