The training can also lead to a good paying military job in the Active Army or in the Reserve Component. Additionally, military duty is resume enhancing experience, and often provides opportunity for Graduate schooling. The entire ROTC program is aimed towards producing college graduates who can lead from the front and get things done through others. Every aspect of the program is designed to give cadets real world experiences in leading others. In the freshman and sophomore year, ROTC cadets learn teammanship and followship and are given a few opportunities to lead.
All cadets learn the value of honesty, integrity and ethics.
In their junior year, cadets are given many leadership challenges. They teach classes, lead physical fitness sessions, undertake special projects and run training exercises. At the conclusion of each leadership opportunity the cadet is mentored and critiqued by professional military officers and sergeants. During the senior year the cadets form the staff that runs the cadet program and are personally mentored by the Professor of Military Science. There have been several recent situations where some ROTC Cadet have taken charge at accident scenes until police and medical specialists arrived on site.