The Corps of Cadets is organized as the Bay State Battalion. The battalion is broken down into one or two companies which vary in size according to the enrollment. Promotion to higher ranks will be dependent upon your class, duty position, and demonstrated military ability. The chain of command is the succession of authority from the top to the bottom.
Every single cadet has a place in the chain of command.
The cadet chain of command is the primary chain of command and is supported by the cadre chain. The Advisor is meant to augment and support the cadet chain of command and is not meant as a way to circumvent the cadet chain of command. All students enrolled in ROTC are volunteers. That means the cadre assume you want to be here. The cadre have a lot to teach you and relatively little time to teach you in.