Any tools we can put in that tac's kit bag makes them better able to do that job. Brower said the captains in the program are coming from an environment in which their entire focus has been organization oriented. The academy asks future tacs to change that focus and concentrate on individual development. Because of how tactical officers are positioned in that 47-month USMA experience, they have the opportunity to see cadets in all kinds of situations. Everybody has experiences.
Leader development is about making sense of experiences.
Tacs help cadets make sense of their experiences. They understand the effect of that tone. A positive, supportive culture can help that development. A dysfunctional culture can hinder it. Tom Woodie, the U.S. Corps of Cadets Company H-1 tactical officer, said he was a little skeptical of the TOEP going into it, but the program changed his mind.