Above all else, Leader Training Camp is a l eadership experience . The training program is designed to inspire students to become outstanding leaders with a sound understanding of traditional leadership values. At Leader Training Camp, students are trained to lead and develop their officer leadership potential. You gain individual confidence through accomplishment of tough training. Platoon competition then develops the collective cohesion from these individual performances.
Training is sequenced in a logical, building-block manner.
Operation Pathfinder focuses on individual skills as a precursor to learning unit skills. Cadets learn basic military skills in order to function as a small unit member and leader. Operation Gunfighter centers on weapons training where the cadet learns basic weapons skills necessary for progression to squad tactics. Training begins with mechanical training, progresses through fundamentals of firing, the weaponeer device, shot grouping, zero, and practice record firing. Cadets also receive familiarization training on other primary individual and squad level weapons.