This two or three week challenge is a definite learning experience, allowing you to gain a perspective on what you will be facing as future officer. The course teaches cadets the skills needed to operate in a mountainous environment during the summer and fall. Mountain Warfare introduces you to the techniques and tactics required to operate in a mountainous environment under hostile conditions. The emphasis is on field exercises where you learn mountain-related skills. The course is designed to train cadets in the skills required for conducting military operations in typical mountainous terrain found throughout the world.
Special emphasis is placed on basic military mountaineering skills.
This course focuses on mobility in mountainous terrain, rappelling, and climbing skills. The training is demanding both physically and mentally but also extremely rewarding. Those who live up to the challenge come away with not only a vast knowledge of climbing skills but also a new level of self confidence born from facing adversity and overcoming it. A three-week program hosted by British Army ROTC counterparts. If a cadet is assigned to a unit on jump status, and if a cadet is already airborne qualified, the cadet may participate in unit jumps on a permissive basis if approved in advance by the CG, Cadet Command.