{"id":59228,"date":"2021-06-14T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/14\/summer-training-for-rotc-cadets-returns-after-hiatus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:54:29","slug":"summer-training-for-rotc-cadets-returns-after-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/home\/left-column\/2021\/06\/14\/summer-training-for-rotc-cadets-returns-after-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer training for Army ROTC cadets returns after hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thousands of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps<\/a> cadets are returning to Fort Knox for annual summer training this year \u2014 a culminating event before cadets become commissioned officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, the coronavirus pandemic forced the Army to cancel ROTC cadet summer training<\/a> at the central Kentucky installation just days before the first students were expected to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, cadets were given training in rifle marksmanship, combat casualty care and tactics at college campuses and nearby military installations. This year, though, the annual event is largely back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadet summer training is the single largest training event conducted throughout the Army, according to an Army Cadet Command news release announcing the return of the event Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t