{"id":77570,"date":"2020-05-12T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/12\/army-cancels-rotc-cadet-summer-camp-over-coronavirus-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:55:14","slug":"army-cancels-rotc-cadet-summer-camp-over-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/12\/army-cancels-rotc-cadet-summer-camp-over-coronavirus-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Army cancels ROTC Cadet Summer Camp over coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT KNOX, Ky. \u2014 Coronavirus<\/a> has forced the Army to cancel ROTC Cadet Summer Training<\/a> here, just 12 days before the first of thousands of cadets, soldiers and Army civilians were to arrive at the central Kentucky post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not host this essential element of the cadet training life cycle, and will conduct collective training in the fall and spring in order to meet our objectives, and to try to contain the COVID-19<\/a> virus,\u201d said Maj. Gen. John Evans, Commanding General for the U.S. Army Cadet Command today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to reporters from his headquarters by phone, Evans said that all required training \u201cwill be decentralized on campus and at military installations throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCore skills will be addressed on campus, and at nearby military installations, this fall and next spring,\u201d Evans said. To do that, Evans explained that contiguous universities would consolidate resources to train cadets on \u201cbasic warrior skills such as rifle marksmanship, treatment of combat casualties, and \u2018STX\u2019 (situational training exercise) lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans said such exercises last over a two-day weekend, but said he and his staff will work with universities to give cadets up to 96 hours to conduct the training over a four-day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cadet summer training performance has traditionally been one of the factors to determine branch assignment, and active duty or reserve component assignment. Evans said that element has been removed, as it is \u201cthe only way we can fairly do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans said that shifting this year\u2019s training into next summer was considered, but that was rejected because of \u201cthe tyranny of time and space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have enough time between mid-May and mid-August, and Fort Knox doesn\u2019t have the facilities to handle two cohorts of cadets,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n