Making of an Officer

Soldiers talk about the ROTC program and personal experiences, experience of their cadets. Benefits: military history looks good on a resume (physically fit, disciplined, teamwork, and can stay calm under pressure), "We setup our Lieutenant...

We setup our Lieutenants to succeed, not falsely; it is not like getting an award you did not deserve. We are going to put you in a position and we are going to watch you shine. I am excited, I am ready to go out and do what the Army has taught me to do. Now it is really starting to sink in that I am going to be an Officer, I am going to be a Soldier. I am going to be the future. (Chanting in the background) It is a beginning and I think that as a college student you do not want to take on too much, you do not want to take on the world. They make an informed decision to come here serve their country knowing that they are going to commission in four years and be placed in harms way.

To do it you have to have a heart, and that is what I am looking for, people with hearts. Pinning the bars on somebody is saying that I am giving you the authority that most people never get in a lifetime. As a twenty-one year old, fresh out of college, and being in charge of forty to fifty people and saying they are yours now is, their livelihood is in your hands now. That is an awesome responsibility. There is no better way to become that young Officer, that young leader of our Army and of our future, of America's future than going through Army ROTC. If you want to be a leader in life, there is no stronger way to start than Army ROTC. To find out more about the schools that offer ROTC or the program itself, go to: armyrotc.com Start strong with Army ROTC. There's strong, and than there is Army strong.