Cadet Life

You’ll have a college schedule like your fellow students, but you’ll also receive classroom and field courses that will challenge and excite you. These opportunities include Field Training Exercises (FTXs) each semester where Cadets build their teamwork and leadership skills. Cadets also participate in Physical Training (PT) on a regular basis to keep up their strength and endurance. Other events include Combat Water Survival Training (CWST), where Cadets learn swimming techniques and overcome the fear of heights by jumping blindfolded from a high dive.

Beyond that, you can take part in events and activities with fellow Cadets that will make your college experience even better.

Sample Week

ROTC Priorities

• Your academics come first, then physical fitness, and then the ROTC curriculum.
• As part of the combined Green Mountain Battalion, physical fitness training happens three days a week at the Athletic Campus Facilities on the University of Vermont campus. Neighboring Saint Michael’s and Champlain College go to UVM because of their proximity to the UVM campus; however, Middlebury does its fitness training on its campus.
• Curriculum, classes, and labs are conducted on campus or at the National Guard base with transportation provided.
• Once a semester, there is a multiday weekend lab that incorporates tactics, land navigation/orienteering, weapons marksmanship, mountaineering skills, and many more opportunities.