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"11-14 October 2007"
  • 11-14 October 2007
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Responsibilities of the Commandant
  • Commands the Corps of Cadets
  • Administers the Military and Physical Programs
  • Oversees the instruction and integration of the Professional Military Ethic
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Role of the TAC Team
  • Coach, Teacher, and Mentor
  • Integrate all developmental programs and monitor performance
  • Enforcement of discipline
  • Primary Point of Contact for issues or emergencies
    • “Emancipated Minor” and privacy considerations
  • Cadet Advocate
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A trip down memory lane…
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"A Graduate will"
  • A Graduate will:


  • Demonstrate proficiency in individual warfighting and small-unit leadership skills, and selected professional knowledge
  • Become a commissioned leader of character, committed to Duty, Honor, Country
  • Internalize and exemplify the Warrior Ethos
  • Demonstrate the self-discipline and mature judgment necessary to think and communicate clearly, decide wisely, and act decisively
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Cadet Basic Training (CBT)
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"Member of squad"
  • Member of squad
  • Goals
    • Learn to follow
    • Transition from civilian to cadet
    • Demonstrate self-discipline, sense of duty, concept of officership
  • Military Science
    • Introduction to the Army values, culture, heritage
    • Introduction to basic warfighting skills: squad and platoon missions, organization, and weapons
    • Planning considerations and factors
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Company Athletics
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26 Competitive Sports Clubs
(1 of 3 = Top 3 National Champ Team)
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 25 Corps Squad Teams
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Plebe Contributors to Athletics
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2007 Army Football
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Professional Military Ethic Education (PME2)
  • Army Values, Officership, Leader Development
    • Discussion, not indoctrination
  • 70 hours over 47 months
  • Team members drawn from Staff and Faculty
  • Complements academic instruction and USMA moral-ethical environment
  • Specific developmental goals by class year
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PME2 Curriculum
 Cadet Basic Training



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PME2 Curriculum
4th Class Academic Year
  • Officership
    • Purpose of Fourth Class Year
    • Army Value – Loyalty
    • Warrior Ethos and Soldier’s Creed
  • Leadership
    • Team Building – Plebes and the Art of Followership
    • Professional Relationships
    • Review of Fall Term and Spring Term Goal Setting (Spring)
    • Leadership Lecture (prep for Cadet Field Training)
  • Values
    • Army Value – Integrity
    • Socialization of Well-Meaning Men – Lecture and Follow-up discussion
    • Mock Honor Investigative Hearing
    • Recognizing Cultures and the Importance of Diversity
    • Army Value – Honor
    • Army Value – Respect
    • Diversity Guest Speaker and Follow-Up Discussion
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The Army’s Center of Excellence (COE)
for Professional Military Ethic
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"MORNING"
  • MORNING
    • 0655 BREAKFAST FORMATION
    • 0700-0720 BREAKFAST
    • 0730-1155 CLASS OR STUDY


  • AFTERNOON
    • 1205-1240 LUNCH
    • 1250-1345 COMMANDANT’S OR DEAN’S TIME
    • 1355-1600 CLASS OR STUDY
    • 1610-1830 ATHLETICS; EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES;
          •        DRILL/PARADES; FREE TIME

  • EVENING
    • 1830-1915 OPTIONAL DINNER (MANDATORY ON THURSDAY)
    • 1915-1930 CADET DUTIES
    • 1930-2030 STUDY TIME OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
    • 2030-2330 STUDY TIME
    • 2330 TAPS
    • 2400 LIGHTS OUT
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Key Planning Dates for AY 07-08
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Bottom Line –
Your cadets are doing a great job!!
  • Many challenges and opportunities ahead


  • Please stay
  • involved


  • Thanks for
  • your support!
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Dean’s Brief to the Parents of 2011
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Who we have teaching your sons and daughters…
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What your cadets are doing now…
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The Academic Curriculum
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A typical Plebe schedule
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Things could be worse…
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Class of 2011 Validations
  • Total Courses Validated = 592


  • Total Cadets Validating a course = 317


  • Percent of Class Validating = 24%


  • Most Validated Course: MA104 (194 cadets)


  • Other Validated Courses: HI103, HI104, HI107, HI108, CH101, CH102, IT105, EN101



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What your cadets have to look forward to…
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Typical Term-End Schedule
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Academic Majors
  • 45 total to include…


    • Arabic, Chinese, and Russian
    • Art, Philosophy, and Literature
    • Civil and Mechanical Engineering
    • Economics
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • History
    • International Relations
    • Kinesiology
    • Life Sciences (pre-med)
    • Management
    • Military Science
    • Operations Research (Math)
    • Physics
    • Psychology
    • Systems Engineering


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