CIET - Short report from 1st Regiment

My sister is in fourth regiment. If they do not pass training can they be rolled back?

There is no real "pass" or "fail". I believe as long as cadets attempt each event they're good to go. She won't be rolled back.
Thank you!!! She was told she could be rolled back if she failed training but no pass or fail reguirment for training was given. She is confused and so am I. Thank you again for your response.
 
I also agree that dealing with the heat is primarily the cadets responsibility, You have to remember that in a couple of short years they will be responsible for a large group of soldiers. At the same time the heat does affect people differently. It is one of those things that on a given day where all the bad things could align you end up in the hospital . My son was at Fort Knox for LTC years ago and they had no heat casualties in July. LTC is a catch up course for AROTC for the first two years. These cadets were about as raw as you get. NO heat casualties but a young lady was killed by lightening. Very sad and a reminder that any training can be dangerous.
 
The early reports from the 5th regiment sound similar to the first. They arrived last Thursday. I gather it has not been physically tough for those who are in shape, and they are permitted to have their phones in the evening, but very poor cell service, so testing is the means of communicating. Not much else in the way of details.
 
First Regiment CIET comes home today! Tried to watch the graduation on the live feed, but it was held in a gym, so the sound was so bad could not make out a word they said. You could see the cadets standing there, but the picture was blurry, and my son was in the far group in the back. DS said it lasted 35 minutes. VERY glad we did not make the 12 hour trip down for it like we thought about doing.
 
I have my boy back! A bit sunburned, tired, lots of poison ivy, and full of stories. The stories from the tent city windstorm are scary. As are the reports of meeting a rattler, seeing brown recluse and black widow spiders.....haha, never thought about the wildlife they would be meeting.
He said the poison ivy was impossible to avoid, but he does not have it on the parts of his body that would have come in direct contact with it, like hands and face, so I think he got it from removing his clothes.
They do give them an evaluation/counseling at the end, which he thought basically consisted of comments and is sent to their PMS. He "doesn't remember" what it said, so not sure if they are very specific comments, or pretty general. Awards were given at graduation and he said each platoon had to pick 4 cadets for these awards, and they were chosen 2 weeks in. He had no idea what the awards were as he said they could not understand what they were saying at graduation and better than I could on the live feed.
All in all he said it was a good experience, he learned things, and coming from a Military College, it was NOT repetitive of things he had already learned.
 
I have my boy back! A bit sunburned, tired, lots of poison ivy, and full of stories. The stories from the tent city windstorm are scary. As are the reports of meeting a rattler, seeing brown recluse and black widow spiders.....haha, never thought about the wildlife they would be meeting.
He said the poison ivy was impossible to avoid, but he does not have it on the parts of his body that would have come in direct contact with it, like hands and face, so I think he got it from removing his clothes.
They do give them an evaluation/counseling at the end, which he thought basically consisted of comments and is sent to their PMS. He "doesn't remember" what it said, so not sure if they are very specific comments, or pretty general. Awards were given at graduation and he said each platoon had to pick 4 cadets for these awards, and they were chosen 2 weeks in. He had no idea what the awards were as he said they could not understand what they were saying at graduation and better than I could on the live feed.
All in all he said it was a good experience, he learned things, and coming from a Military College, it was NOT repetitive of things he had already learned.

Congrats on his efforts and welcome home to him. My son says poison ivy should be our national plant. Our country is really covered with it. Expecially on Army bases.
 
Thanks! He typically gets poison ivy at least once a summer anyhow - we have a pretty good crop of it out behind our house (woods and pond).
Also, he said when they got there, there was a packet of things on their bed - calamine lotion, some type of bug repellent lotion, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, and chapstick. Good thing about the sunscreen because we totally forgot to send it (talked about it, but were waiting to get it at a different store), and he is a red-head.
They did have some type of laundry service, which took place before they went to the field for the second time. They had been doing laundry right along, but were still required to put something in the laundry. They each put in 1 sock.
He really liked the Branch Day so he could find out more about the specific branches he is interested in. They also had a chance one of the days to choose 5 mini-sessions to attend. One he chose went over the new OML model which he found very helpful. He could see some of the extras, like CULP that he needs to apply for so he can pick up some extra points - he is not STEM or Engineering so needs to get some points wherever he can!
 
Thanks for all the helpful tips and comments about your cadets attending CIET. My DS leaves Wednesday, he is pretty excited. And he is already heading there WITH poison ivy...
 
Another interesting observation - on the packing list they told the kids to bring 100% cotton tan t-shirts. CIF issued them a few....100% polyester - the moisture wicking, shiny, very thin stuff. My son liked them, but I noticed as I took them out of the dryer that they were really pilling across the shoulders. He also said he really did not use the compression shorts he took - said because there are net "panties" inside the PT shorts, that you really could not wear compression shorts (or underwear) with them....EW! I think that is a guy thing.
 
Uh oh. Poison Ivy. DS (5th Rgmt) will not be good with that. He is on the sensitive side to that. Spreads rapidly. I'm sure the medics will be able to figure it out.
Thanks again for the updates... we are currently having the discussion about going for graduation. I think we are leaning to 'no' based on thoughts from here.
 
All of your posts have been extremely helpful in me dealing with my DS being away. He is 8th regiment and has only been there one week. I was surprised that he has his phone in the evenings. He sounds exhausted already but I'm sure the sleep deprivation has something to do with it.
 
We have heard from DS Regt. 7 and he is loving it. Exhausting yes, but really enjoying it. And his poison ivy that he went there with is gone! As far as attending graduation, we will be. They have several things to do on base for family day. And according to the schedule you will be with your cadet after lunch until 9pm, I believe. Visit fortknoxfamilyday.com. I check the pictures on the armyrotc.smugmug.com, they update them often to give a great insight to all the different types of training they are doing.
 
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