OSUT has been at Ft. Benning for years, no lack of heat and humidity and the training continues as well as AirBorne, Ranger School, Armor, and others. SERE-C at Ft Rucker in the summer is no picnic yet they seem to make it through.
Many cadets go to CST at Ft. Knox thinking they'll waltz through, what surprising is the number that choose not to eat their MRE's for whatever reason (Not tasting good is one of my personal favorites) Drinking water is not enough, eating.....and eating everything they give you is just as important. Last years heat casualty that started all the hoopla was due to the cadet not eating (Trying to lose weight) and drinking the proper amount as well as trying to run the Land Nav Course. All of this adds up to disaster.
Ft. Knox is no different then many other Ft's....Bliss, Hood, Benning, Rucker, Polk just to name a few. Common sense goes a long way and there seems to be a lack of that during these training sessions. Ft. Lewis is not the OZ many think, the temp for this weekend will be in the 90's.
The move of LDAC to Ft. Knox has been in the works for years, ever since they moved Cadet Command from Ft. Monroe to Ft. Knox about 6 years ago, the idea has been to consolidate all the Cadet Training along with Cadet Command, Politics was a much smaller part of the equation.
There were many cadets last year that managed to complete and receive 300 plus scores on their APFT just before they ended the APFT in July. Many were not happy to see their efforts lost because some cadets could not prepare and maintain themselves in the heat.
The sad part in all this is that cadets have no consequences from dropping out because of the heat, they will all graduate with no effect on their OML. They won't have this luxury when they report for BOLC or some follow on school, if they're unable to complete the training they will be recycled, do this too many times and it will effect their career. Cadets should not be getting used to having a do over at CLC, it will only hurt them later on.