Cadet Professional Development Training

Each year, over 2000 special training opportunities are extended to cadets through the Cadet Professional Development Training (CPDT) program. The CPDT Program supplements campus training with practical leader development experiences and some additional skill identifier awarding courses. Cadets train in Army schools and with Active Army and Reserve units.

CPDT consists of two subprograms, Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) and Cadet Practical Field Training (CPFT). In a typical year, about half our commissionees will have had at least one of these experiences.

Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT)
CTLT provides select Advanced Camp graduates the opportunity to increase their leadership experience by assignments to platoon leader or like positions with Active Army units or with government agencies for 3 CONUS to 4 weeks OCONUS. The eight training opportunities are:

Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT)
Training is worldwide with active component units serving as Platoon leaders. If a cadet is assigned to a unit on jump status, and if the cadet is already airborne qualified, the cadet may participate in unit jumps on a permissive basis if approved in advance by the CG, Cadet Command. The cadet receives an OER on completion of the assignment.

Drill Cadet Leader Training (DCLT)
Training conducted in Basic Training and One Station Unit Training units for 4 weeks. Cadets work closely with Drill Sergeants as they train soldiers in basic skills. The cadet leaves with a NCOER.

Advanced Individual Academic Development (AIAD)
Cadets train for 3 weeks where they work as interns with the Army Corps of Engineers or other government agencies.

Mounted Maneuver Training (MMT)
Immediately following Advanced Camp, cadets will continue on to Fort Knox where they are exposed to the full complement of mounted forces. The training is 1-week long and continues with the evaluation system used at Advanced Camp.

The Cadet Intern Program (CIP)
The Cadet Intern Program is an initiative of ASA/MRA, allows cadets to work with Department of the Army (DA), the Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Army Reserves (OCAR), National Guard Bureau (NGB), and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for 3 weeks. These cadets receive an OER at completion.

Cadet Field Training (CFT)
Cadet Field Training is an 8-week program of instruction executed by the United States Military Academy to develop the leadership skills of sophomore cadets MS II: cadets must be contracted and have finished their MS II year. Seven weeks of CFT will be at Camp Buckner, with one week at Fort Knox, KY for Mounted Maneuver Training (MMT). CFT consists of basic skill level training ending with Maneuver Light Training where the cadets train on how to defend and attack an opposing force.

Army Science Board
This is the newest program, and only 4 cadets will be selected to work with the Army Science Board (ASB) for approximately 38 days. This is a 3 phase internship program. Initially, cadets will develop the Program of Instructions (POI) for the ASB Internship Program with future studies in Full- Spectrum Protection for 2025-Era Air and Ground Platform and Improving Mobility for Army XXI and Beyond. The cadets receive an AER upon completion.

Command Practical Field Training (CPFT)
This program includes training at Army Schools and special courses for Air Assault, Basic Airborne, Mountain Warfare, Northern Warfare, Cadet Survival Training at US Air Force Academy, and University Officer Training Center in the United Kingdom. Generally, in a typical year, the total number of CPFT allocations equals approximately ten percent of the cadet population at large. Battalion commanders will prepare, select and only send those cadets with the highest potential for completing the CPFT training and for being commissioned. Cadet Command pays for travel. Billeting and mess are provided by the installation. All cadets must meet the eligibility criteria to be selected.


Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP)
Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP). This training is only available to nurse cadets and provides opportunities to develop and practice a clinical phase of instruction at Army Medical Command Treatment Facilities worldwide. The cadets receive an AER upon completion.