Thirteen Army ROTCcadets at Wentworth Military College have been selected to deploy overseas insupport of the Army’s Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP)Program.The cadets chosenwill travel to 10 different strategically important countries around the world.
Accordingto the Army Cadet Command website, “The Army recognizes the need for youngleaders to develop more cultural awareness and foreign language proficiencyskills. Now more than ever, cultural awareness training is a vital component tothe ROTC curriculum. Overseas immersions help educate future leaders in waysthe classrooms cannot.”
The cadets thatwere selected and the countries they will visit are as follows: Cadets JohnnyArroyo, of Zion, Ill., to Romania; Michael Coleman, of San Pedro Sula,Honduras, to Ukraine; Brant Cross, of Cadiz, Kent. and Rico Gonzales, of PagoPago, American Samoa, to Thailand; Lawrence Hagler, of Newark, N.J., to Rwanda;Samuel Kolkow, of Huntsville, Utah, to Jordan; Joseph Moreland, of WhitemanAFB, to Burkina Faso; Emmanuel Nyarko, of Newark, N.J., to Benin; MickeyShelton, of Ruthledge, Tenn., to Vietnam; Maumagasiva Sou, of Pago Pago, AmericanSamoa, to Poland; Eugene Stayt, of Linden, Mich., to the Republic of Georgia;Carlos Wiley, of Belcamp, Md., Thailand; and Ben Zielinski, of Columbus, Ohio,to the Republic of Georgia.
“The Army ROTCprogram at Wentworth Military College strives to develop our cadets to becomefuture Army leaders that are confident, adaptive, and competent,” saidLieutenant Colonel Jeff Perry, Army ROTCProfessor of Military Science at Wentworth Military College. “Through theirtraining and development, our cadets are enabled to appreciate the fullcomplexity of 21st century warfare in this highly competitive andchallenging contemporary operating environment.”
Thirteen cadetsbeing selected for the Army Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency isa large increase as only two cadets were selected in the 2011-12 academic year.
The selectionprocess begins with a cadet’s application and endorsement by the Army ROTCProfessor of Military Science. Part of the application process allows the cadetto provide a preference of which regional combatant commands’ area ofresponsibility they would like to experience.
An order of meritlist is generated for each specific geographic area and deployment assignmentsare then awarded to each respective cadet.
The increase in numbersdemonstrates the quality and motivation of the cadets at Wentworth MilitaryAcademy and College according to the ROTC Professor of Military Science.
“To me, thisindicates that our cadets are motivated to become culturally astute Army leadersand diplomats that represent the United States of American throughout theworld,” said Lt. Col. Perry. “These cadets’ future opportunities will besignificantly broader as they will become knowledgeable of the culture inanother part of the world.”
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