Cadet Initial Entry Training Testing Mental Performance

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Becky Farmer and the U.S. Army:

For the first time, approximately 2,100 future Army leaders going through Cadet Initial Entry Training, or CIET, received performance training to help them develop the mental skills intrinsic to the Warrior Ethos.

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Master resilience trainer-performance experts, or MRT-PEs, from Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Training Centers across the Army delivered the training to each of the nine Cadet Initial Entry Training regiments from June 6 – Aug. 3.

“Our primary weapons system in our brain, especially when it comes to building officers,” said Col. Andy Morgado, commander of U.S. Army Cadet Command 3rd ROTC Brigade, who explained the importance of strengthening mental skills for future officers.

This summer, Morgado is also the commander of Task Force Leader, CIET, on Fort Knox, Kentucky.

As part of the CIET, the cadets, typically between their sophomore and junior years in college, endure an intense four-week introduction to Army life, which includes leadership training, the aim of which is to motivate and qualify cadets for entry into the senior ROTC program.

To better prepare these young cadets for the rigors of Army life and the …read more

Source:: Tactical Life