2004-06 IUPUI Campus Bulletin

Department of Military Science

Philosophy

The theory of offering the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) to students on college campuses is perhaps best explained in the words of Lee S. Dreyfus, former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: ''ROTC is not the presence of the military in the university, but rather the presence of the university in the military.''

Through ROTC the Army gains officers with diverse educational backgrounds and contemporary ideas.

ROTC enhances a student's education by providing unique leadership and management experience found in few college courses. It helps develop self-discipline, physical stamina, and poise. Students develop qualities that lead to success in any worthwhile career. They earn commissions in the U.S. Army while earning their college degrees. They can serve as officers in the Army National Guard or the U.S. Army Reserve or request active duty.

Roy Hudson, former president of Hampton Institute, sums it up as follows: ''Our youth need to be guided and inspired by people and organizations dedicated to principles encouraging and permitting the full development of the whole person, intellectually and personally. In my estimation, ROTC is such an organization.''

Objectives

Army ROTC has the following objectives:

1. Offer competent military instruction to interested students;
2. Identify eligible students for Army commissions and to ensure they meet all requirements for those commissions; and
3. Provide college-trained officers for the U.S. Army, the Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

Faculty

Active-duty Army personnel are assigned to the Department of Military Science with the consent of the ROTC Faculty Advisory Committee at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the dean of faculties as confirmed by the Trustees of Indiana University. Such personnel spend an average of three years as instructors in the department. Each faculty member has a blend of practical military experience and solid educational background. The composition of the faculty is as follows:

Army Grade	Faculty Position
Lieutenant Colonel	Professor of Military Science and Department Chair
Major	Senior Assistant Professor of Military Science
Captain	Assistant Professor of Military Science
Master Sergeant	Senior Tactical Instructor
Sergeant First Class	Principal Drill Instructor

Administration

The faculty is supported by a full-time staff that has clerical, administrative, and logistical responsibility. The staff includes the military property custodian (a university employee) and the military personnel clerk (a Department of the Army civilian).

Admission Requirements

Policy

The ROTC Basic Course (see ''Curriculum, Basic Course'' in this bulletin) is open to all IUPUI, IUPU Columbus, Butler University, Franklin College, Marian College, University of Indianapolis, and Ivy Tech-Community College of Indiana students without any prerequisites or allied requirements. Students who are not U.S. citizens must check with the Department of Military Science administrative office prior to course attendance to ensure that they have the proper permission from their home country embassy for military training.

The ROTC Advanced Course is open to all students who have completed the Basic Course or who qualify for advanced placement (see ''Advanced Placement'' in this bulletin). Entry requirements are specified below.

Standards

Applicants for the Advanced Course must have completed the Basic Course (courses G101, G102, G201, and G202) or be eligible for advanced placement (see ''Advanced Placement'' in this bulletin) prior to acceptance.

Applicants also must meet the following entrance requirements.

Academic Performance

Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 (C) throughout the first two years of college work.

Medical Evaluation

Applicants must pass a standard Army medical evaluation, provided free of charge.

Physical Fitness Test

Applicants must obtain a passing grade on the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) consisting of push-ups, sit-ups, and a two-mile run.

Age

Entrance into the commissioning program is predicated on students not having reached age 30 by June 30 of the year they receive their officer's commission. Scholarship recipients must be less than 31 years of age at the date of commissioning. Extensions of up to three years may be granted for veterans of active duty. Waivers may be granted up to age 32 for non-scholarship students.

Dependents

To be eligible, an individual must not have more than three dependents (spouse and two children).

Citizenship

Applicants for the Advanced Course must be U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization.

Veterans

Prior service personnel entering the program must have a qualifying reenlistment code.

Student Status

Advanced Course students must be full-time university students; that is, they must enroll for 12 hours of undergraduate credit or 9 hours of graduate credit each semester.

Marginal Students

In accordance with Army regulations, students who do not meet the academic or physical fitness requirements of the Advanced Course may be disenrolled from the program.

Personal History

All applicants must meet loyalty and integrity requirements established by Congress for military officers.

Interview

The professor of military science will personally interview all applicants and is the final authority on a candidate's eligibility for the program.

Emphasis

Students entering the Advanced Course must matriculate in a curriculum that will lead to a four-year bachelor's degree or a two-year graduate degree. Any curriculum offered by IUPUI or other institution served by this department is acceptable.

Curriculum

The following are the requirements to be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army:

1. Completion of a bachelor's degree.
2. Completion of 18 credit hours of military science.
3. Completion of the professional military education component of the ROTC program.
4. Successful completion of Advanced Camp.

Basic Course (G101, G102, G120, G121, G201, and G202)

The Basic Course is usually taken in the freshman and sophomore years. All necessary textbooks and materials are furnished without cost to the student, and all tuition and fees are paid for through university fee remission. No prior military experience is required and no commitment is incurred during this time. Students may withdraw at any time through the end of the second year.

Individual courses cover the areas of management; national defense; military history; leadership development; military tactics, discipline, and customs; individual weapons; crew-served weapons; land navigation; and U.S. military tactics. Various social and professional activities are available in conjunction with the military science program.

100-level courses are 1 credit hour, and 200-level courses are 2 credit hours, for a total of 6 credit hours in the Basic Course. In essence, this course is intended to introduce the student to the Army and ROTC. Theoretical concepts are covered in the classroom, and practical military skills are learned in a field-training environment.

Students are encouraged to attend optional weekend activities, weekly leadership lab (two hours), and physical fitness training (M, W, F; 6:45-7:45 a.m.).

Army Physical Fitness (E130 and E230)

Any student enrolled in any military science course may attend these 2 credit hour Army Physical Fitness classes free of charge; however, no credit will be given in such cases. Students must pay for these courses if they are taken for credit. These courses are offered through the School of Physical Education.

Advanced Course (G301, G302, G401, and G402)

After completing the Basic Course or its equivalent (see ''Advanced Placement'' in this bulletin) and 54 credit hours of course work with a grade point average of at least 2.0 (C), students who have demonstrated officer potential and who meet Army physical standards are eligible to enroll in the Advanced Course.

The Advanced Course is normally taken in the final two years of college. Instruction includes further leadership development, organization and management, tactics, and administration.

A paid five-week Advanced Camp is held during the summer between the junior and senior years. This camp permits cadets to put into practice the principles and theories they have learned in the classroom. It also exposes them to Army life in a tactical or field environment.

All cadets in the Advanced Course receive uniforms, necessary military science textbooks, and payment for attending Advanced Camp, and an allowance of up to $3,000 each school year.

Before entering the Advanced Course, a student must sign a contract that certifies an understanding of the service obligation. This obligation may be fulfilled in various ways, depending on the individual's personal preference and the needs of the Army. Scholarship graduates serve four years on active duty (if selected by Cadet Command) and four in the Army Guard or Army Reserve, unless they receive a Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty scholarship. If that scholarship is received, the graduate serves entirely with the Guard or Reserve. Nonscholarship graduates may serve three years on active duty (if selected by Cadet Command) and the remaining five years in the Guard or Reserve. If the nonscholarship graduate selects reserve force duty, the eight-year obligation is spent in the Guard or Reserve. There, officers assume duties for three years with a troop unit, and the last five years of the eight-year obligation requires no participation (readiness status only).

The Advanced Course comprises four 3 credit hour courses (totaling 12 credit hours) and the summer Advanced Camp. The 300-level courses stress the military skills that will be needed to successfully complete the Advanced Camp. The 400-level courses concentrate on those skills needed by an officer about to go on active duty. In addition, a student battalion is organized in which students are given various command and staff positions based on an order of merit established by their prior performance in the program.

Advanced Course students are required to attend weekly leadership labs (two hours), and some weekend field-training exercises.

Professional Military Education Requirements

This component of the ROTC program is designed to provide the cadet with the type of academic foundation necessary to support continued intellectual growth. As an integral part of their undergraduate education, prospective officers are required to take at least one course in each of the following three fields of study: computer science, communication skills, and American military history. It is recommended that cadets take courses in national security policy, math reasoning, human behavior, and management. Authorized courses are listed in the course description section of this bulletin.

Off-Campus Training

One of the major advantages of the ROTC program is the opportunity for cadets to attend actual Army training courses during the summer vacation months. Attendance at one or more of these courses has multiple benefits for the ROTC student. The cadet learns firsthand how the Army trains. Cadets are exposed to a unique learning experience. They live in an actual Army environment and gain an appreciation for the people with whom they will be working during their period of service. Students are selected for this training on a merit basis (academic and physical) from volunteers wishing to take advantage of this opportunity. The following list describes the five types of off-campus training programs. Cadets are not paid to attend these training courses; however, travel, lodging, and meals are provided.

Airborne School

This course is taught at Fort Benning, Georgia, and lasts three weeks. Students completing this course are fully qualified paratroopers. The first week (ground week) consists of rigorous physical training and instruction designed to prepare the student to make a parachute jump and land safely. The second week (tower week) perfects individual skills and stresses team effort. Jump skills are taught through the use of the swing landing trainer, the suspended harness, and the 250-foot free-fall tower. The final week (jump week) consists of five parachute jumps from U.S. military aircraft.

Air Assault School

This two-week course is taught at several locations throughout the United States. Key areas of training include obstacle course, rappelling, rigging, and helicopter sling loading, and a 12-mile march. Students are evaluated at the end of each training phase.

Mountain Warfare School

This two-week course emphasizes military mountaineering. It is taught at the Vermont National Guard Mountain Warfare School (MWS) in Jericho, Vermont.

Northern Warfare School

This course is taught at the Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greeley, Alaska, and lasts three weeks. The course is intended to familiarize junior leaders with military operations in northern areas. Emphasis is placed on movement in mountainous terrain, on glaciers, and on inland waterways.

Cadet Troop Leader Training

Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) gives cadets who have completed Advanced Camp firsthand experience in the duties of an Army officer by providing three weeks of duty in an active Army unit or initial entry training unit (basic training), where cadets serve as platoon leaders. If a cadet is assigned to a unit on parachute status and the cadet is already airborne qualified, the cadet may participate in unit parachute jumps with approval from the commanding officer.