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Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

 - Class of 1969

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Page 9 text:

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WEAPONS INSTRUCTION • The new Indoor rifle range wfcere every code! leerm vm li enrw finrMj. MILITARY DEPAHTMENT MILITARY training at Wentworth has been a stronq feature since 1 895 when the first active army officer was detailed •o tKe Academy but has never been permitted to interfere with scholastic work. Today the Reserve Officer Training Corps program |ROTC| a Wentworth is administered by Regular Army personnel, con- sisting of three commissioned officers and sin non-commissicned officers, who are in charge of instruction. Cadets are taught the theoretical aspects of the basic military subjects through formal classroom type instruction. Each Wednes- day afternoon during the regular drill period the cadets apply those fundamentals learned. During the fall and spring of each school year the cadet corps participates in a field training pro- gram during the drill period. Initially, stress is placed on pro- ficiency of the individual in such subjects as first aid. physical fitness and individual combat training. Later through instruction in combat formation, battle drill, patrolling and bivouac training. During the spring this training is culminated when the cadet corps participates in a field exercise which includes a tactical march and overnight bivouac. Through participation m the ROTC si« year Military Schools program, a cadet receives all necessary ROTC training to qualify for a Reserve Army Commission once he has attained a bacca- Weate degree. Wentworth is proud to be one of the original Honor Schools of the United States, the highest rating given by the Department of ♦he Army. A Rrtt Aid Demonstration Phyncal-Combat Proficiency Test

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YESTERDAY Above n D ctured the first company ever at ;embked At Wentwctti. From this humnlo beqin oirvg. the Acoden-y has ma r chod torward over a trail of development that has placed it in the front rant of America ' s betl military tchook futd TI1DAY The Wentwortfi Military Academy of today is vastly different from the Wentworth of 1880. From year to year it has enlarged Its facilities, increased ; ts enrol ment and changed its physical appearance until there is little to remind one of fre early days. Numerous modern and attractive buddings have been erected as they were needed. Old buildings Save been torn away when they were no longer useful. Spacious military and athletic fioWs have been added. One of the finest Field Houses in the country has been built. Every new method in teaching that has been found definitely superior to older methods has been adopted. Yet, some of the fundamental principles that guided the first company are adhered to just as strictly today. •Officers F?ont end Center

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