LDAC

Overview

The Leader Development and Assessment Course, conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington, provides the best possible, professional training and evaluation for all cadets. Although the camp mission includes continued training and leadership development, the primary focus at camp is to evaluate each cadet's officer potential. This camp represents the only opportunity for this command to gather all cadets on one "level playing field" for the purposes of making this assessment as accurate and as professional as possible.

Warrior Forge places each cadet and officer candidate in a variety of leadership positions, many of which simulate stressful combat situations. In each position, cadets will receive evaluations from platoon tactical and counseling (TAC) officers and noncommissioned officers. In addition to proving their leadership ability, cadets and officer candidates must meet established standards in physical fitness, weapons training, communication, combat patrols and demonstrate their proficiency in many other military skills. Cadets and officer candidates must excel at WARRIOR FORGE to be considered competitive for a commission as an Army officer.

As a whole, the event is not nearly all that it has been hyped to be. For the most part, the day to day stuff isn't all that difficult. You will find that the worst part of the camp will be dealing with the other cadets. Everyone wants to do as well as they can, and the atmosphere can get a little intense. Just remember to do your best, and everything will work itself out.