Corps Review: Fall 2023

The SVP workshop sessions were incorporated into second-year cadets' training and were facilitated by upperclassmen in the Corps. Sophomore cadets have the opportunity to step into leadership roles after Red Phase, and the SVP training provided during this period gives them the knowledge to successfully take care of their peers and subordinates.

During alumni events this year, I had the opportunity to interact with some notable female alums to better understand how their time in the Corps as females helped shape their lives.

When the game was delayed a second time and the stadium evacuated, I watched as company first sergeants sprang into action. The Corps, all 1,200 strong, executed a calm and orderly evacuation from the stands – just as those first sergeants and other cadet leadership had walked through in contingency planning the night before. Accurate accountability was rapidly maintained as cadets filed out of the stadium and arrived in their assigned shelter locations in under 10 minutes in an orderly manner.

Not long after officially opening its doors, the Corps Leadership and Military Science Building provided the setting for the Fall Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States’ (AMCSUS) Senior Military College Conference on Sept 25-27. The annual conference brought together senior staff and student leaders from the six senior military colleges in the U.S., along with other collegiate corps of cadets' programs.

Nine months into my position, I can honestly say that the impact that our scholarship program has made on some of our cadets is overwhelming. It really hit home this semester when I met with a cadet who had no way to pay his upcoming tuition due to a devastating change in his family situation. He also shared that he did not have money for food. It was apparent that Corps donors were his only hope to stay at Virginia Tech.