Syllabus


 * DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY **
 * UNITED STATES ARMY ROTC BATTALION **
 * UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA **

 MEMORANDUM FOR Military Science 1002 ROTC Cadets

SUBJECT: Syllabus for Military Science 1002 : ??????

Course Description. This is an academically challenging course were you will study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, Officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the team and squad level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating and leading a team or squad in the execution of a tactical mission during a classroom PE, a Leadership Lab, or during a Situational Training Exercise (STX) in a field environment. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for success at the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) which is located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. This course includes reading, homework, small group assignments, briefings, labs, a mid-term exam, and a final exam. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes, values and core leader competencies from your instructor and other ROTC cadre and MSL IV Cadets who will evaluate you using the ROTC Leader Development Program (LDP) model.

 Participating Students.

 Army ROTC Cadets. An Army ROTC Cadet is a Loyal student who wishes to pursue a commission as an officer in the US Army. This includes all contracted cadets, scholarship cadets, cadets with the intent to contract, and ROTC Tuition Waiver cadets. ROTC Cadets are highly encouraged to participate in classes, Lab, PT, and other training events. Federal Law has established eligibility criteria for anyone wishing to enter into a contract with the Federal Government. Eligibility requirements can be found in AR 145-1.

 Instructor Information Name: MAJ Bustamante, Office telephone: Alternate office telephone: Email:

Name: SFC Ortagus, Dustin F. Office telephone: (352) 294-0733 Alternate office telephone: Email: dortagus@aa.ufl.edu

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">e. Key Websites <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Army ROTC: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"> (2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">ROTC Blackboard: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Wikispace:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">f. Office location: 108 Van Fleet Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> g. Mailing address: 108 Van Fleet Hall, PO Box 118536, Gainesville, FL 32611

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">h. Office hours: 0900-1200 and 1300-1700, Monday - Friday

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 5. Required Text and Other Reading Materials: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Selected readings available online at: [] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Leadership Development Program Handbook, Jul 2008 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Field Manual 6-22, Army Leadership, Oct 06 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Field Manual 3-21.8, The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, Mar 07 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (4) Field Manual 3-0, Operations, Feb 2011 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (5) Field Manual 5-0, The Operations Process, Mar 2010 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (6) Training Circular 3-22.20, Physical Readiness Training, March 2010 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (7) Selected books and articles as determined by Instructor

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 6. Course Objectives. The overall objective of this course is to integrate the principles and practices of effective leadership, military operations and personal development in order to adequately prepare you for the summer Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). This course has specific learning objectives for the five tracks listed below.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Leadership <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Explain the Leadership Development Program (LDP) evaluation cycle <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Write a self-evaluation of leader actions taken during Leadership Labs

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Values and Ethics <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Observe the Warrior Ethos in fellow Cadets/cadre or when presented with a current or historical vignette or case study <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Embody the Warrior Ethos in Leadership Labs and Cadet interactions

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Personal Development <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Understand procedures for administering the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Write short-term and long-term goals to prepare for APFT <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Describe the factors of Suicide Prevention <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (4) Deliver one or more of the four types of Military briefings.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> d. Officership <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Apply the Composite Risk Management process to the orders process <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Apply the fundamentals of Drill and Ceremony to squad formations

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> e. Tactics and Techniques <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Apply troop leading procedures to problem solve at the team and squad level. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Apply map reading, land navigation, & terrain analysis to team/squad operations. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Understand the fundamentals of the following squad/platoon level operations:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Ambush <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Reconnaissance <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Movement to Contact <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> d. Raid <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> e. Attack

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 7. The instructor will use the following to measure a student’s success in reaching the above objectives. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Class participation <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Quizes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Mid-Term Exam <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> d. Final Exam <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> e. Homework/Project Assignments

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 8. Grading System. All course grades will be based on the following system: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Final Score Grade <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 100 - 90 A <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 89 - 80 B <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 79 - 70 C <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 69 - 60 D <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 59 - 0 F

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 9. Course requirements. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. All handouts, textbooks, and reading material will be provided to the student as required <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Class sessions will be lecture based with discussion strongly encouraged. There will be quizzes, homework assignments, midterm and a final exam. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Tardiness and absenteeism. Students and cadets who miss Military Science class will receive 0 points for any missed exams, tests, quizzes, or homework assignments. You may request a separate test period to make up that test; however, the maximum score you can get is 90% on the particular assignment. If you fail to show up for the retest, you will receive 0 points. Class attendance is worth 100 points towards your final grade. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> d. A grade of "I" will not normally be given in this course. Failure to complete a course requirement on time will result in receipt of zero points for that particular requirement and the course grade will be determined based only on work completed. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> e. Use of Army ROTC Blackboard. I will post all assignments, course handouts, slides, additional reading materials, etc on ROTC Blackboard. All cadets enrolled in Military Science classes will have an ROTC Blackboard account.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 10. Additional Requirements <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Contracted cadets and scholarship/tuition waiver cadets are required to: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater to earn/maintain a scholarship. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all ROTC courses. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Enroll in ROTC class, lab, and PT. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (4) Attend all Military Science classes, Leadership Labs, and PT sessions. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (5) Attend the Cadet Battalion Field Training Exercise (FTX). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (6) Be a resident of Illinois (NEIU ROTC tuition waiver cadets). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Uniform wear: ACU’s (Army Combat Uniform) is required for all classes, laboratory and field training exercises for all cadets, unless otherwise stated by the cadet chain of command (CoC) and cadre. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Cadet Labs: will include, but are not limited to: drill and ceremonies, land navigation, individual movement techniques, weapon disassembly/assembly, basic rifle marksmanship, swimming proficiency test, and combat water survival test. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> d. The cadet chain of command (CoC) will counsel any Cadet who is more than ten minutes late to any event. If the tardiness persists the ROTC instructor will counsel the cadet. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> e. Cadets who have 3 unexcused PT sessions will receive 0 points for the PT portion of their final Military Science class grade. The maximum grade you will be able to receive is 90%. Cadets who miss PT must inform their cadet chain of command and ROTC instructor prior to the absence. If the absence is due to illness, cadets must seek medical treatment; visit the campus clinic or family doctor and bring a note or appointment slip back to their ROTC instructor and cadet chain of command. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> f. Use of Army Knowledge Online (AKO) email account: All contracted cadets will receive an AKO email account. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> g. LDP (Leadership Development Process): How well you write your yellow cards can have a direct correlation to how well you do at LDAC. Due to this fact, your yellow card will become part of your grade. Prior to turning them in to your MSIV evaluator you may bring them to me for review. Basic requirements include:



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 1. Additional Essential Course Information: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> a. Class Location and Time schedule: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (1) MLS 1002 Lecture: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2) Lab: 14:00pm – 16:00pm, Thursday, Lab TBD by cadre. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (3) Physical Training: 06:00 – 7:00am, M-W-F, O'Connell center <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> b. Open Door Policy. Feel free to contact me in person at my office, by phone, or by email at any time you have difficulty meeting the course requirements, don't understand any requirement placed on you by this course, or if you have any questions or concerns in general about the course. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> c. Office Hours. My office hours will generally be from 0900-1200 and 1300- 1700: Monday-Friday. You may stop by during those times; however, I highly recommend you set up an appointment to ensure I am not meeting with another student or Cadet. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 12. The point of contact for this memorandum is the undersigned at (352) 294-0733.