{"id":246526,"date":"2024-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=246526"},"modified":"2024-08-06T03:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:31:39","slug":"cadet-chases-chinook-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=246526","title":{"rendered":"Cadet chases Chinook dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Cadet Rosalyn Page leads her team out of the gas chamber as part of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear training during Phase II of Advance Camp at Cadet Summer Training on Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 19, 2024. She will refine her leadership tasks through land navigation, first aid, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenade, and CBRN training (U.S. Army photo by Shannon Collins).
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FORT KNOX, Kentucky \u2013 As the sun beats down and the humidity makes her uniform stick to her skin, the cadet reviews the protective gear steps in her head. The instructor checks her gas mask to make sure the seal is tight and waves her into the gas chamber. As the clock ticks down, she and her fellow cadets take off their masks and feel the burn of tear gas in their eyes, throat and nose. She leads her team through the door and into the fresh air.<\/p>\n

Cadet Rosalyn Page honed her leadership skills while going through the gas chamber; going through Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear training, or CBRN; land navigation; first aid; basic rifle marksmanship; and hand grenade during Cadet Summer Training Advanced Camp here.<\/p>\n

Her goal is to become a Chinook pilot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinook has some of the most incredible systems I\u2019ve ever seen in an aircraft,\u201d said Cadet Rosalyn Page, who\u2019s a senior at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

During a summer internship, she spoke with pilots who performed humanitarian relief missions in Guatemala and helped with forest fires in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited by the capabilities, both in combat and in domestic theaters that the Chinook provides,\u201d she said. \u201cI absolutely love the community of the Chinook pilots. They are so knowledgeable, and the aircraft they fly is extremely advanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Page is seeking a bachelor\u2019s degree in aviation management with a minor in Chinese.<\/p>\n

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\n Cadet Rosalyn Page secures the hood of her protective hood over her gas mask as her cadre instructor, Spc. Ye Kim, 68th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, 2nd Battalion, Fort Cavazos, Texas, grades her proficiency on putting on Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear in a timely fashion at Cadet Summer Training on Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 19, 2024. She learned land navigation, first aid, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenade, and CBRN (U.S. Army photo by Shannon Collins).
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Page said she joined the Army because her father has been enlisted in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard for 27 years in infantry and as a recruiter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy entire life, I\u2019ve had that military presence because of him,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to get my degree paid to pursue higher study and to follow his footsteps of being in the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

While her dad didn\u2019t recruit her, she did go to enlisted basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri when she was 17, and then switched over to ROTC in college to become an officer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m excited to travel more in the military, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely love to travel,\u201d Page said. \u201cROTC has given me the opportunity to go to Taiwan a few times to study Chinese for language proficiency, and I can\u2019t wait to travel with the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her grandfather served in Army airborne in World War II, one uncle currently serves in the Army and the other uncle serves in the Navy.<\/p>\n

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\n Cadet Rosalyn Page applies simulates life-saving first aid techniques on a battle buddy on the modern battlefield during Phase II of Advance Camp at Cadet Summer Training on Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 19, 2024. She will refine her leadership tasks through land navigation, first aid, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenade, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear training (U.S. Army photo by Shannon Collins).
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Page attended Cadet Summer Training, or CST, the largest annual training event in the Army, at Fort Knox, in July. More than 8,000 Army ROTC cadets from across the country routinely attend Army ROTC Basic or Advanced Camp training every summer here.<\/p>\n

She attended Advanced Camp, where she received senior leader briefs, took the Army Combat Fitness Test, went through the Field Leaders\u2019 Reaction Course, rappel tower, land navigation, first aid, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenade, chemical warfare training, a field training exercise, peer reviews, and a 12-mile road march.<\/p>\n

She said her favorite part of the course was the Field Leaders\u2019 Reaction Course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the first time as our squad, all nine of us had to work together and for quite a bit of it, we couldn\u2019t talk,\u201d Page said. \u201cWe were developing nonverbal cues, getting to know each other\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. We failed a few times but by the end of it, we were working well together and becoming better leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said having scenario-based leadership training is eye opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to be in school and take leadership classes but it\u2019s quite another when you\u2019re seeing it firsthand. This is how it\u2019s going to be in the real world. We\u2019re developing our critical thinking skills,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you have other people relying on you, this is the first time we\u2019re in the field, running the lanes, and there\u2019s eight other people relying on me to do my job. If I\u2019m the platoon leader, there\u2019s 40 other people relying on me to do the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I know what to do in the classroom, this is the first time we get that hands-on experience and knowing what to do, relying on other people that we don\u2019t know. We have to trust they know how to do the job. They\u2019re trusting we know how to do our job,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have to trust each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Page said as a Chinook pilot, she would have 30 people relying on her to do her job and if she were downrange, she would be taking care of people in the field.<\/p>\n

She said programs like this are essential.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve truly developed a special program that allows thousands of cadets from all over the country to learn to become the best officers who are going to be the next generation of leadership of the Army,\u201d Page said. \u201cWe\u2019re building important professional networking relationships here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In high school, she played basketball, and softball and ran track and field. In college, she runs track and field and plays rugby. She\u2019s competed at regionals for track and field and competed at nationals for rugby.<\/p>\n

Page said playing sports both in high school and college helped her learn to follow and lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a leader is also learning how to be led,\u201d she said. \u201cOn the rugby field, you\u2019re not always going to be the leader of the pack or pod. I\u2019m learning how to work with others, how to take cues from the coach, from other players and work well with them to support the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said athletes learn followership and how to take constructive criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou learn how to build yourself up, to build your team up, to work on the skills to make yourself better and how that plays into the team goal and objective,\u201d Page said. \u201cAs a second lieutenant, I\u2019m learning how to be led before I start leading.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said it\u2019s not just about the mission objective but about the people as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake care of your people, and they\u2019ll take care of the mission,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone joins the military for different reasons. Everyone has a different background. We\u2019re all here to protect our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s competing in a rugby national championship or getting an Army fitness test score, Page is driven and can\u2019t wait to be an Army officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat drives me is my loved ones, my family, following the footsteps of my father and the generations before me who\u2019ve served,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d love to continue the legacy and protect the fight for the ones I love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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