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BIVOUAC - "A temporary encampment, often in an unsheltered area". This is what the new cadets will do on the last six nights of Beast Barracks when they hold an BIVOUAC at Lake Frederick and live in their pup tents while undergoing military subjects instruction. BRM = Basic Rifle Marksmanship, M16 instruction and qualification BTO Brief = A briefing by a subject done by the Brigade Tactical Officer, or his staff, at West Point. COC = Confidence Obstacle Course, outdoor log obstacles they crawl over and under. CQC = Close Quarters Combat, hand to hand basics CTLT = Cadet Troop Leader Training. Juniors and Seniors spending time with actual army units somewhere functioning as a Platoon Leader. CRE = Cardio Repertory Endurance, improve their running, lungs, recovery time. DCLT = Drill Cadet Leader Training. Juniors and Seniors spend time during their summer in this type of training working with new recruit training organizations within the actual army. DFL = Department of Foreign Language, they test the New Cadets on their proficiency from their High School instruction and see if they can validate a semester of instruction. GMS = General Military Subjects, much like CTT stations, or EIB stations, everything from low crawl to formations wedges, patrolling, etc) HG = Hand Grenade, both real and practice grenades HNR = Honor, we inform the New Cadets on what is the honor code, etc. LRC = Leader Reaction Course, Leader development, how do they react to different situations. IP = Issue Point, where we issue them uniforms, etc IPT = Individual Proficiency Training, Common Soldier Tasks MIAD = Military Individual Advanced Development. Juniors and Seniors who take Air Assault, Airborne, Sapper courses, etc. MNT = MTN = Mountaineering, rappelling and rock climbing. MRE = Meals Ready to Eat. The field meal for the army. Can be eaten hot or cold. Basic canned and packaged food. MSE = Muscular Strength Endurance, weight training, exercises, PT NBC = Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, how to wear the protective mask and suit. OWF = Operation Warrior Forge, culminating event for CBT done out at Lake Fredrick. Larry D. Smith, '62
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