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The Perspective Of College Seniors In Rotc On Becoming A Commissioned Officer, Natasha Kreft, Hans Stoltzfus, Luke M. Tse, Ruth L. Markham

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

While there is growing research into Military and Mental health issues, the focus of such research has primarily been restricted to those populations who are retired from Military or who step-down from Active Duty. Following a case study with Reservists, we became aware that mental health issues in the Military Population may potentially stem from concepts involved the initial training phases. With the hypothesis that ROTC Cadets are among the youngest persons engaging in Military training, we approached ROTC Air Force and ROTC Army Cadets who were Seniors by credit at Cedarville University. The Cadets were asked to participate in …