Leader Development and Assessment Course

The Leadership Development and Assessment Course is the centerpiece of the US Army's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.

The main goal is to assess and evaluate the tactical and garrison knowledge learned during the first three years in ROTC.

The 2010 regiments were deployed to Atropia, said to be located in the Caucasus, where the inhabitants speak Spanish but have culture and customs similar those of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The deployment is an eight-day field training exercise during which the cadets run six combat missions each day, then link up with a predetermined squad to conduct patrolling operations.

Variable training lanes can address dealing with media on the battlefield, enemy surrender, indirect contact.