Karl Johnson graduated recently from the Army ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course – also known as Operation Warrior Forge – at Fort Knox, Ky.
A 2010 graduate of Manning High School, Johnson is a son of Darryl and Deloris King of Manning.
The 29 days Johnson spent at Fort Knox provided the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in aspects of military life, administration and logistical support. Although continued military training and leadership development is included in the curriculum, the primary focus of the course is to develop and evaluate each cadet’s officer potential as a leader by exercising the cadet’s intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physician stamina.
The cadet command assesses each cadet’s performance and progress in officer traits, qualities and professionalism while attending the course.
Cadets in their junior and senior years of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard or Reserve.
