In The Service

De'Shawnta N. Williams has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers'
Training Corps) Leader's Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. The camp is a
four-week leadership internship for cadets who are normally between their
sophomore and junior college years. College students experience and
examine the Army without incurring an obligation to serve in the Army or
ROTC, and are eligible to receive two-year college scholarship offers and
attend the ROTC Advanced Course at their college.
The Army observes and evaluates cadets to determine their officer
potential, leadership abilities and skills, while cadets are trained to
have a sound understanding of traditional leadership values. The training
develops well-disciplined, highly motivated, physically conditioned
students, and helps improve the cadets' self-confidence, initiative,
leadership potential, and collective team cohesion. The cadets receive
training in fundamental military skills, rifle marksmanship, small arms
tactics, weapons training, drill and ceremonies communications, and
squad-level operations field training. The cadet is a student at Tuskegee
University, Ala. He is the son of Amanda L. and Sammy D. Brown of N. State
Road 715, Belle Glade. Williams is a 2002 graduate of Glades Central
Community High School, Belle Glade.