Our Mission; why we exist: To empower students to become leaders and commission as officers in the United States Army.
2. Our Vision: The University of Kentucky's premier Leader Development Program producing trained, adaptable leaders of character with a passion for service to our great nation.
3. Our Strategy; the BIG 5
- Recruit and retain the most talented men and women
- Train to a
chieve competent, confident and comfortable leaders
- Priority Management to properly balance academics, a social life, military training and personal development
- Communicate effectively and often to outline expectations and review performance
- Ambassador the University of Kentucky campus and Lexington community
4, Our Values; the guiding principles
- Army Values
- Creativity and innovation
- Servant Leadership
- Stewardship of Resources
- Relentless
- Competency and Confidence
- Standard Bearers
- Personal Responsibility in Doing Excellence (PRIDE)
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Posting Guidelines:
This is an open forum, where individuals are encouraged to express their views. Views expressed by individual users of this site are assumed to be the personal opinions of the person making the comment, unless otherwise stated. Professional standards of conduct must be adhered to by military personnel making comments on this site. Service members should adhere to social media policies established for members of their service. Administrator comments represent the Wildcat Battalion, acting as an authorized source of official information released on behalf of University of Kentucky Army ROTC. We may delete information posted to this page that violates our commenting policies. External link disclaimer:
The appearance of external hyperlinks (including advertising links) does not indicate endorsement by DoD, military services, or Wildcat Battalion of the linked site or of information, products, or services contained at such locations. Operational security (OPSEC):
All military personnel have a personal and professional responsibility to ensure information that could place service members in jeopardy or be of use to adversaries (including local criminal elements) is not posted to public websites. Sensitive organizational information, to include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), should not be discussed on any public-facing website (including sites requiring usernames or passwords for access not located in the .mil domain). Such information includes, but is not limited to:
- Classified information
- Casualty information, before next-of-kin has been formally notified by the service concerned
- Information protected by the Privacy Act
- Information protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Information considered Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI)
- For Official Use Only information (FOUO)
- Information identified on a current Critical Information List (CIL)
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII), when protection is required under applicable service-specific or DoD policies
- Sensitive acquisition or contractual information
University of Kentucky Army ROTC urges everyone to give careful consideration to what they reveal, intentionally or inadvertently, when participating in any public forum. We advise all service members, employees, and military family members to consider OPSEC when sharing information online. Moderation policy:
University of Kentucky Army ROTC reserves the right to remove comments containing: profanity; sexual innuendo; violation of U.S. laws and/or DoD and service-specific policies and regulations (copyright, HIPAA, Privacy Act, OPSEC, etc.); commercial activity (ie: advertising or "spam"); implied military endorsement of a commercial product; political party, or private organization; abusive language; personal attacks; or comments prejudicial to maintenance of good order and discipline. Disruptive comments will be removed. Repeated violations of this policy may result in action to block users from commenting on the site. Monitoring public use of this site:
This site, and comments to this site, are monitored by University of Kentucky Army ROTC staff. Additionally, the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell includes external official presences (EOPs) in its regular rotation of sites monitored for compliance with security requirements or signs of fraudulent or objectionable use. A list of registered Army external official presences is available at: http://www.army.mil/media/socialmedia/. A directory of Air Force social media sites is available at: http://www.af.mil/socialmedia.asp. Photos:
Typically, photos on our site are unofficial photos, taken by senior cadets or University of Kentucky ROTC Staff. Content is reviewed to ensure OPSEC or sensitive information is not disclosed, including any violations of personal privacy or protected personal information. There is no legal expectation of privacy in public spaces, where most official photography takes place. If you have concerns about a particular photo - or any other information posted to this site - please contact us to discuss your concerns.
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DoD Social Media User Agreement:
http://www.defense.gov/socialmedia/user-agreement.aspx
