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Duties

The VP for the National Guard and Reserves coordinates and strengthens strategic outreach and direct engagement with Reserve components to include Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) cadets and Reserve Officer Candidate School (OCS) candidates on behalf of the ROCKS, Incorporated. The VP is to significantly increase awareness and subsequently expand membership for those serving in the Reserves. On behalf of the Chairman, ROCKS Incorporated, the VP collaboratively promotes, establishes, develops and maintains active and effective lines of communication and preserves productive, mutually beneficial relationships with the aforesaid as well as with U.S. Army Cadet Command, the National Guard Association of the United States (NAGAUS), and the Reserve Officers Association (ROA).  


Goals:

The immediate goal is to measurably and steadily increase Reserve component membership and energetic participation in the ROCKS Incorporated. This goal is to be accomplished through effective and enthusiastic communication with reserve military audiences having shared career objectives. The primary goals include highlighting to potential members the value of joining a professional and credible military organization with a history of success, as well as stressing the exposure officers and future officers would have to senior leaders in a welcoming environment. The goals incorporate emphasizing the benefits of establishing comradery with fellow officers that may have had similar concerns and experiences. The goals also include sharing how the ROCKS has helped their members navigate through or around challenges, as well as provide them the opportunity to network and develop professional relationships with senior officers who provide the gift of example and serve as valuable coaches, mentors, and sponsors, and powerful advocates, directly and indirectly. 



 

The ROCKS, Inc. is a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) comprised of ROTC and Military Academy Cadets, active duty, reserve component, commissioned officers and active duty or reserve component warrant officers and Department of Defense GS12 and above civilians. The organization was formed to provide mentorship, professional development and social interaction to strengthen the officer corps. In addition to the R.C. Cartwright Scholarship Fund, the "Leadership Outreach" program provides the opportunity for teams consisting of ROCK members to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to provide professional career development guidance to ROTC students.