First Class cadets serve in officer leadership positions from platoon through brigade level and learn to lead through their personal influence upon both a chain of command and staff. They learn that success as a leader is based on the performance of the unit and demonstrate their capacity to exercise personal self-discipline in the absence of close supervision. The First Class cadet is evaluated by the cadet chain of command and company Tactical Officer and receives a grade for MD401, which is a numerically weighted average of the submitted grades.
