The ROCKS at VMI

The ROCKS at VMI An essential leader in providing developmental guidance to members of the Army officer corps and ROTC cadets. The ROCKS, Inc. Company Overview

The ROCKS, Inc.

is headquartered in Forestville, MD and with over 1,200 members, it is one of the largest military officers' organizations focusing on mentorship, professional development, social events & community support to improve the officer corps. Mission
Membership is comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health Service acti

ve duty, reserve component, retired and former commissioned officers and warrant officers. Members also include contracted ROTC and Academy Cadets and Midshipmen and widows and widowers of deceased members. began in the mid-1960s as an informal meeting of Army officers assigned to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The group initially met to help each other "survive" student life at Fort Leavenworth; many members continued to meet after being reassigned to the Pentagon and elsewhere in the greater Washington, D.C., area. In the years that followed, the group grew. On October 9, 1974, along with Colonel Robert B. Burke, General Cartwright led an initiative to formally organize the growing network. They dubbed themselves the No Name Club until they agreed on a formal name. On December 1, the No Name Club assembled to ratify an official name when they were informed that General Cartwright and his wife, Gloria, died in a plane crash near Dulles Airport. The No Name Club soon voted to name itself The Rocks, Inc. and established the Roscoe C. Cartwright Scholarship Fund in their namesake’s honor. Today, The ROCKS, Inc. has 23 Chapters/Interest Groups across the Army (including one in Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan).

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Virginia's recently approved state budget changed a program that pays in-state college tuition for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled because of their duty.

*** I hope to see you in person or online for this event. There has been talk about the lack of diversity of the office...
05/14/2024

*** I hope to see you in person or online for this event. There has been talk about the lack of diversity of the officer corps through the DoD since Executive Order 9981 over 75 years ago. Join us to learn how we are looking to remedy that barrier. ***

Greetings, DC ROCKS!

Join us for our next meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2024, starting at 1800 at the Fort Belvoir Warrior Center. We are excited to have Mr. E. Sean Lanier as our guest speaker, who will discuss educational and financial opportunities for our young leaders!

For more information, please visit the links below:
Army veteran helping students (nbc4i.com)
https://www.nbc4i.com/video/army-veteran-helping-students/7497110/


https://www.dcmilitary.com/at_ease/eedition/page-16/page_4dbcbf92-cdde-5065-97cf-f23d5df7dc38.html

ND Founders Profile #151: The Founder Is Leveraging His Major Career to Help Other Minorities Rise to the Challenge // News // IDEA Center // University of Notre Dame
https://ideacenter.nd.edu/news-events/news/nd-founders-profile-151-the-founder-is-leveraging-his-major-career-to-help-other-minorities-rise-to-the-challenge/

Positive Philter Podcast: Careers in the Military (featuring Sean Lanier) (libsyn.com)
https://positivephilter.libsyn.com/careers-in-the-military-featuring-sean-lanier

Zoom Link:
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82430122858?pwd=4IpMrx7w45kBCe51bPaaSih01Ow3KF.1
Meeting ID: 824 3012 2858
Passcode: 778297

Please contact [email protected] for any questions.

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Recruiting Diversity in America’s ArmyBy Cierra C. Clark, TRADOC Communication DirectorateApril 26, 2022JOINT BASE LANGL...
05/12/2022

Recruiting Diversity in America’s Army

By Cierra C. Clark, TRADOC Communication DirectorateApril 26, 2022

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA – Lt. Gen. Maria R. Gervais, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, deputy commanding general, was the guest speaker at a Hampton Roads Chapter of ROCKS Inc. luncheon held April 13 at the Fort Eustis Club. The purpose of the event was to discuss the importance of Recruiting Diversity in America’s Army.

In honor of Gen. Roscoe Cartwright, ROCKS Inc. was developed in 1974 at Fort Leavenworth previously under a different name but with the same mission; to strengthen the officer, cadet, and senior civilian corps of the military by promoting and providing mentorship, leadership, scholarship, fellowship, counseling, good citizenship, community service, and professional networking.

“Our greatest legacy is when we mentor and steward those who will come take our place, this is why I love ROCKS mission,” Gervais said.

The local Hampton Roads Chapter of the ROCKS Inc. was officially formed in 2001, with a similar goal, “to develop and mentor the future leaders of America with a specific focus in the Hampton Roads Area and the local Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said Joe Harris, HRC ROCKS president.

The lunch was the chapter’s first in-person event held in over two years, and Harris welcomed Gervais to the stage, where she opened with “this is what I really like about being in this job; being with the people.”

This event provided an opportunity for Gervais to share the Army’s recruiting mission with the local chapter, which helps them to align their chapter’s mission with the Army’s.

“It’s really important that leaders get out and inform organizations, like ROCKS, on what our Army and TRADOC is doing, where our focus is, and where we need help,” she said.

Once the presentation came to an end, ROCKS was left with the tools to allow them to form the best course of action on how they will help support the accessions mission throughout the year.

“It’s great when leaders at that level share their guidance on topics such as diversity and recruiting as well as how ROCKS can help the Army achieve its mission,” Harris said.

“We can be another tool in her tool kit,” he said. “She can reach out to ROCKS and know we are here to support.”

Gervais encouraged all “leaders to take opportunities like this and share what is going on in the Army, so that organizations like ROCKS can help inform future Army leaders.”

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA – Lt. Gen. Maria R. Gervais, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, deputy commanding general, was the guest speaker at...

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