How do OTS instructors ensure cadets adhere to training standards?

OTS instructors ensure cadets adhere to training standards through continuous supervision and formal evaluations. This method allows instructors to closely monitor cadets' performance and progress throughout their training period. Continuous supervision involves instructors being present and actively engaged with cadets during training exercises, ensuring that they understand and meet the required standards.

Formal evaluations provide structured assessments of a cadet's abilities, skills, and adherence to training requirements. These evaluations are critical as they are often systematic and standardized, offering a clear metric against which cadets' performances can be measured. This approach not only promotes accountability among the cadets but also facilitates timely feedback, allowing for adjustments and improvements in real-time, reinforcing the desired training behaviors and competencies.

While self-assessment and peer feedback, periodic exams and quizzes, as well as surprise inspections and random checks can play roles in a comprehensive training program, they are not as effective on their own as the continuous interaction and evaluated approach provided by instructors in ensuring sustained adherence to standards.