Overview

• U.S. Army Cadet Command is probing what led to Cadet Neil Edara’s collapse during a land navigation exercise on July 24
• Edara, a 22-year-old Rutgers University ROTC member, was airlifted to the University of Louisville where he was pronounced dead
• Cadet Summer Training Advanced Camp is a 35-day commissioning requirement that hosts more than 7,000 Army ROTC cadets each year
• Training resumed immediately after the incident and has continued without interruption at Fort Knox
• Rutgers faculty and local leaders have paid tribute to Edara’s calm leadership and noted his volunteer work with the Ridgewood Ambulance Corps