What exactly happens when you do ROTC, more specifically, the marine option? Do you do basic, then college, then your duty office? And when you go to college, is it for the career after marines (i would be doing 4 years), or for your service as if your entire career is in the marine corps, then you retire when you are older? I am a high school student looking at marines options. Thanks a lot.
2007-09-09 10:44:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
ROTC is something that you do while you are in college to train for being an officer after you graduate. Its a few classes a week plus PT sessions and some extra-curricular stuff if you choose to. You receive more formal training over your summers (such as various boot camps and training programs), but you don't go on active duty until you graduate and commission. Although I am a Air Force ROTC cadet, the Marine option cadets go through a different training pipeline.
You go to CORTRAMID the summer after your freshman year which is basically and in-depth tour and orientation of every part of the Navy including the Marines. The next summer (or two if you choose), you go to the USMC Officer Candidate School where, if you complete it, you commission as a Marine 2nd Lieutenant and then after you receive your undergraduate degree, your attend The Basic School (TBS) for six month where you learn how to be a Marine Officer and get ranked for job selection. Depending on how you do, you get a choice of what your job (Military Occupational Specialty) (MOS) will be and then you go to your respective tech school to learn that specific job.
As for your obligation, the usual is 4 years active duty, plus a few on ready reserve. It can vary, though, depending on how much they spend training you. For instance, pilots, doctors, and JAGs have a longer active duty commitments than an infantry or tank officer because their training is much longer and more expensive. After your commitment has been served, its your choice whether to stay in or leave.
Apply for the Marine Option ROTC scholarship, and if you don't get it, sign up for ROTC anyways. Their is no initial commitment and you have sufficient time to figure out if it is right for you. If you do well, they may throw a scholarship at you later. Thats what happened to me!
2007-09-09 11:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be glad to give you an accurate answer if you had the courtesy to address us as U.S.Marines. There are no marines in any ROTC program. The fighting Devil Dogs you refer to are Marines, not marines. I suggest you work on English as your Major. And then visit a Military Recruiter to explore your options. There are certain courtesies that those of us who have served this country expect. One of those courtesies expected is that you address us properly.
2007-09-09 11:30:26 · answer #2 · answered by Charles S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have to be in the upper 10% of your class to opt for the Marines.You spend your summers at some Naval installation. The college courses are in some branch of military or naval engineering.
2007-09-09 11:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by Bibs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn this: The Corps will own you. Ask them. Learn to think if you have any hope of completion.
2007-09-09 11:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋