College ROTC ARMY questions.?

Question

So if you do the 4-year college rotc thing what happens after you graduate? do you go serve in the army in war? and if so for how long?

Answer 1

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

All scholarship students will be required to serve in the military for a period of eight years. This obligation may be fulfilled by serving four years on active duty, followed by four years service in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).

NON-SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Non-Scholarship graduates may serve three years on active duty and five years in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).

EARLY DISCHARGE

If you are selected for Green to Gold, you may obtain early release from active duty. Army Regulation 635-200, Chapter 16-2, provides for the honorable, early discharge of soldiers so they can enroll in an Army Senior ROTC program.

The Early Discharge may be up to 30 days prior to the start of school. Terminal leave is NOT authorized.

Answer 2

I was in the Army ROTC so pay attention.

If your scholarship your first year is optional. Meaning if you accept the money as an incoming freshman after your first year you have the option to opt-out of the program with no further obligations to the Army and no requirement to pay back the money. If, however, you stay for your sophomore year, you are required to complete the terms of your contract.

The terms of which aren't that bad if this is really what you want to do. After graduation you will placed placed within a division of the Army. They'll tell you, you get to pick, in reality you submit a wish list and the highest one you get accepted to is where you go. (The Armor and Infantry will take every and anyone. Intelligence is a bit more picky) After being selected you will then attend further schooling for that part of the Army (i.e. Artillary Officer School).

Finally your contrated to the Army for a total of 8 years of service. At least 4 of which must be active duty, the remaining 4 may be active or may be served as part time in the Guard or Reserves.

From personal experience, the best advice I ever got was from a Sgt. who told me, "If you don't want to be here get out now. Because your not wanting to be here might get me killed I'll shoot you in the back, and trust me, I'll get away with it."

There ya go! And go Army!

Answer 3

I think you will have the choice of going into Active Duty Army or Reserves. My son is completing the program now, and will be a 2nd lieutenant in the Army after he graduates in May. It depends on your MOS (job), and your particular contract as well as the needs of the service how long you will serve initially to satisfy your commitment--usually it is about 4-6 years. My son actually traded up to a better MOS, so he will owe one tour of duty in one specialty, and then be able to transfer to the second specialty. Several of his classmates plan to satisfy their commitment through the Reserves (although in a time of war, they may very well get deployed, too.) It just depends on your specialty and the needs of the service how often you get sent, and how dangerous it is. There are jobs such as JAG corps and other services that will pretty much keep you stateside.

One big thing is that they do something called LDAC the summer between junior and senior year (or I think you can do it after senior year). It is like a leadership training school, and they really look at your performance during this prior to giving you your assignment--the better you perform, the better chance you have of getting plum assignment (your 1st choice). They also look at GPA, performance on the PT test, and the commander's recommendation, so it is to your advantage to study and train hard.

Between my son's GI Bill money (he started out with early enlistment in National Guard), state tuition assistance, and ROTC stipend, he has been living on his own with a roommate for about 2 years now and paying his own way through school with very little help from us.

It's not for everybody, but it's a good opportunity if you are willing to take advantage of it and serve your country in this way!

Answer 4

It all depends. When you graduate, you are eligible to become an officer. I don't think that ROTC alone obligates you to anything, but ROTC scholarhsips and other incentives might. The best way to know is to contact the ROTC people at your school.

Answer 5

You dont have to serve in the army. But if you do, when u join, in stead of starting as Isignias, which is nothin, u will start as a higher rank such as Private first class. It goes with army, navy, w/e. Its all the same. I am in ROTC as well

Answer 6

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