I have heard not every cadets can go active. Maybe a problem cadet ends up with going reserve?
2007-12-15 03:22:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
what do you mean trouble, if its legal trouble then that depends on what it is. for a DUI you wont be commissioned, most likely but that is up to your chain of command. for drugs, you also wont be commissioned. it all depends on what it is. as far as trouble with rotc or grades, everything you do in rotc and college (evaluations at camp, your PMS evaluation, airborne school, prior enlisted, grades, clubs, sports ect.) goes into a national data base. This makes up the order of merit list. this list determines where you stand with all the other cadets of your year. its used for assigning branches and also who goes active duty. if you are low on this than can be denied active duty. im not saying all the officers in the reserves and national guard are bad officer, there are many great cadets who choose reserves and NG. if you do get reserves and you wanted active there is a process you can do to switch but its very hard.
my advice to you is that if you a screw up than being an officer probably isn't for you. your platoon needs a good leader, and not someone who has troubles of their own.
2007-12-16 14:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by danny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, ROTC cadets receive Reserve officer commissions (reserve officer training corps-ROTC). Lately, most are placed on active duty with an obligation of several years. However many continue in a Reserve status with their local unit and drill only on weekends and summer.
If a cadet has been having trouble (with the law, personal life, moral issues), then the military is not that hard up that we need him or her. It's best if the PMS-Professor of Military Science just drop them from the program, and have them pay back their scholarship (or just call it a loss).
Afterall-No officer is better than a bad officer.
2007-12-15 12:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by Roderick F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go active! you might try to figure out why you have had this problem. it may be that u are not ready for the structure of active duty military service. u certainly do not want to continue the pattern of difficulty. good luck and merry christmas
2007-12-15 11:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some cadets aren't even offered a Commission. if they accepted money, they have a choice: go enlisted to pay back the funds spent on them, or pay it back in cash.
2007-12-15 14:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋