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Pima, As you have done many times, your post brought tears to my eyes. I have truly valued all of your posts, for their candor, humor and information. All of this has been a real learning experience for me, and it is wonderful to have a resource like you and this forum to understand all that is...

My DS did not get SFT either. He was given an option of trying again next year, but felt like his chances may not be that different next year. He was out-of-state at the last school, so he applied to a university here in our state and got accepted last week. He is going to try Navy ROTC (he had...

Pima, Thanks for posting the bag drag list. My son is waiting to hear about SFT, and I remembered that you had posted this once before. I searched for it but could not find it. He is far away from home, so I want to be prepared to help in case he needs it. Thank you so much for making it...

Non Ducor Duco, Thanks. That makes a lot of sense about the 500's. My son is a 200, so I guess we will just keep our fingers crossed for another week to see what happens! I appreciate the info.

Oh, that makes sense. I had heard that they may be allowed to stay in if they didn't get SFT, but I didn't know they would be called 500's. Thanks!

Okay, thanks. I'll do that if no one else knows. We'll miss her!

Hi. I'm a mom just trying to understand how all this works. Pima said in her post (about SFT) that "they may have decided to go small this yr., and allow 200's to become 500's." Can someone explain what this means? I get what the 200's are, but what are the 500's and what does it mean that...

My son got his DOD medical at the beginning of his senior year in high school. He just finished his first year of AFROTC, so his medical will be expiring at the beginning of this fall semester. We would like to get his DODMERB doctor appointments this summer while he is home. Is there a certain...

Pima, You are so right that the pictures you posted had me running for the tissue box because I can hardly imagine what that moment must feel like. We visited my son this weekend (his college is still in session in Ohio- quarter system), and he tried on his dress uniform for us so we could see...

Your posts brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations on this wonderful moment in your lives. I can't tell you how helpful your posts have been over the last year, as our son finishes his first year in AFROTC. Being from a non-military family, your posts have helped us fill in our lack of...

My son, a freshman in AFROTC, just called last night to tell us that he was being awarded a 3-year full-ride AF scholarship! We are so happy for him. He did not get the AF scholarship for incoming freshmen, but he was determined that this is what he wanted to do. He has worked really hard...

Thanks!

What is CRO and STO? Thanks.

Pima, Congratulations to your son and your family. What wonderful news! It gives all of us who are just starting this process a lot of hope. Thank you for all your posts.

Pima, Thanks so much for your feedback. I always learn a lot from your posts. We are new to the military arena, so we are still WAY down on the learning curve. We want to give our son as much information as possible so he will be happy with his choice. All of the points you made are...