Recent content by Jcleppe

You may find that branching Aviation through AROTC may not be as competitive given that they will be extending to service obligation for Aviation from 6 years to 10 years starting last October. A 10 year plus obligation for Aviation in the other branches, Navy AF CG and Marines don't have the...

That letter just states that out of all the applications this year your son was in the top 1000 applicants, not that they only awarded 1000 scholarships.

I guess Los Angeles talked them into coming there instead.

One of those great ships are headed to our city (Seattle) soon. They will be a welcome relief for our hospitals.

I saw a notice that Cadet Command has cancelled the in person CyberPatriotXII Finals and moved it to virtual competition. It won't be long before they start setting the schedules for Cadet Summer Training, makes me wonder if they are putting any plans together in case they decide to cancel some...

I guess I should post one someone took of him to represent the Army.

Guess only one posted. Here’s the other one.

Son is over there now. Here’s a couple pictures the Marines here will like.

For me it was the best Submarine Movie ever made.

Pan's Labyrinth La Femme Nikita and Das Boot, close behind. Best absolutely stupidly crassly funny? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Most memorable lines? "We're going to have the hap hap happiest time since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny F*&#@ing Kaye" Clark Griswold. Scariest? The...

I was just curious, what was the reason for so many cadets contracting so late in the semester, were many of them on scholarship? I know the main reason for a delay in contracting is if the cadet has not passed their APFT or if all the paperwork has not been completed, I assume that some of...

Gee what happened to the "Boomer" post, that was such a well thought out and clever comeback.

I Love it...Can't be too careful, Haha

Well now I feel like a complete idiot that I used to attend my son’s sporting events and dropped them both off at college. I guess I was doing it all wrong, though I guess I am a helicopter parent...since they both flew helicopters in the Army. I hope I haven’t damaged them for life.

ROTC Scholarship cadets have a 4 year AD Obligation and 4 year IRR if they choose to commission AD. That's correct.