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"These folks frequently lose the pay from their civilian jobs while deployed (depends on the company... some very large corporations often pay the difference). " When adding housing and meal allowances to basic pay, only a minority of deployed Guard and Reserve members suffer a pay cut. Very...

I have a questions about commissioning Reserve component, after ROTC. After being accepted by a Reserve or Guard unit, during the time between, ROTC commissioning, and Basic Officers Leadership Course, does the newly commissioned Lieutenant train with their unit, to include the 14 or 15 day...

Great quote from Kevin Spacey.

Some of the minuses of going Guard/Reserves is that I saw a poll that claimed 68% of employers "prefer" not to hire reservists. This is probably not as dismal as it sounds. These are most likely employers with a small work force, who represent a small minority of the total work force...

Pima and 5Day already answered my questions. Thanks for offering to help.

Thanks for the links.

Pima, then in all probability for AFROTC most who attend SFT and continue in the program, until graduation, are in the majority, non scholarship?

The reason I didn't ask about NROTC and NROTC-MO, is because, as i understand it, the Marine Option, for advanced standing is only taking scholarship students, with a two or three year scholarship. NROTC is only accepting College Program, for those who have a realistic chance of qualifying for a...

Does anyone have the figures for the percentage of Army and Air Force ROTC cadets, nationally, who aren't on scholarship? Thanks.