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@bruno -- Thank you so much for getting back with me. I guess the old military adage of "hurry up and wait" is still alive and kicking.

Bruno, I have a follow-up question for you (don't know if you can help or not). You mentioned in your post that it took the young man 5 mos. to be approved to pay back $120K through service. My son found out he owes just under $17K. His battalion sent in his disenrollment packet to Cadet...

Hang in there, SPM. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Everything in your post hits the nail on the head with my kid! If he's interested in something, it's more like a passion (and sometimes borderline obsession). That's why I'm not really too worried about the classwork he's going to have to do in the military. He eats it up! (And, by the way...

@informe The mantra in our home is "Never Quit". However, we've learned over the years in raising our son that we have to temper that saying so that changing direction doesn't necessarily mean a person is quitting. When he came home after bombing (and I mean BOMBING) the first semester of his...

Capt MJ, thank you for your kind and supportive words. I looked at those links and will definitely let DS know. (By the way, I like the sounds of the Secretary of the Army!!)

elijay, thank you for saying that. It is so true. We, as parents, want what we think is best for our children. Neither my husband nor I come from very supportive families. So, it was very important to us to provide our son with as many opportunities as possible in order to maximize his...

His major is History & he's always been passionate about it (particularly anything to do with military history and, more specifically, Greek military history). But, he just doesn't seem ready (aka mature enough) to do what it takes to get through the other classes that are required for college...

Thank you for your post, bruno. I think he stayed on the path he was on for so long because he was afraid of letting us down. Once we assured him that we would support whatever decision he came to, even though he would be responsible for any ramifications of those decisions, you could hear the...

We spoke w/DS on phone tonight. Short version is that he's decided to drop the program. He said there have been other scholarship cadets before him that have dropped and have been allowed to enlist to pay the Army back (I'll believe it when I see it). Even if he has to pay it back in cash, he's...

I am so sorry to hear you are having to go through this. The loss of a pet is one of the most difficult things in life. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. God bless.

Until he comes home next week, it's difficult to know what's truly going on in his head in terms of is he ready to buckle down. He's going to see an academic advisor about a change of major, but I have a hard time believing he's going to have enough time left in his college career to be able to...

Yes, he's also lost the AROTC scholarship. He's primarily struggling due to goofing off. There have been a couple of classes that have truly given him trouble. But, he just isn't doing what he needs to do to make it work. Due to Dual Enrollment & AP in high school, he went to college with 39...

Well, it's been a long time since I've been out here. Things have not gone anything like DH & I expected & I would appreciate some input. DS received 3-yr AROTC national scholarship & was promptly upgraded to 3 1/2 upon arriving on campus. In addition to that, he also left for college with...

Well, here's the latest in the saga. DS received an email his last week of school from cadre stating the battalion had received notification from cadet command that they ended up having unfilled slots for CULP, so the battalion could send additional cadets if they wished. WHAT?! Of course, this...

My son is currently an MS1 at USF-Tampa. Did you tour the school and speak with the ROO? He also lives in the ROTC LLC dorms. Loves every second of it! Best of luck to you!

He's currently a non-contracted MSI. They are supposed to be contracting him by the end of this semester. However, since they gave the battalion so few slots, he ended up not being able to go since his contracting wasn't finalized yet.

DS found out he's not going until next summer. :(:bang:

Here's an update on DS: a member of cadre informed the cadets that there had previously been some sort of error made at cadet command. The battalion has now been informed that they will be going to CIET (can't remember if they were given 6 or 8 slots). DS is now waiting to find out if he will...

I don't know if a thread has already been started about this (I didn't see one), but I just spoke with my DS who is an MS1 AROTC cadet, and he said they were informed by cadre this week that CIET has been cancelled due to lack of funds. Has anyone else heard about this?