Hello,
I have no new or different status. I haven't talked to anyone associated with Navy ROTC at any of the universitys my son has applied to since I wrote that info up and his status has not changed on the NROTC website nor on the DODMERB website. In other words, it's going down just like the person I referenced said would most likely be the case. So I have mentally checked out of the NROTC process for now and will get motivated again in mid January like they suggested to do. The first AFROTC board HAS MET this week as planned and advertised, my son is up for a type 1 engineering scholarship (good at any school for essentially any amount) AND they will give out information on 12/27 AS PLANNED and advertised per a conversation I had with my son's AF ROTC coordinator at the beginning of this week. As an ex AF officer myself, all I got to say about the differences in the two ROTC methods is, GO AIR FORCE!!!
My son was much keener on a Navy fighter pilot career than an Air Force one at the beginning of all this but this process has really turned him off a bit for sure. Not a great way to start off your Navy relationship, IMHO.
I would encourage anyone reading this to contact the Navy ROTC unit at a school you hope to attend and see if there is any new info to share. With the cuts the Air Force is rumored to be making, it'd be nice to get a feel for how the Navy is doing as well in this department. All the AF ROTC contact would tell me down at Maxwell was that she was instructed to say it's going to be extra competitive this year which I'm pretty sure I know how to interpret...
I have no new or different status. I haven't talked to anyone associated with Navy ROTC at any of the universitys my son has applied to since I wrote that info up and his status has not changed on the NROTC website nor on the DODMERB website. In other words, it's going down just like the person I referenced said would most likely be the case. So I have mentally checked out of the NROTC process for now and will get motivated again in mid January like they suggested to do. The first AFROTC board HAS MET this week as planned and advertised, my son is up for a type 1 engineering scholarship (good at any school for essentially any amount) AND they will give out information on 12/27 AS PLANNED and advertised per a conversation I had with my son's AF ROTC coordinator at the beginning of this week. As an ex AF officer myself, all I got to say about the differences in the two ROTC methods is, GO AIR FORCE!!!
My son was much keener on a Navy fighter pilot career than an Air Force one at the beginning of all this but this process has really turned him off a bit for sure. Not a great way to start off your Navy relationship, IMHO.
I would encourage anyone reading this to contact the Navy ROTC unit at a school you hope to attend and see if there is any new info to share. With the cuts the Air Force is rumored to be making, it'd be nice to get a feel for how the Navy is doing as well in this department. All the AF ROTC contact would tell me down at Maxwell was that she was instructed to say it's going to be extra competitive this year which I'm pretty sure I know how to interpret...
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