ROTC and a military career

I don't think anyone can tell you that. It all depends on the competition in the year you service select.
One thing you can do is make sure you get good grades - GPA counts.
Prepare for and do well at LDAC. Your ranking at LDAC counts a lot too. While you are in ROTC take advantage of all the training that you can to prepare you for LDAC.
Finally, right now there is a program in place called ADSO - this allows you to "buy" your branch extending your service obligation.
Where there is a will, there is a way.

The rough numbers from last year were 2400/2800 cadets who wanted active duty got it. Remember there is a huge need for National Guard and Army Reserve Officers as well - the Army has to fill that need too.
 
This may seem like a dumb question, but is the National Guard only part-time (one weekend a month) or can it be full time as well?
 
Goose -

Read this - the CEO of 7-11 is a great example of how an Army career can transfer over to the business world.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...soldier_05bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf1c5b.html




One of Joe DePinto's best friends from West Point is in Afghanistan, unaware that his old roommate has become a TV pitchman in the Army's new campaign to recruit 22,000 officer candidates over the next three years.
"He'll rib me a little," the 7-Eleven president and chief executive said Tuesday of Col. Fred Manzo.
But the colonel – along with other friends in Iraq and Afghanistan – is a big reason DePinto, 46, agreed to promote how "Army officership is a path to lifelong success."
The 7-Eleven executive said he's very proud of his friend.
DePinto, a former field artillery officer for the Second Armored Division, also considers himself a product of the Army. "It's where I learned many skills that I still use today as a CEO," he said. "Teamwork, selfless servant leadership, a can-do attitude, a sense of mission and purpose all are transferable every day in the business world. It's why I'm so adamant that we recruit those leaving or retiring from the military to work at 7-Eleven." .......................
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FWIW - DePinto's son is a cadet at West Point.
 
RE:
National Guard - Generally one weekend/month and two weeks of drill in the summer - unless called to Active Duty.
Both the National Guard and Reserves are great ways to have two careers. Many professional people are Guardsmen or Reservists. I know an attorney who is a pilot in the Air National Guard and a school principal who is a Major in the Army Reserves.
 
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