I am confused.
Why are you going to go the enlisted route after earning your college degree? Why not just do ROTC or OCS? Is it that you believe you cannot get a waiver for the charges as a juvenile from a security clearance aspect? I doubt either of your career objectives would require a TS, probably just secret.
~ Sometimes the qualifying aspect comes from not being honest in the 1st place. Caveat....sometimes!
~~ Yes, I know that for some issues it is easier to qualify enlisted than officers, but I am not understanding why you would go through all 4 years and then enlist. Or are you attending a CC and planning to enlist after 2 years?
I would also say that I am not sure how much ROTC will help from the social environment perspective when it comes to your future as an enlisted member.
1. ROTC social environment is very different than ADAF social environment.
~ IE My DS as a 100, basically socialized his entire freshmen year with his friends that lived in his dorm, sat with them at FB/BB games, hung with them on the weekends.
~~ As a 200 he became active with Arnie Air. This is when his social circle started to change.
~~~ As a 300 and 400 the circle tightened to be Arnie Air and cadets selected for rated.
2. Officer lifestyle varies within ADAF.
~ IE a rated officers squadron is typically very tight knit. Spouses have monthly coffees. Units typically hold 1st Fridays at the squadron to welcome and farewell their crews. It is not uncommon for every member to show up on the flight line to hose down them on their fini flight. This is not necessarily true for Mission Support Squadrons (supply).
3. Officer and enlisted lifestyles are different.
~ IE: An officer gets promoted to an O4, (O4s are selected in a group, and usually 6-9/12 months apart). Everyone on that list is expected to throw down money on the bar Friday night. It is a blow out party on base. When they pin on, they will than just buy pizza and beer at the squadron that day. That is not only the social, but tradition aspects.
~ In my experience for the AF, officers typically will shy away from living on base by the time they are an O3. In the 21 years Bullet served we lived on base 2x. 1x when we were O2s living in the UK. The 2nd time when we were stationed for a year at Leavenworth for his school. We, however, purchased and sold 5 homes over his career. My daughter in law (DIL) is an AF brat. Her Dad was enlisted. They never lived off base until his last assignment, where he knew they were retiring.
~ It is more common for enlisted members to "homestead" than officers. Officers traditionally will move every 3, maybe 4 years, and as they make rank, it is even more frequent. We lived in no less than 11 homes in 21 years. At our last base, I recall many enlisted members saying they have been stationed there for 6-9 years. My DIL and her family arrived the same week we did in 1998. We returned back in 2005. In those 7 years we lived in 3 different states. They never moved once. Her father went onto retire in 2008. Her father moved 3x since she was in her Mom;s womb until she graduated HS. Not one of my 3 kids were conceived, born or celebrated their 1st BDAY in the same home. Not one went to less than 3 elementary schools. The only one to start HS and graduate from the same HS was my youngest, and that is because my DH retired from the AF. DIL started 2nd grade and never moved again.
I am not sure what you can expect from a traditions aspect, besides maybe the Dining In/Outs. Even at that point, for officers this is common to attend, not so much for enlisted. Heck, most AFROTC cadets own their Mess Dress by the time they are a C300, whereas, many enlisted members never purchase that uniform. It is uncommon to see an AF officer to not wear the mess dress for their wedding as an O1 (22 yrs old), whereas, it is uncommon to see enlisted members to wear one at that same age. Mainly, because of the cost, and the reality that they would rarely ever wear it again. (JMPO). Plus, we go back to; it depends on your career field regarding traditions.
Sorry for the novella, but I felt that if you are entering from the:
Therefore rotc would be to help me get acustom to military traditions and social enviroment.
I think you have it all wrong.
PS. If you are not attending the host college, it could also be much different for you. It becomes a balancing act of driving to and fro for PT/LLAB. Depending on how far away you are from the host college, you might not get out as much as you think from the social aspect.
~ DS attended the host college. He would hang in the lounge between classes instead of going back to his dorm or apartment. He got to really know the other cadets.
~~ His det. also held GMC nights (100/200/250) once a week. They would order in pizza, play Crud, foosball and watch movies from 6:30-9:30. It was held on Wed. night. PT/LLAB were held T/TH. That meant for cadets that were not attending the host college they would be driving to the school another day of the week. When he joined Arnie Air, they had their social functions on Sat. 1x a month.
Just saying from a social environment aspect you will really need to commit to all aspects of ROTC. However, again see my points above on how social lifestyle is different between all walks in ADAF and all ranks.