-Bull- said:
All I was trying to say was that if you do something (Enlist for SMP, Enlist to get a slot to West Point), always be prepared to serve that contract out, because you are not guarenteed SMP or the commission, but the Army is guarenteed the contract you signed.
Sound advice.
Unfortunately many times people try to game the system and never read the fine print. The fine print is there, don't play the game that it won't happen to me because it never happened to anyone else we know. Military members serve at the needs of the military, and things can change.
Nobody in May 2001 ever saw 9-11 coming, and it changed the Army's needs for yrs.
Unless you are psychic expect they can pull out the "DID YOU SIGN ON THIS LINE?" card.
GAMCJROTCMOM,
You are 1000% correct she is not the 1st nor will she be the last to screw up her freshman yr. As others stated it will be an uphill battle to get it back due to budgetary reasons expected within the DOD.
However, one thing I would say as an AFROTC scholarship Mom with a DS that has Merit too from the school, many people do not realize that they may have different gpa min requirements. Our DS's at his college is set at 3.2, and I believe AFROTC is 2.8 (don't follow it because it is below the schools requirement). So, had he done what your DD did he could have lost his school scholarship even with a 3.1 gpa.
That means she still has a chance to pull it out for her OML when it comes to competing as an MSIV. Now on the flipside, if she was even below the min for the AROTC scholarship, she needs to buckle down the next few yrs to get that gpa up for the OML. GPA is a part of the OML.
Last question.
GAMCJROTCMOM said:
She's doing much better in classes this year and really wants to get back into AROTC but her GPA suffered due to her freshman year.
GAMCJROTCMOM said:
She was in ROTC and plans to continue
Both of these statements to me infer she is at the same school and was in AROTC, but is no longer in AROTC, is she in AROTC now or not?
If she was in AROTC and is still at the same school, I would strongly suggest she talked to her AROTC unit because they are truly the people that know how she racks and stacks in their BN.
We are all here to help and assist, but our advice is not coming down from her BN when it comes to chancing.
As hard as it is to read, the fact is she is now going to compete on a different level, and mark my words there will be others trying that route too. The BN is going to look at it from a whole candidate perspective.
People tend to forget that the AD members that work in ROTC are AD. They, like any other AD member get reviewed and promoted based on their success/failure. Their career is tied to the success of the unit, which is tied to the cadet. In the end they are not going to sugar coat anything to a cadet because it can hurt them if they do!
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/02/army_rotc_awards_021510w/
That Award is a feather in the cap for the AD members, because now on their OPR or PRF they can say that out of the hundreds of AROTC units across the nation, they were recognized as the top 8.
Cadets believe it or not are connected to the AD world more than anyone ever realizes.
OBTW, it also ties into why some units are harder than others. Getting nationally recognized usually equates into more competitive/selective units because now they have bragging rights. The BN for 2010 is going to fight to be on the 2011 list. They are not going to turn a blind eye.
Not saying that BN's not on lists are easier or turn a blind eye; I am saying why some act differently than others. Which in turn brings us all the way back to what every parent with a child in any ROTC program says to HS students...WHEN YOU VISIT THE CAMPUS, VISIT THE UNIT! They all have personalities and you may not fit their personality!
Good luck