Ihavenoidea
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I have a interesting situation in the public school my DS is about to graduate from. The county has a Salutes Program where they recognize and honor graduates that have either enlisted, accepted to a SA, or received a ROTC scholership. They have a dinner, speakers, and then provide a Certificate of Appreciation to the graduates. The wording of the announcement is “County Salutes is an evening to recognize students making a commitment to serve in the United States Armed Forces after graduation.” My DS was not awarded a NROTC scholarship, but he has already applied, and was accepted into his college's NROTC program. They have decided that a College Programmer is not committed to join the armed forces; therefore, they are not eligible to be saluted in this county wide event.
I feel that College Programmers are just as "committed" as incoming SA members and scholarship ROTC members as they do almost all of the same requirements. Yes they can DOR with no penalty, but so do SA and scholarshop ROTC members their freshman year. Has anyone else come across this type of thinking at your local level? Am I wrong in my thinking about College Programmers being just as "committed" to the armed forces at this point as SA'ers and scholarship ROTC recipients? I'm just making sure I don't have blinders on since this is affecting my DS.
I feel that College Programmers are just as "committed" as incoming SA members and scholarship ROTC members as they do almost all of the same requirements. Yes they can DOR with no penalty, but so do SA and scholarshop ROTC members their freshman year. Has anyone else come across this type of thinking at your local level? Am I wrong in my thinking about College Programmers being just as "committed" to the armed forces at this point as SA'ers and scholarship ROTC recipients? I'm just making sure I don't have blinders on since this is affecting my DS.