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Thank you for suggestions - I think the watch and the sunglasses are a great idea. I will research both. Thank you

I am not from a military family and not even a US citizen but my son is commissioning into the US Army in May and is branching Aviation. He is living his dream. Sadly, due to travel restrictions I don’t think we will be able to attend his commissioning ceremony, if indeed there is one. What I...

Congratulations to all My son got his first choice Aviation. He is very happy. He said it seems most people got their first choice, if not their second or third and everyone is happy

Just to chime in here - you sound like a very thoughtful and aware young person. I believe everyone ends up where they should be - some take a different route to get there and there can be some bumps along the way but you sound mature and insightful enough to navigate them. Keep talking to...

My son did not have health insurance as we live out of the USA. We took out the school policy and the scholarship paid for it.

I’m not from a military background and not even American (my husband is) and our son has gone into the US Army rotc - foreign to me on many levels. I guess the difference for me is since the time our son could express himself or have an interest I knew he would always be involved in the...

Thank you for your responses. We live overseas so it is a big decision for us from a time and financial perspective. Maybe just one of us will go as we still have another child at home. I do like the facebook feed tip and as we are not a military family (although I guess that starts now!) I...

Hi - my son will be going to advanced camp (Army) about this time next year. Is it common or expected for parents to attend this ‘graduation’ or there is no such thing? Thanks

Such good information in this thread. My son is finishing his sophomore year in AROTC and really wants to branch aviation but understands how hard it is. His approval for an air assault spot this summer just came through but I did not know about SIFT. Does he have to do this before he...

Just to confirm the timeline. Once they find out they are AD (or not!) they then wait to see what branch they get. When does that happen ? And when they find that out do they get their dates as well or is that another step? Thank you

Hi - my son did this from Australia. He was a member of his school cadet program (I think same as JROTC) and had the head of that (who was ex-military) and the school PE teacher help. From memory he just printed off the requirements and they administered the test and signed off. It was quite...

Congratulations! (And I was nearly crying just reading your post and thinking of your wife so I will be a puddle when my son commissions). Proud parent moment for sure

The insurance topic is interesting to me. We took out the school health insurance for my son as we live overseas and do not have any US health coverage we can hook him into. My son is going on a 1 month AROTC field exercise camp this summer and just assumed the Army would cover him. I know...

My son is a 4 year AROTC recipient and he contracts this Friday as a Freshman!. He has passed AFPT and medical etc. He is so incredibly excited and motivated for this next step. I assume 'contracting' is just a formality in the sense signing forms, pledging etc and not really a ceremonial...

Just an update - I contacted the school and they work with ROTC and we have to option of paying at deadline or waiting to see is he passes the PFT and then his account is adjusted. The school will waive any late fee. He just got notified his PFT is the day before fees are due so I assume we...