Recent content by CAnderson197

Your application will be reviewed by a few people (I'm assuming you're talking about the one you fill out for CADCOM?) It'll be reviewed by the Batallion Commander (AKA Your PMS.), Your Batallion XO and you recruiting advisor. They will then decide who the want to INTERVIEW and after the...

Exar- That is true in some respects, but if you are not cleared by Cadet Command (on all accounts, DODMERB, etc.) you can not even be considered for a ROTC scholarship from the college.

Our batallion does not host and I know that we are more cohesive than the batallion a little ways down the road that does host. Some of the best advice I was ever given: When looking for a ROTC school, quality not numbers. Remember, the smaller your cadre, the more personal attention.

These are some of the high points of my Freshman year so far, in pictures: This is the KSU Ranger Challenge Team and Cadre. For the last month of training for Ranger Challenge, we put 4 of these rocks into our ruck sacks. As a reward for progessing through the training we got to...

Well, from all the years of football and wrestling I'm in pretty good shape, but I did notice when I got here that a big part of the Army is endurance, compared to short burst of strength and energy (as in my sports), so it took me awhile. Luckily, my roommate is in Air Force ROTC so we work out...

Sealion, The PFT must be passed EVERY year for active duty, and for (as Just A Mom said) Cadet Command to continue to pay you, you must make height/weight or Tape (in my case) every year. But your batallion may require differently, for example, in order for me to keep my room scholarship and...

I'm not the doc, Navy will let you know about the DODMERB side of things soon but I can offer you this advice: A DQ is not the end of the line for your son...Make sure he knows this. I run a 13 minute 2 mile, and max the PFT and was DQed for Asthma when I was younger. The road is long and...

290/300 I was a tad bit disappointed, I wanted that 300.

I don't have any idea why some programs are like that. I interviewed at Several schools and just got that vibe from some as well. Yes, this should be a factor because if you're talking about the Cadre being "hostile" it'll make getting stuff done for your son tough, if you're talking about the...

Sorry it took so long for me to reply....we had land nav yesterday and then a bunch of us went out to eat so I didn't go home until late, and yup of course...PT at 0600! Good for you, good for me. Just_A_Mom: I took a diagnostic PFT which didn't count for anything other than a guage so the...

WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD LET THIS KID IN THE ARMY!?!?!?! I got issued my gear today and felt important, hence the picture :). Hahaha. Who else has already been issued their stuff?

We have a MS4 Cadet who is studying abroad in Russia. He is doing an independent research project to count as his grade for the first semester. However, be advised if you wish to study abroad, I don't believe any branch of service will pay for it.

Who's enrolled in ROTC, scholarshipped or whatever a happy last month of freedom before our lives become the property of the US Government. Enjoy it ladies and gents, but get ready for the real fun...Running around campus at 0500, going to your 0800 class in PT gear, not being able to go out at...

A distant cousin of mine is a VMI Grad, he's home visiting his mom and pop and I asked him to help me out because it says the forms haven't been updated since 1997. Some of the forms are easy to fill out, like a request for my Dog Tags and the Direct Deposit form and stuff like that, but the...

Anybody else in AROTC get a massive packet with all the contracting paperwork lately? This thing is very VERY intimidating. Anybody who's been through it got any advice?