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Class of 27, incoming freshman AROTC next fall.

I just wanted to give people an idea of how the timeline worked for us, since I couldn't really find any of that info here. DS was entered into DodMETS 23 Mar. We were able to secure appointments for the week of 17 April (we did have to request a change in Dr due to wait time for the one they...

My son completed both of his exams two weeks ago and DodMets says that the case is complete and waiting for the Civ team to review his file. It switched to this as soon as both exams were uploaded about 3 days after his appointments The FAQ page there says that can take 2-4 weeks, so maybe any...

And I would answer yes. He was seen at the ER and the treatment was the inspection of it.

We have not. Washington state.

3 year scholarship…what happens during that first year if you need to medicate something, or go to urgent care for something minor? Do you need to report everything and have it cleared again?

Will/should DS ROTC detachment be reaching out to him? I guess I expected at least an email saying " congrats and we can't wait to meet you!" We haven't heard anything from them yet, and submitted his acceptance yesterday. He did hear from he other school that he didn't choose. Should I have him...

I'm wondering this too. We are across the country from his college, but it would be nice to be recognized at Senior Awards Night.

DS was awarded a 3 year to the College of William & Mary and Eastern Washington. We are WA residents and he was Early Decision accepted to W&M in December, so he essentially HAD to get a scholarship to W&M in order to go there on the Army. Whew!!! We are an Air Force family, so this will be a...