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Thanks everyone. My DD received $105.00 on Friday. Her July payments were both $225 (appropriate for a junior) but then she got $575.74 on Aug 1 and $309.18 Aug 15 - both odd figures. But she went to Advanced Camp so we thought it was more for that. And then she went straight to Ft Stewart for 3...

What is the graduation/commissioning loan?

Well, sounds like the rumor must be true based on what she said about her pay going to $425. Kind of a bummer though, for those who were expecting $500 this year. Wish they could have been grandfathered in . . . she has said she will just budget better and is now looking for a part-time job...

Has anyone else heard anything about stipends being lowered this year? My daughter, a a senior, just told me her monthly stipend will be $425 this year. It was $450 last year and we thought it would be $500 this year. Thanks.

If you go here you can see pictures from past years categorized by country, so that will give you an idea of the countries they have gone to in the past: http://armyrotc.smugmug.com/CULP Although there are no pics from Paraguay, which is where my DD is right now, and I also know that she has...

DD is settled in and enjoying her assignment in Paraguay. Wifi is spotty but we have been able to facetime her once and audio face-time (which I didn't even know was a thing) once. Said she could only talk that time and not video because they were all on the wifi at once and it would have used...

My DD was going to be in this same situation until they said MS1s weren't doing CIET. She had been told that she would stay somewhere at Ft. Knox between the two because that would be less expensive than sending her home and then bringing her back. And that was with us saying we wanted to come...

Thanks @NorwichDad ! Regardless, she's excited to be going to Paraguay.

I was wondering the same thing for my daughter as she just called with her flight info and that was a question we had - so thanks for all the info! On another note (and maybe we just have to get used to Army/Gov't inefficiencies) but she is not happy that she even has to fly at all. We live in...

My DD - a contracted MS1 on full scholarship just informed us yesterday that only MSII's will be going to CIET from her school this summer. She is doing CULP in May and had already picked her dates for CIET 2 days after her return from Paraguay. She said she's indifferent since she would...

My DD (MSI) got an email that she will be going to Paraguay this summer! But she said that CIET takes precedence and if they overlap she would have to decline CULP. But looking at the schedule for CIET that someone posted here earlier she can do her CULP (scheduled for June 1-30) and can...

My DD (MS1 - class of 2018) just called and said that her cadre told them today that they would be going somewhere at some point this summer for 45 days for CIET. She has applied for CULP and they are not sure about that - whether or not they will still have it and whether or not they will be...

I am so thankful for this thread - my DD will be applying for class of 2018 and everytime something is in the news about one of the academies with regard to this issue I get a text or email asking if I'm sure I want her going there. But like others have said things happen at all schools, and...