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DS knows a Marine Option at a different school who did OCS this past summer, before their 2/C year. DS does not know how they managed it, but it is possible. Apparently, CORTRAMID and Marine Month are not required to commission for Marine officers. I'm not sure if it is a good idea to go to...

We are also coming up on Fiscal Year End...a lot of areas in the government have run out of money or are only able to spend their funds on critical purchases. They'll have to wait until 1 October for new appropriations...however, it is very likely there will a Continuing Resolution so it could...

There is a CAC office near his school, so the MIDs in his unit do it during the first semester of their freshman year

My DS is a Marine Option and he has a Navy CAC - I suspect it is because it is Naval ROTC-MO. In my mind that makes him USNR currently, and I imagine he'll get his Marine CAC after he commissions.

Have you looked into Schedule A appointments with the federal government? I have hired several Schedule A folks - it can be (not always) a non-competitive appointment, and sometimes allow you to apply for jobs that are typically only for candidates who are already in the federal government. You...

According to the EEOC, "The ADA's nondiscrimination standards also apply to federal sector employees under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and its implementing rules."

If this is just a checkpoint to see where he is at PT wise, then I think he would be ok. However, he should not go into his official PFT/interview day without being as close to the max as possible. As someone else on this forum so eloquently put it, to be a Marine Officer you must be a PT God...

DS is currently at CORTRAMID East. He is at Norfolk now, and the food options at the chow hall seem to be good, although he is not super picky...the only issue my DS has is that the chow hall closes at 1730 and he is used to eating dinner later than that. He figured out that he can ask for a...

Unless they changed the directions/instructions from last year, the DODMERB letter (for ROTC, not a SA) will suffice. The preparticipation physical was for those folks who had not yet cleared DODMERB. Totally agree about the sickle cell test - it was incredibly frustrating to try to figure out...

My DS went to NSI last summer and is also a MO...I can partially answer some of your questions... 1) the money is for literally everything they will need while they are there. I believe the instructions last year were that the soon to be midshipmen were to bring 2 days worth of toiletries and...

In the case of my DS, he received an email mid-April (2022) asking him to call his Marine OSO. He was told over the phone that he got the scholarship. Then at his senior awards ceremony mid May-ish, his OSO presented his scholarship and the big check. This was a total surprise to us, DS had...

I wish I could remember what DS said some of his questions were - "why do you want to be a Marine Officer?" was one, but cannot recall others anymore. Wholeheartedly agree that you must excel at the PFT. I enlisted in the Marines, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that Marines value...

I think the recording will be posted on the NROTC Facebook page tomorrow. That's what looks like happened with the other two cycles this year.

DS will be attending college in the fall and has received a NROTC-MO scholarship. My question does not involve him directly as he is already DODMERB qualified...DD has a LOT of food allergies (5 of the top 8) and she just so happens to idolize DS. Once DS attends NSI this summer and tells all...