ROTC Summer Classes

BoLwife said:
AROTC-dad said:
Summers are generally reserved for summer training programs like CULP, Air Assault, advanced camp, CTLT, etc.

http://www.marquette.edu/rotc/army/training-summer.shtml
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Does AROTC have a summer program between freshman and sophomore year?
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It depends, there can be. More options for contracted cadets, it has seemed that the last few years there has been the attempt to get rising sophomores into basic camp, however, not every contracted cadet goes. My daughter who was contracted that first summer was offered an air assault slot, and a basic camp slot at the very last minute, however, she had already committed by that point to volunteer at a young life camp for the summer, so she passed on it. It turned out the basic camp slot was specifically for a female nursing cadet, so it ended up not going to anyone else at her school and was offered elsewhere. There is also a program called CULP (cultural understanding language proficiency....I think) that contracted cadets can apply to. Even for non-contracted cadets (3 year AD and non-scholarship cadets), there is the option to apply to Project GO, which is a critical language program option. My daughter had applied to Project GO her freshman year, was wait listed and eventually did not get it. Now a rising junior, she does not regret having the summer to do volunteer work and work outside of ROTC.
 
+1 @Dckc88

Also to clarify:
  • Basic Camp is intended to accelerate an Army ROTC cadet who may not have begun Army ROTC as a freshman and needs "catching up" in order to qualify for the Advanced Course (Junior year or MS-III). If some Basic Camp slots are available some cadre will still send cadets who have completed full MS-I and MS-II course requirements.
  • Advanced Camp is REQUIRED for all contracted/scholarship Army cadets. If you don't pass Advanced Camp, you don't commission.
  • Project Go is NOT an Army program. It's run by the DoD, and is open to all branches to build language skills.
  • CULP, CTLT, Air Assault, Airborne, Mountain Warfare and other Army summer programs are optional and not required to commission.
 
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