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DD reported to BOLC around Sept 9 and didn't get paid until the end of October. Fortunately, she had a bit of a cash reserve and since her BOLC was TDY, she didn't have many day-to-day living expenses. However, I think I did have to pay a couple of her bills for her towards the end of the...

I started a thread last year about my DD's challenges related to having lost her CAC card at the northernmost point in the US while on a week-end excursion during CTLT in Alaska (summer 2013). Because she was unable to replace it, she spent her whole Senior year of college unable to access Army...

My DD - not yet commissioned at this time last year - is also in Afghanistan. She has covered a lot of ground in the last year!

DD branched AD MI with no branch detail in 2014. Her stats were in line with what was posted above except she had an 'S' at LDAC and while she had extracurriculars, she didn't have AROTC extracurriculars. However, the process of branch selection is very different for Reserves - it's a matter...

Don't know that it adds much new info to this thread, but it's kind of an amusing story... DD graduated and commissioned in June of 2014 (AROTC). Since she branched Military Intelligence, she needed a Top Secret security clearance, and the process was started before she graduated. I got a...

There was a cadet in my DD's class last year who very much wanted to go AD aviation. He got AD but did not get any of his top branch choices, and in fact, he was force branched to a branch he did not want at all. He pursued a transfer to Reserves which was eventually granted. I have no idea...

If your aspiring nurse cadet is focusing on PNW colleges, she might also consider Seattle University since it is not on the list above. It is a small but strong battalion - the just graduated MSIV class of 14 had four nurses.

Also might want to try SAT if you have only taken ACT. Daughter did significantly better on the ACT. Son (dyslexic) did significantly better on SAT. Neither did any significant prep.

DD's CULP trip in 2012 was a humanitarian mission to Costa Rica. I think she called home once from Knox before she left and once when she was back in the USA. While in Costa Rica, we exchanged some Facebook messages, but I don't think we ever actually talked. She did not have a smart phone at...

My understanding is that DD reported the lost CAC card while still at CTLT. However when she went with cadre and some new cadets to get military ids in the fall, the issuing station said her CAC was not marked lost in the system. Supposedly they marked it lost at that time. It is...

DD did CULP summer 2012 and received id with CAC technology. CAC id was not collected after the mission, and DD retained it as her military id. DD subsequently lost CAC during CTLT last summer. She can't get a replacement CAC because she is not on active duty orders. Because she has no CAC...

DD went on a CULP mission in summer of 2012. Mission was originally to Honduras, but shortly after initial orders arrived, destination was changed to Brazil. One of the shots needed for Brazil was Yellow Fever which turns out to be not one of the easiest shots to find. DD was leaving to...

Still a high school perspective Good looking - no. Good looking is in the eye of the beholder. Have all the great generals been good looking? all the presidents? Popularity - maybe. If a person is popular because he or she has personal characteristics that correlate to leadership...

Strength and Honor, with all due respect, I think your perspective on leadership is very "high school". You are confusing leadership with popularity, and those two things are not the same although they may share some overlapping traits. Isn't it possible that a not too attractive, uncool boy...

Contact dermatitis can be more than being allergic to poison ivy. I suffered from what the docs called acute atopic dermatitis for years as a young adult - saw multiple dermatologists and tried all kinds of things. Steroids were the only thing that gave consistent relief. After about five...

Bayonet6, DD considered putting in to be LDAC/LTC cadre but in the end decided not to. Mbitr, DD used an ADSO for branch but not post. The branch ADSO was apparently a good decision as the ADSO was used, and she got her first choice without a detail. Her top choices for posts are OCONUS...

Thanks mbtr! Mbtr, thank you so much! You have made a couple of people's week-ends much better! DD followed your instructions and now knows a BOLC date! Sept 9 for MI BOLC in Arizona. Fairly simple to find once she knew where to look, but no one else knew to tell her to look there. The...

I hope I can clearly convey the problem here - before I do, I would like to state that the cadet in question has talked to both the human resources technician and the LTC at her battalion about the situation, and it seems to be a catch-22. From what she has said, the hr tech is very good, but...

DD is still anxiously awaiting BOLC date but apparently already had to fill something out indicating whether she would be flying or driving. She was advised to choose 'fly' as it is easier to change 'fly' to 'drive' later rather than vice versa.

Not as bad as I thought Cadet DD has been worrying about having to make this purchase along with other impending real world expenses, but prices for the kits are not actually as bad as I thought they were going to be. I mean, she has been eyeing a riding helmet that costs about the same as...