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My 19 years of army service certainly prepared me for the complete bureaucracy of DoDMERB. My son was selected in the first round for a four year army ROTC scholarship at his school of choice. He was DQd due to an ACL injury in the fall. After many attempts on our part over the last seven...

My son was offered a 4 yr scholarship at all of his 3 choices. After the physical he was DQ'd, which we knew would happen. He received a letter from DoDMERB saying the programs he applied to would automatically review the file for waiver consideration. My son called the ROTC department of...

Sorry for such a basic question, but I have searched and could not find anything specific to a 3 year scholarship awarded to a high school student. Pretty much everything I found was for the 4 year scholarship or 3 year scholarship for a college student. What does the cadet have to do during...

My son had ACL reconstruction last month. According to the DoD instruction, it is an automatic DQ if it has been less than 12 months. As the military wants athletes, I would think ACL injuries would be fairly common in high school seniors applying for academies/ROTC scholarships. Has anyone...

My son has everything completed for the first board. Everything seemed to be going great. Last Friday night he tore his ACL and Meniscus. We meet with the surgeon on Tuesday to schedule surgery. If he is accepted, what will this mean for the physical? The army wants athletes, so I would...

My wife and I were both direct commission, so ROTC is new to us. Our son is applying for the AROTC scholarship and has two schools of choice. What I don't understand is how the school is part of the equation of whether or not he gets chosen. I thought the scholarship was a national...

My son will be a senior next year and is applying for a 4yr AROTC scholarship. There are two leadership/club positions he will not know if he was selected for until the start of the school year. He wants to have his application completed as early as possible, but also wants to include this...