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    Army plans to cut 40,000 troops

    There haven't been tankers in Europe for years. It doesn't matter how much they cut from USAREUR. The equipment is prepositioned for CONUS-based troops ala REFORGER.
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    CAC Card for Contracted Cadets/Midshipmen

    You know, you could just apologize for being rude to begin with instead of throwing up your hands and saying "Welp, real world. Let's talk about something else."
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    CAC Card for Contracted Cadets/Midshipmen

    Woops, looks like I tripped and dropped chapter 1.14 of this regulation on you. I even picked the one in Air Force-ese since her husband is retired AF. http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a1/publication/afi36-3026v1_ip/afi_36-3026_ip.pdf Expired ID cards are confiscated for many...
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    CAC Card for Contracted Cadets/Midshipmen

    I'm a little late, but this is the wrong answer. Those gate guards are required to confiscate your ID and are doing you a solid by giving you a pass. You should probably get it replaced before you cross paths with a guard who doesn't care what rank happens to be next to SP on your card.
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    SMP Active Duty Option?

    No, there's nothing out of the ordinary with that. It's common for recruiters to work out of the school and work closely with the SMP kids during if that state lets them drill with the university. But his job begins and ends with your son enlisting and completing Basic and AIT. He is not an...
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    SMP Active Duty Option?

    So think of a recruiter as a salesman. In reality, your recruiter has nothing to do with determining who is or isn't a "great candidate for SMP." The recruiter is there to put men and women in the National Guard. They happen to work closely with university ROTC programs because there are plenty...
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    Army vs Navy, Study Abroad in Korea

    Korea is not a particularly difficult assignment to get.
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    Commissioning Gifts

    Use the search function. There's an old thread on this topic that might help you out.
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    *Army* What happens to non-scholarship candidates? *Army*

    You go active duty and get sent to Germany to drink beer, if I'm the case study. Kidding aside, if cost is an issue your son shouldn't let college choices get in his way if his goal is to be an Army officer. The cost of admission is one accredited Bachelors degree, regardless of origin. Unless...
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    Air Force Reserve Pilot Slots

    I always suspected the Air Force was just one giant frat.
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    URGENT: My son joining the army

    The wars are nothing like they were ten years ago. Your son is more likely to get stabbed on the streets of Chicago or get killed in a car accident on his way to school than he is to get maimed or killed in combat. The Army isn't quite back to the garrison 90's, but it's a whole lot closer than...
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    Nrotc Scholarship Denied

    No, you do not have to enlist. You may choose to enlist because your Plan A failed and you lack the resiliency to get back on the horse, but you do not have to enlist. You are not the first person to go to school without a sugar daddy. There are other scholarships, there are student loans...
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    BOLC dates?

    An ATRRS reservation for any school will generate an email notification to your .mil email address.
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    Green to Gold Applicants FY15

    Internet police, post! All ribbing of Mabry aside, prepare a non-scholarship packet if you're eligible for it. It's good to have a backup plan.
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    MSVs and the FY16 OML Calculation

    At the end of the day, the only promise in that contract is the opportunity to accept a commission if offered. The Army isn't failing to uphold anything.
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    MSVs and the FY16 OML Calculation

    There's always a way. Be proactive and talk to your HRA and PMS about it. Better to have a component appeal already drafted and ready to go.
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    GRADSO/Ed Delay

    GRADSO ended in FY14. Unless they've started offering it again, this program is no more.
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    Army ROTC duty stations?

    The RFO is generated by the branch manager at HRC. When branch decreeth, thou shalt knoweth. You will receive an email to your AKO account notifying you an RFO has been generated. Then you go to the myRFO or whatever it's called link on the HRC tools website. You need a CAC for all that, so I...
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    Army ROTC duty stations?

    You will receive your duty station in your Request for Orders along with your BOLC date. This excludes branches for which BOLC is a PCS move, like IN. They receive their duty stations at some point during BOLC. How are the slots doled out? Those who signed a post ADSO get considered and if the...
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    Wearing SDB's

    I'm sure we'll all be very proud of him once he actually begins to serve. Out of curiosity, the one enlisted fellow who was in--has he been in for more than a year or two, or is he fresh from basic and AIT?
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