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    Need info about cadet life at SMCs

    My son recently graduated from UNG. He also did summer language institute, for Chinese, then was a foreign exchange cadet at the Republic of China Military Academy in Taiwan, then spent the summer at an internship in Beijing followed by a 1500-mile backpacking trip throughout mainland China. He...
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    OML FYI

    Would a cadet who graduated/commissioned in August get branching information with the December 16 and May 17 graduates? In other words, is Aug 16 part of Mission Set 17? An Aug grad would find out branch in November?
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    Warning for cadets traveling this summer to CST

    That's partly the point. Cadets don't have their phones for days at a time if at all during CST
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    CIET 2016 questions

    There's a 1st reg CLC cadet answering Q's in another thread. I'd try that one.
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    Warning for cadets traveling this summer to CST

    In our parents' Facebook group, we've learned that 4 of our cadets who were traveling to Ft. Knox for summer training have had their debit cards hacked, most likely while in an airport. Four hacked cadets that we know about is a HUGE percentage of the cadets our parents group represents. If you...
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    CIET Flight to Louisville cancelled-should be a good story

    Don't leave the airport until a new flight is booked.
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    3.7 gpa vs 3.8 gpa

    With that major and your Army goals, you might also consider the University of North Georgia's Honors Program. Strategic languages is probably this SMC's main focus right now. Last I checked there were a large number of cadets studying Arabic, and we have several studying in Morocco this summer...
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    VMI, Citadel, Norwich

    If your DD is considering SMCs, be sure to look at the University of North Georgia as well. Cadets are housed in the Military Village, but have an opportunity to experience college life and earn leadership positions outside the Corps, which is a lot like regular Army life. Out-of-state cadets...
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    DS is a cadet at UNG and has had a fantastic experience there in every way. Has grown academically, has traveled extensively, and has earned highly competitive leadership slots in both the Corps of Cadets and in non-cadet extracurriculars. He is emotionally, physically, academically and mentally...
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    Here's my problem with this thread: what is the source for all of these numbers? 83 is NOT the number that commissioned from UNG, spring 2016. The spring 2016 number was 49. There are more that will commission in August and more that will commission in December, but I'm not exactly sure which...
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    If a prospective cadet were to look at the commissioning number at each school individually and compare that with the number of incoming cadets who wanted to earn a commission, then decide, am I going to be good enough to be in that percentage? For example if the incoming class is 300 cadets who...
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    I don't have the numbers available at the moment, but last year there were around 7 cadets at our school who wanted AD but did not get AD and one cadet who requested NG but got AD. (He was happy about the change.) I do not have this number for 2016. Didn't ask. There are always a number of...
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    UNG has three commissioning ceremonies every year as well. Yes, there are always a few who requested AD but received National Guard or Reserve instead. And sometimes there are some that request National Guard or Reserve but are assigned AD instead. Going to an SMC does not guarantee a...
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    CIET -Orders

    DS is going to CLC. He recently received an email with "Travel Orders" as the subject line and the header of the document says something like authorization for travel of DOD personnel. But that is CLC, not CIET.
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    Commissioning numbers for 2016

    Unless commissioning numbers posted here are properly sourced to the various command center, there is no way for readers of this forum to know that the numbers being posted are apples to apples numbers. In any case, the most important number is #1. Did YOU go to an SMC? Did YOU want to earn a...
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    Hazing severity

    Don't expect to get any kind of accurate picture of this issue on a public forum.
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    AROTC Class of 2016

    Congratulations, @LIG2012 and @NorwichDad! @NorwichDad, we really have to get together soon!
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    UNG alumni from the movie, Restrepo, speaks to cadets

    If you have 16 minutes, I highly recommend listening to the featured speaker from UNG's Memorial Retreat during Alumni Weekend this month. • START AT 11:16 for COL Tom Palmer's introduction of MAJ (P) Dan Kearney. MAJ Kearney was a North Georgia cadet on Sept. 11, 2001, and he was later...
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    Freshman's Opinion on Service Academy vs ROTC

    I thought so too, but so many people assume that every ROTC student is going to school for free* and this is simply not the case. The majority of cadets at DS's school are not on scholarship. * Free is relative anyway since there's a service commitment attached to that non-scholarship contract...
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    Freshman's Opinion on Service Academy vs ROTC

    Many "ROTC kids" are not on scholarship and pay full tuition at their schools. DS is non-scholarship contracted. Once he contracted, he started getting a small monthly stipend. This helps with living expenses and books, but the rest (tuition and room and board) is college loans, summer jobs...
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