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    Always have your Plan B

    I just wanted to tell you how very sorry that I am to hear about your son's seizure and diagnosis of epilepsy. The good news is nothing tragic happened to him during the seizure, the bad news is this will change his way of life. I am so very sorry about ROTC and his future as an officer. It's...
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    CAC Card for Contracted Cadets/Midshipmen

    I completely agree with you!
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    Commissioning 2015

    Congratulations! And I will tell you that though I practiced, the one I placed on my son fell off last year! He actually had to have the hoops changed a bit since they were done a tad wrong. It was much less stressful putting the cord on at his graduation from IBOLC!
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    Tricare eligibility question

    My son commissioned AD in May 2014. TriCare did not start until he reported to IBOLC. He was on our insurance in the interim.
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    BOLC dates?

    Thank you. Yes we are going up for the graduation and really looking forward to it. Thanks for the info on the blue cord. I didn't know that. I'm not sure why they are having them go to the RTAC. They had heard rumblings that they all have to go. But, I guess it will get him prepared a...
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    BOLC dates?

    My son didn't report to IBOLC until Oct 24 and I can tell you he was bored beyond belief at the end and all he wanted to do was get there and get moving! The long wait finally was over and he is set to graduate IBOLC next Thursday, 3/26. A short 5 days later they have them reporting April 3...
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    URGENT: My son joining the army

    Army.Dad, I guess some of the issues here are that you claim you are an immigrant from a third world country who doesn't know the ways of our military and honor to our country. You then proceed to discuss how you work so very hard to make ends meet as a bellman at a hotel and a cab driver yet...
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    AROTC scholarship benefit question

    Once on campus there will be a form that you fill out with your package where you will pick it for Room & Board. This gets done every year while on scholarship. As others have said, using the scholarship this way is taxable. It is also not paid as quickly as when used for tuition so be...
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    Taxes! Again

    His W2 will be on https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx for the CULP.
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    AROTC 2nd Board Waiters 2015

    As you have been told, it can be used for either full tuition or for room and board. With your stats I would assume you have also received the Bright Futures Scholarship for Florida schools. If this is the case, you will probably use the scholarship for Room and Board as neither FSU or UCF...
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    Checked Baggage/Pre Check

    American does allow free baggage for military as does Delta. The weight restrictions aren't lifted on the bags with Delta unless you do are traveling on orders according to the Delta agents at the Miami airport. Both of those airlines also have different rules on how many free bags for those...
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    Room and board or tuition.

    If you live on campus, you give the copy of what you paid in your R&B to the AROTC HR person. They then give you that amount back up to $5,000 per semester for a yearly total of up to $10,000. Only stay in the dorm but no meal plan, then you give the receipt for what you paid for the dorm and...
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    Freshmen on AROTC Ranger Team

    There were 27 last year at my son's school. Good luck to your son! Hope he really enjoys this year at school!
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    Freshmen on AROTC Ranger Team

    My son was the Commander of the Ranger Team at his school last year. Figured I would ask him the question. His answer.... In order to be ranked, you have to follow the officially have to have AT LEAST one MSI on the team. He also said that it's left up to the person leading the team and/or...
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    Holiday leave during BOLC

    Thanks for the info! It's also considered a PCS move for the IBOLC. I was just hoping that he got to come home for Christmas.
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    Holiday leave during BOLC

    Thank you for the information. He hasn't started yet so we have no idea about his schedule.
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    Holiday leave during BOLC

    How does the holiday leave work when one is at BOLC? As Infantry BOLC is so long, my son will be at Infantry BOLC at Fort Benning for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I heard that they do get leave for the holidays. I would love to find out how this works. Would love to be able to fly him home...
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    ROTC Housing Choice

    I just looked up the last payment that was deposited into my son's checking account for the last 3 semesters for R&B. As he has graduated and commissioned, this past spring was the last of his scholarship money. My son was at University of Florida. His last 3 direct deposits for the housing...
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    ROTC Housing Choice

    The school doesn't rebate the extra money, it's paid directly to the cadet. Unlike tuition, when you use it for R&B it's really more of a reimbursement kind of thing as it's paid so late in the fall semester. We had friends with kids at all different schools in Florida, both public and private...
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    ROTC Housing Choice

    I didn't mean it in an offensive way. Just wanted others to know that it's not always the $5,000 no matter what. They always pay it directly to the cadet. Actually reimburse seems to be more like it!
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