2/C: Does Study Abroad hurt my chances for Pilot? NROTC

alboul23

alboul23

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Good evening ladies and gentleman,

I'm looking to confirm some gouge I saw for AFROTC where pilot wannabes are discouraged from junior spring semester study abroad. Does this carry for NROTC? Talked to some cadre and they said it wouldn't hurt my commanders ranking, but you know what they say, out of sight out of mind. Spring will be my last semester before service assignment and I don't want to shoot myself in the foot after the last couple years of effort.

I already did my ASTB and scheduled my PRK for the winter break, so I'm mostly only worried about getting behind my peers in rankings or that kind of thing. If there's anything I'm not thinking about or I should be considering, I'd love to hear from your experience.

V/R
 
@alboul23 Just for curiosity and as it may help others how will you complete your Military science training if taking a semester abroad in the Spring means you will miss your ROTC training that semester in NROTC - will you "double up" in a semester or does NROTC not have regimented needs of 8 semesters of progressive training toward a military science minor and commissioning? or are you on a 4.5 or 5 year plan? thanks.
 
@nrotcmid23 has it right. Take the study abroad opportunity.

Out of sight, out of mind meant something before modern day communications. Take the initiative and generate a plan for your time abroad that speaks to things that are important to your NROTC career - PT, professional military education, communication skills.

Are there military relevant opportunities while you are abroad? Military historic sites? Submit a trip report related to any kind of visit like this (demonstrate your writing skills). What's your PT plan? Self-administer a PFA (it won't count, but shows the unit staff you take your fitness obligations seriously). Professional reading while overseas? That can be challenging outside your normal course load, but again will show the unit this is not a complete boondoggle for you. Once you have that plan, meet with you LT adviser and present it. Ask for feedback. Establish a periodicity to send an email update back to him/her (more demonstration of communication skills).

Enjoy!
 
Have you looked into Project GO? It's ONLY for ROTC cadets and can be done over the summer. In fact, applications just opened today! And not sure about NROTC, but for AF ROTC it counts as a professional development opportunity.
 
Herman_Snerd said:
@alboul23 Just for curiosity and as it may help others how will you complete your Military science training if taking a semester abroad in the Spring means you will miss your ROTC training that semester in NROTC - will you "double up" in a semester or does NROTC not have regimented needs of 8 semesters of progressive training toward a military science minor and commissioning? or are you on a 4.5 or 5 year plan? thanks.
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I joined as a sophomore, so for the classes I missed Freshman year, I just doubled up. Ive heard similar things about this.
 
Go Dores! said:
@nrotcmid23 has it right. Take the study abroad opportunity.

Out of sight, out of mind meant something before modern day communications. Take the initiative and generate a plan for your time abroad that speaks to things that are important to your NROTC career - PT, professional military education, communication skills.

Are there military relevant opportunities while you are abroad? Military historic sites? Submit a trip report related to any kind of visit like this (demonstrate your writing skills). What's your PT plan? Self-administer a PFA (it won't count, but shows the unit staff you take your fitness obligations seriously). Professional reading while overseas? That can be challenging outside your normal course load, but again will show the unit this is not a complete boondoggle for you. Once you have that plan, meet with you LT adviser and present it. Ask for feedback. Establish a periodicity to send an email update back to him/her (more demonstration of communication skills).

Enjoy!
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Etching this into a stone tablet to carry with me at all times, thank you for the advice Go Dores!!
 
jaglvr said:
Have you looked into Project GO? It's ONLY for ROTC cadets and can be done over the summer. In fact, applications just opened today! And not sure about NROTC, but for AF ROTC it counts as a professional development opportunity.
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I have, and it looks amazing. Unfortunately a big reason why I am taking the abroad is to gain fluency in french, and project GO is almost entirely strategic languages. So unless I wanted to start over with Mandarin, Arabic, or Portugese, Im kind of out of luck.
 
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