Army ROTC Stipend pay dates

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cadet44

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I am a contracted 4 year cadet and am still waiting on my first stipend pay. Does anyone know when that will come? I contracted in late Sept.
 
If you contracted late September the paperwork may have not made it in time for the 10/15 pay period. Talk to your unit, but it could be as simple as you missed the cut off day for the mid-month pay period.
 
Do they pay twice a month? My DD got her first stipend and it was a strange amount. It was somewhere between a half and a full month's payment.

The good thing is that her scholarship money for tuition got paid to the school so all those big invoices we were getting went way down and she paid the balance of her room and board with a debit card.
 
My DS got his and it was a strange amount too. He told me it added up; books, all of September and half of October. I was under the impression it was only paid once a month though.
 
They get paid on the 1st and the 15th just like Active Duty.
 
OBTW if the 1st or the 15th land on a weekend than you will get paid on the Friday prior to that date.
Your 1st and last stipend will also typically be pro-rated. For example you contracted on September 23rd, than you will only get paid for 7 days of September. If the last official day of school in May is the 10th, than they will pay you for only 10 days, not the full mid-month amount.
 
I'm not complaining as the Army is very generous with the assistance they provide for our young scholarship recipients. While prorating based on the dates school is in session, it seems like the initial stipend should be retroactive to the beginning of the school year rather than the contracting date in the event the cadet completes all the requirements APFT, contracting forms, etc. at the earliest possible date. My DD was in school a couple weeks prior to the start for athletics and thus was available, but nothing ROTC related started until after the first day of classes. Not a big deal, just my opinion.
 
Little confused here. You state that she was there for athletics, but school had yet started. ROTC started after the 1st day of classes, which means if she passed her PFA at the 1st opportunity which is usually within the 1st few days, she would have been retro paid to the day she signed her commitment papers.

If I am correct she was there weeks early for an athletic program, not to attend school and get her degree, nor to train as a future officer. Why should they pay if her only reason to be at school before it started was her commitment to sports? They did not ask her to be part of any athletic team as a requirement to be in ROTC, did they?

Not trying to be rude, but that was her decision, not theirs, thus, impo, they should not be on the hook for it. Now if you said that they didn't give them their PFA until weeks after classes started than I am with you, but that is not the case you stated.

Think about how much they pay out in stipends per yr. Assume just 1000 cadets as 1st yrs, and you are talking about 4 million a yr in stipends alone, add books, and tuition, and you are way into the multi millions, now multiply that by 4 (4 yrs of school) and you can see why they say, nope no money until you contract and we don't care if your school makes you show up early, be it for freshmen orientation or a sports requirement.
 
Pima,

Sorry if I wasn't clear. My point was that it seemed like ROTC related activities could have started prior to the start of classes like they are at some colleges but they were not. I believe the first PFT was given about a week into classes and a lot of the pre-contracting paperwork wasn't distributed until about that time and I think she also had to do an interview prior to being contracted which happened about 3 weeks in. So, none of this scheduling was under her control. She wanted to get contracted from day 1 and was willing and ready to do so. My point about mentioning that athletics starting early is that it seems like ROTC could similarly require scholarship students to show up early to get a jump on things. Her being in sports did not delay her involvement in ROTC in any way. I wasn't trying to say she should have been paid from the time she showed up for sports. Again, it is a very minor peeve so take it all with a grain of salt.
 
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