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For Army ROTC, the APFT (the test of situps, pushups, 2 mile run) is given monthly. Increasingly this year, those who do not pass after three or four tries are dropped from the program, whether on Scholarship, or not on scholarship.
Total time commitment will be 10-15 hours per week, not counting homework time for the one ROTC academic class. There will be one or two weekend Field Training Exercises (FTX) per year in the nearby mountains or field somewhere, with tents, etc.. The Battalion will have a couple of fund raising events, as well as a couple of social events.
Your DS will have the opportunity to volunteer for Ranger Challenge, a physical fitness/skills contest between Battalions. That adds two mornings per week to the time commitment... let's say 5 hours add'l. The team trains for about 6-8 weeks, then joins other Battalions on a Saturday for the competition. This is repeated in Spring. To sign a Contract, a cadet must either be starting a scholarship year, or his/her MSIII year. A cadet may not enter into the Contract until the start of a Scholarship year (in your DS case, Sophomore year for an 3 Yr. AD), or before the MSIII year.
AROTC, like NROTC. doesn't care who is on scholarship, and who isn't. Everybody does the same thing. The only difference is that summer after MSI (freshman) year, your DS will not qualify for a couple fo summer programs (like CULP) b/c he hasn't signed his Contract yet.
For Army ROTC, the APFT (the test of situps, pushups, 2 mile run) is given monthly. Increasingly this year, those who do not pass after three or four tries are dropped from the program, whether on Scholarship, or not on scholarship.
Total time commitment will be 10-15 hours per week, not counting homework time for the one ROTC academic class. There will be one or two weekend Field Training Exercises (FTX) per year in the nearby mountains or field somewhere, with tents, etc.. The Battalion will have a couple of fund raising events, as well as a couple of social events.
Your DS will have the opportunity to volunteer for Ranger Challenge, a physical fitness/skills contest between Battalions. That adds two mornings per week to the time commitment... let's say 5 hours add'l. The team trains for about 6-8 weeks, then joins other Battalions on a Saturday for the competition. This is repeated in Spring. To sign a Contract, a cadet must either be starting a scholarship year, or his/her MSIII year. A cadet may not enter into the Contract until the start of a Scholarship year (in your DS case, Sophomore year for an 3 Yr. AD), or before the MSIII year.
AROTC, like NROTC. doesn't care who is on scholarship, and who isn't. Everybody does the same thing. The only difference is that summer after MSI (freshman) year, your DS will not qualify for a couple fo summer programs (like CULP) b/c he hasn't signed his Contract yet.
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