Best ROTC programs

Hard to quantify given cadre changes. My school always won the MacArthur Award but had a ton of cadre and G2G types from the local post (Ranger/SF types). That definitely helped. We were a SMALL school.

I think schools near large active training bases tend to be better. School size doesn't matter.
 
Agree with the access to training bases. Would have been nice to have a STX lane within one hour. We had 3-4 hour drive to Fort McCoy. We did get the Wisconsin Guard to fly us by helo once, so that only took an hour or so.

Also, does the university support ROTC in a similar way to athletes? Does ROTC have their own gym and or workout facilities? If no, do they have access to athlete only facilities? Does the university provide an ROTC living community similar to the Honors College? Does the ROTC unit have access to an obstacle course and or area for combat fitness tests?

I often tell prospective cadets that ROTC is a similar time commitment as a D3 athlete, so it makes sense that one would want to attend a university that treats cadets like athletes.
 
JohnGalt78 said:
TITLE 10 OF THE US CODE: “The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that a graduate of a senior military college who desires to serve as a commissioned officer on active duty upon graduation from the college, who is medically and physically qualified for active duty, and who is recommended for such duty by the professor of military science at the college, shall be assigned to active duty.”
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Do you know if Title 10 will get you around the hurdles with a Minuteman scholarship if the cadet wishes to go AD? I knew of a few cadets who cold not get a release from the NG or Resrves to go AD.
Several cadets at my son's SMC have taken a MM scholarship not knowing that it is very difficult but no impossible to go AD.
 
banjoppd said:
Do you know if Title 10 will get you around the hurdles with a Minuteman scholarship if the cadet wishes to go AD? I knew of a few cadets who cold not get a release from the NG or Resrves to go AD.
Several cadets at my son's SMC have taken a MM scholarship not knowing that it is very difficult but no impossible to go AD.
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Probably very difficult. That’s why I caution people taking a GFRD scholarship unless that’s what they want (not only what’s available). I knew nurses on AD scholarship who wanted reserves and they needed a GO signature for approval/waiver. This might be similar.

Not saying it can’t happen but there is no streamlined process for it.

However, look at the bright side. As a GFRD officer you can likely pick your branch. Also, given the slightly higher OPTEMPO now with the Ukraine situation, there are a lot of ADOS opportunities.

I know guys who have either sat on AGR or ADOS orders for most of their career. For lots of reservists (I know SSGs clearing 200k), these orders are a hit to their pay so they aren’t always competitive.

Logistics branches have the best mission opportunities in the guard/reserve IMO or Civil Affairs.
 
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To get a Minute Man you are counseled in writing that you will not be able to go active duty (Or at least you are supposed to be). If the recruiter or ROO didn’t make that abundantly clear, they aren’t doing their job. That being said the Army may need active duty numbers in the coming years, so those Cadets may get lucky.

title 10 is great, but if you are a decent Cadet you’ll get active if you want it. At our program we usually have one or two Cadets each year not get the active duty, who wanted it. There is never a surprise as to why.
 
Daisy12 said:
Should have mentioned he is interested in a small or midsize school. He does not want classes with several hundred students in them. He would prefer East Coast.
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I'm currently in the Morehead state ROTC program in eastern Kentucky and Its an amazing program, everything from cadre to the cadets in the program its all amazing and Morehead in a very small college in Appalachia everything on campus is only a 10 minute walk and ROTC cadet get a 2400 dollar room waiver provided from the school also. id be happy to answer any questions if you have any!
 
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