http://www.army.mil/article/113856/
Interesting read, lots of changes coming very quickly. Best of luck to the younger generations.
Interesting read, lots of changes coming very quickly. Best of luck to the younger generations.
It looks like AROTC has increased their budgets during this time of sequestration, unlike other ROTC programs that are feeling the pinch. Maybe Army had the better Poker hand at the table.
On air fares alone, I should think CC would save money by moving it from WA to KY. On the fares from FL, VA, CA the savings averaged $1,600, cilvilian rate. 5 out of 6 SMC are on the East coast, so is my DS.
One question I had concerned the CIET that would take place for every cadet between the Freshman and Sophomore year. Will this include both Contracted and Non-Contracted cadets. Given that non-contracted cadets have no obligation to stay with ROTC until their Junior year, it seems spending that much money to send them all to this training could be risky.
It looks like AROTC has increased their budgets during this time of sequestration, unlike other ROTC programs that are feeling the pinch. Maybe Army had the better Poker hand at the table.
The additional summer training will also interfere with full time summer research and internships expected for many of the STEM majors.
No OML points are currently given for most of these full time summer research and engineering internships that Chemistry and Engineering majors participate unless they are through Cadet Command. It is just a bullet point on their accessions packet.
They [STEM majors] will still have their sophomore to junior year summer to participate in [full time] internships and research if they so desire. .
How would they do that Junior year considering the uncertainty of LDAC dates? It would seem almost impossible. With the longer anticipated LDAC, I'm not sure you could fit an internship in even if you could hand select your LDAC dates.
This change apparently includes an increase of total MS Credit hours...though I may be misinterpreting the 'Transforming the Curriculum' slide. I wonder how many cadets 104R will go from 8 to 9 semesters to graduate. This may result in a longer ADSO from the cadet for the additional semester of scholarship tuition.
I would be surprised if increased funding is available for all these changes.....increased summer training, Active Duty cadre, ........When does Major General Smith PCS or Retire? Some are good ideas but with the current funding constraints we shall see.
And THAT summer after Jr. year internship is critical for cadets set on Reserves or Guard who plan to pursue a technical civlilian career after college.
So clearly, some implementation issues will still need to be worked out, as always.
Another question is, what of the 3-Year AD winners? Are they obligated to go, despite not having been contracted yet?One question I had concerned the CIET that would take place for every cadet between the Freshman and Sophomore year. Will this include both Contracted and Non-Contracted cadets. Given that non-contracted cadets have no obligation to stay with ROTC until their Junior year, it seems spending that much money to send them all to this training could be risky.
This is a great point. Those commuting to AROTC from other colleges may not have all the credits accepted at their own college.