Deferring Commitment

There are lots of threads dealing with this topic that you may want to look at. Keep in mind that the purpose of NROTC is to prepare midshipmen to become junior officers in the unrestricted line, which means a bachelor's degree. Anything else is an exception. And the needs of the Navy will always come first. For law school, an educational deferral would be extremely rare from everything I have read. Most JAG officers are direct commissions after law school, so it wouldn't make a lot of sense to give a deferral for law school.

For graduate school, it may be possible, if there is a benefit to the Navy and manpower needs allow it. For example, my DS' major at is school has a program that allows the student to earn a Master's degree with one additional year in school. It is a tier 1 major that could be of a benefit to the Navy. The way it works is the mid graduates and is commissioned. Their duty station is the school and they receive their O-1 pay, but do not receive tuition assistance. His first year at school 3 mids in this major applied for the educational deferral and all received it. Last year 2 or 3 applied and none got it. DS was also just telling me word is the Navy is changing the service rules on these deferrals where I believe the person would owe an additional 2 years active duty for each year of deferral.
 
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