I had 2 friends that their DH came home one day and announced: Guess what I honey, I just joined the AF, and will be going to flight school! OBTW I report to OCS next month!
No lie, their DH's had careers, and gave them up to go into the AF. At least you guys were in the AF, and he discussed it with you first, for them he signed on the dotted line without telling her at all.
One got divorced after his 1st tour, the other is still married and he is now an O6.
For all those going scholarship, remember to copy every correspondence and keep that file for the 4 yrs. You never know if there will be an issue in the future. For non-scholarship, do the same once contracted. Even at 18 memories fail, and by keeping the correspondences you will not only have the date, but the contact person for reference.
For those that converted their Type 7 4 yr to Type 2 3 yr., remember to keep an eye on that DoDMERB exam, it is only valid for 2 yrs. If you applied AFA, and took it in the summer of your rising SR yr in HS, it could fall out before you contract, and that will be an issue.
Every yr for the past few yrs. there has been a cadet on this site with contracting issues (pay) because of:
~~ Paperwork issues
~~ DoDMERB exam was past the 2 yr marker when they contracted.
AFROTC will get it corrected, but the problem is you can't contract, and if you can't contract the college will have no record of the scholarship. Traditionally, colleges will lock the students account, which means they can't register for spring classes; usually occurs in mid-Oct. To have it unlocked may mean you need to come to the table with money that you did not plan for when they left back in Aug. They will also not get a stipend. Eventually they will get the back pay, but it is just another stressor on the cadet because they have to spend time working it out with the 1st shirt and AFROTC HQ, on top of the fact that they planned on that as spending money to survive.
One last tip. Many people will laminate their SS card. AFROTC will not accept laminated SS cards for contracting. If you have done this, go now and order a new card.