Since 5th grade my son has dreamed of being in the Army, he elected to attend an all boys military high school and then applied and won a 3 year ROTC scholarship and now is in his senior year at a Military school. He has been a medic in the Cadet program at school and subsequently was exposed and contracted COVID twice and each time he also got pneumonia. This last summer he went to advanced camp and during his medical review they noticed he was coughing a lot and sent him home with instructions to be evaluated. We brought him to a doctor and basically said his lungs are damaged to the extent that he is more prone to getting pneumonia and bronchitis. His military command believes that he will get medically disqualified from commissioning, which really upset my Son. He has submitted his paperwork recently with all of his doctors notes. My question is that if they do medically disqualify him, will they expect repayment?
Medically Disqualified
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I am making an assumption that when your son first applied for AROTC and completed his medical paperwork, he filled everything out as accurately as he could. Assuming this current medical condition was not discovered until now, there should not be a requirement to repay the tuition.
Yes he completed his paperwork, and he was in good health. His current issues are a direct result of COVID.
He is obviously upset, but it looks like he has alternatives. He majored in linguistics and can speak Arabic and Pashtu, he said that two three letter agencies have reached out to him. They told him that they do not have the same restrictions the Army has.. He is still hoping they will not DQ him, but it looks like he has options if they do
He is obviously upset, but it looks like he has alternatives. He majored in linguistics and can speak Arabic and Pashtu, he said that two three letter agencies have reached out to him. They told him that they do not have the same restrictions the Army has.. He is still hoping they will not DQ him, but it looks like he has options if they do
Hope these alternative ways to serve his country pan out if he is disqualified. Homeland and National Security agencies are becoming viable options for those wishing to serve their country. And for those in college, they offer significant scholarship opportunities. See for example:
https://public.cyber.mil/cw/cdp/dcysp/. And https://apply.intelligencecareers.gov/student-programs?agency=NSA
