nrotc medical leave of absence--how long?

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navette

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My son, who was on a 4-year NROTC scholarship, was put on MLOA during his senior year of college. He has since graduated but is not commissioned and receives no pay or benefits from the Navy. He checks in with his old NROTC unit on a regular basis and submits his BUMED paperwork through the unit, but has no direct contact with BUMED. He is in limbo--the Navy won't make a decision about whether he can serve, and he can't apply for "career" jobs or graduate school because the Navy could decide at any time to call him up for active duty. Is there a limit for how long the Navy can take to decide whether to commission him?
 
navette said:
My son, who was on a 4-year NROTC scholarship, was put on MLOA during his senior year of college. He has since graduated but is not commissioned and receives no pay or benefits from the Navy. He checks in with his old NROTC unit on a regular basis and submits his BUMED paperwork through the unit, but has no direct contact with BUMED. He is in limbo--the Navy won't make a decision about whether he can serve, and he can't apply for "career" jobs or graduate school because the Navy could decide at any time to call him up for active duty. Is there a limit for how long the Navy can take to decide whether to commission him?
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May I ask how you re-instate a scholarship when you have a MLOA?
 
Your cadre does it after your medical waiver folks authorize it. They will only do so, when the conditions of the MLOA have been met...in lay terms...when you are cleared for full and unrestricted activities.:wiggle:
 
navette said:
…” he can't apply for "career" jobs or graduate school because the Navy could decide at any time to call him up for active duty. “
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Very respectfully, yes he can and should explore plans b, c,d for his future including a full time career or grad school as he likes as there is risk he will not be cleared / ever serve. Until then he should of course move forward without pause with his military path paperwork and pursue a restoration, stay mentally and physically fit, But I’d say get his resume out. If he gets a job and it works out for the navy in 1,6,22 Months then off he goes to the navy. IN fact in many states / arenas he will have a preferential advantage to get hired with his inactive or exact reserve status. He’s in his prime and should be moving forward not sitting in neutral if he can avoid it. Good luck.
 
I also agree; he should be fully applying to grad schools, jobs etc. Worse thing that can happen is he 1) defers/rejects grad school if he gets called to active duty, or 2) he quits his civilian job when called up because he has another job..the navy! If he does get called up, not one will really care in 6 years why he did a job only for XYZ months before he joined the navy full time... because the answer will be he joined the navy full time!
 
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