I am naive in this arena, but let me ask..no flame throwing, how is a 1 week training at 18 impact the success 4 yrs later?
Additionally, they are not at a military installation, but a college correct? Is that not an assumption they all have the same rigor level at every college in the nation? A PFA is a PFA, but how hard they ride them for a week varies. I would assume, VT/TAMU/VMI/Citadel ride mids harder than UMDCP(GTown host?). Than again, maybe not...maybe UMDCP/GTown feels they have something to prove against SMCs.
As I stated, I get MO, that is more like AROTC, but Navy is more like AFROTC...rucking it is not part of life for the majority of them.
I have faith in the military...guess as a spouse of 20 yrs+, and now a Mom of an O1 I have to have it. Maybe the Navy is going to convert their program to be more like AFROTC for NROTC.
They may decide that for 17 grads, they will do the same at the sophomore yr marker. If I am correct, one big difference between the two, ALL NROTC mids must be scholarship when they enter their jr yr. AFROTC is they must be contracted...to contract you must attend summer field training. I would assume if I am correct, that is a huge savings for AF. My guesstimate is @25% of all AFROTC grads commission on scholarship. 100% were contracted with stipend, but 75% did not get tuition paid by AFROTCHQ. 100% like NROTC go AD.
Again, I might have it wrong, maybe NROTC is like AFROTC and contracts as a jr. so please no flaming. Please inform me and other posters how the system works. Do you have to have a scholarship by the end of your soph yr.?
If that is the case, would it be wrong to assume that NROTC would have to change their entire program due to fiscal issues they will face in the yrs to come?
Wasn't it a topic on AROTC threads that they changed their scholarships this yr to award more to 3 yrs instead of 4 yrs? Would it be wrong to assume the reason why is their own "weeding out" process from an ROI perspective.
ROI= Return On Investment. Scholarships are an investment in their eyes.