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ROTC: Unless things have changed, you apply to Marine option, or Navy option, or Navy-Nurse option for a NROTC scholarship from HS, when you apply to NROTC. And different boards decide who is awarded those scholarships. While in NROTC you can apply to transfer from Navy to Marine option or I...

Sad news from Sheppard AFB. The U.S. Air Force identified the instructor pilot who died after his ejection seat activated while on the ground at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls on Monday. The USAF said Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot with the 80th Operations Support...

@Capt MJ @unkown1961 @LT360 @AF6872 Advice has been terrific and is appreciated - thank you. We are likely now going around the weekend of June 8th, just for a few days. Maybe avoid the tourist rush and hottest points of the summer. Finding some great airfare deals through both newark...

Some terrific / informative posts above. @USMAcandidate2031. Where can you in your future application really differentiate yourself / stand out as a scholar, athlete, leader - on the athletic pitch/ with your team, in the classroom, as a leader in organizations and your school, as a volunteer...

Appreciate your sharing additional perspective here - Great points - I just feel bad for those who specifically want to be a pilot in the navy and beyond, and hope they'll get all certs/ hours/training to do so in the Navy, but end up on a sub, or in a SWO/ NFO position. For sure, there is...

You want honest responses, right? My recommendations for you would be to: 1. Clarify your goals. If you wish to be an officer in the Air Force/ armed services, then that's great. You don't have to go to USAFA to do so. 2. Pick courses in which you will excel in your junior year. Why if you...

This post implies pilot slots are first offered and available to those commissioning via USAFA, and any slots left, the table scraps so to speak, "move down" to AFROTC / OTS sources. I'm curious what makes you think this is how this works, and if I may ask - since when? What rough time of...

I do not believe your scholarship will activate until any DQ is waived. I believe you need to meet all standards, pass a PRT, and had to have previously passed a DODMERB series of exams (physical, ophthalmic exam. Do you intend to be awarded a scholarship and use it at college, starting in...

A pdf copy of your medical records has been requested. Why not simply provide it. If your care team cannot provide a PDF, is there anyone in your family that has a fax number that is secure/ you can receive a fax at? If so, receive the fax, scan it as a PDF at home or at staples, then Email it...

Some participants in ROTC select an Aeronautics major, which in essence is like a professional flight program in providing a solid foundation in aviation, but differs in that there are no hours in flight nor flight certs earned. It's also different in that it's not an an engineering degree...

Were this one of my DDs, I would recommend staying in the sports for continuity, and utilizing the time management "while you're in there" approach that my active in HS DS took his upperclass years. Meaning, while you're already warmed up, dressed in athletic gear, on a pitch/field/track, then...

I think some level of water/ fire protection is ideal - a simple but quality document sized plastic folder that can protect (available at Staples etc.), kept in a small safe that closes to provide at least some protection from fire and placed in a location you can grab and go if you need to exit...

recommendation is to confirm the official medication accpetable timelines with DODMERB directly for potentially DQing medications like Accutane or an ADHD medication. Sites like University of Kansas Army ROTC official site seem to indicate that accutane being stopped for a shorter window, and...

What branch? Were you enlisted prior to training to be an officer/ getting a path to commission and serve as an officer through Norwich ROTC? Your time in ROTC does not count as active duty, regardless of whether you were on scholarship, unless you were in the SMP simultaneous member program...

Actually, no, they don't. I apologize, stand corrected and updated the post. Thanks for the heads-up. There are approx 245 Navy T-6Bs serving the Chief of Naval Air Training at NAS Whiting Field and NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. Six additional T-6B aircraft are stationed at the U.S. Navy Test...

ah, ok. A rising 1/c is heading into their final year of NROTC training before commissioning, and will attend a first class cruise before starting their 1/c year. You have general phase dates - Any specific dates, cruise length, type of location or port/location for one midshipman in any...

Not likely. There is an application and background check as part of the process that take time. Background check takes months if not longer. CAC cards are not issued at NSI. (Others can correct me as needed but timing needed doesn’t add up to do so. “Getting Your Common Access Card (CAC)...

It's a milestone anniversary year for my wife and I, and I'm looking into a long weekend trip for just us (not incl the kids - rare for us) to Rome or Ireland in July or August. Short one - like 4 days/ 3 nights since she is apprehensive about international travel but wants to go. Each...

I'm puzzled as to why this conversation is taking in the middle of this thread, but, I'll try to help. What is his DODMERB status - DQ? If so, at present your son does not meet medical standards to participate nor for his scholarship to be activated. Until he clears, he will not attend NSI or...

Just to share, any specific dates, cruise length, type of location (NAS or vessel) or port/location for one midshipman may vary from yours. It's not like Cortramid East et al. which is more easy to confirm./extrapolate. You'll receive the details in your orders, which may come to you with as...