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re: How difficult is it to get your kid into a military service academy
Posted on 5/25/18 at 5:06 pm to baldona
Posted on 5/25/18 at 5:06 pm to baldona
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My point is simply that most people are better off going to ROTC through a normal university. Live and be a dumb 18-22 year old, with some military stuff on the side.
A couple of posts have stated that there is no difference between a rotc and an academy commission. Not true. If you intend to be career military an academy degree at Annapolis or West Point will get you a regular commission in Army or Marines, but rotc is a reserve commission and much more likely to be cut or passed over for promotion. I
I'm guessing AF works the same.
If you know any of this for sure, please chime in.
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Posted on 5/26/18 at 8:29 am to CajunPhil
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If you intend to be career military an academy degree at Annapolis or West Point will get you a regular commission in Army or Marines, but rotc is a reserve commission
Not 100% true. You are correct all Academy grads get regular commissions. ROTC ALSO gets SOME. ROTC cadets are selected for RA or Reserve competitively based on the remaining Congress allocated RA slots remaining for any given year group. I went to LSU on a full ROTC scholarship and got an RA commission upon graduation.
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