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Posted on 11/14/24 at 10:04 pm to armytiger96
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West Point is the correct answer but it's also a self fulfilling prophecy due to law of avg's as each class commissions a 1000 officers a year. My understanding is traditionally 1/3 of each class stays in for a full career which means and retire at LTC or above. My class currently has around 15 GOs
I see, makes complete sense.
This post was edited on 11/14/24 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 11/14/24 at 10:09 pm to GruntbyAssociation
What happened to the Old War Skul?
Posted on 11/14/24 at 10:24 pm to Bearded
Fully agree with this list. I’ve spent many years on MC recruiting duty and watched us source Marine Option ROTC scholarships to those schools in an order that would only differ slightly with posted list. We get 25% of every Naval academy class, or approx 275 per year (though 400ish apply to be Marine each year). A couple Marines from West Point and Colorado Springs each year.
I would never advise a kid to turn down an Academy appointment, but find the ROTC option to be a stellar opportunity to experience college and optimize academic experience, especially for boys.
If you have a 10th or 11th grader think they may be interested in a ROTC scholarship, start early and try to meet the “early board” timelines.
I would never advise a kid to turn down an Academy appointment, but find the ROTC option to be a stellar opportunity to experience college and optimize academic experience, especially for boys.
If you have a 10th or 11th grader think they may be interested in a ROTC scholarship, start early and try to meet the “early board” timelines.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:22 am to geauxpurple
War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
This post was edited on 11/15/24 at 1:23 am
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:29 am to Bearded
TAMU probably has a bigger rotc program than vmi or citadel enrollment. 
This post was edited on 11/15/24 at 1:29 am
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:38 am to Bearded
LSU ROTC here. I had lots of VMI and Citadel friends during my flying days. They were all good dudes. Strangely enough I don’t recall serving with any Aggie officers but I served with lots of Air Force Academy folks.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 7:27 am to Furious
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the A&M officers that I served with were certifiably weird,
You do realize you’re redundant right. You don’t need to say A&M and weird. They are the same thing.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:25 am to Sam Quint
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that's interesting. i didnt know that LSU had such a strong military background. really cool.
The war memorial on the Parade Ground is worth seeing. I have a relative listed that was KIA in WWII.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:34 am to BregmansWheelbarrow
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TAMU probably has a bigger rotc program than vmi or citadel enrollment.
don't believe ROTC and the corps of cadets are the same
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:45 am to 777Tiger
Tried to do the ROTC thing at AU, early 90's. Big reductions in force hit and they cut all the pilot slots. Told me my sophomore year no chance I would ever be a pilot.
Dropped ROTC grew my hair long and had fun in college. Found a way into the cockpit after college. Took me some time, but I made the 27 1/2 year old cut off to pilot training. Don't let a "no" stop you from your goal.
Wish I could find the Maj at AU that told me I had no chance of flying and
Dropped ROTC grew my hair long and had fun in college. Found a way into the cockpit after college. Took me some time, but I made the 27 1/2 year old cut off to pilot training. Don't let a "no" stop you from your goal.
Wish I could find the Maj at AU that told me I had no chance of flying and
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:56 am to Furious
Every aTm guy I encountered in USN and USNR were very good officers and good dudes off base/ship.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:43 am to slacker130
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. Big reductions in force hit and they cut all the pilot slots.
similar conditions when I was at LSU, they were telling everyone they were welcome in the Air Force but they weren’t getting pilot training, frick that noise, fortunately I stumbled upon the guard
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:42 pm to Bearded
With all those Aggie officers no wonder the military has gone woke.
I enjoyed Army ROTC at LSU. I was only in for a couple of years though. Got rejected at MEPS due to bad eyesight.
I enjoyed Army ROTC at LSU. I was only in for a couple of years though. Got rejected at MEPS due to bad eyesight.
This post was edited on 11/15/24 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:47 pm to TheFonz
I didn’t even know LSU had any military history or affiliation. Certainly couldn’t tell it these days and don’t seem to tout it much.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:51 pm to Coke Man
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I didn’t even know LSU had any military history or affiliation. Certainly couldn’t tell it these days and don’t seem to tout it much.
LSU started out as a military academy in 1860.
In the years just prior to World War II and during the war, LSU was one of the top schools producing officers for the military.
I think up until the mid-1960's all male students had to do at least two years of ROTC.
I was in the Corps of Cadets when they dedicated the war memorial on the parade grounds. GHW Bush was the keynote speaker. When he was shot down in WWII, one of the aircraft keeping patrol until his rescue was piloted by an LSU grad.
They need to put Troy Middleton's name back on the library. The decision to take it off was utter bullshite.
This post was edited on 11/15/24 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:02 pm to 777Tiger
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don't believe ROTC and the corps of cadets are the same
it's not the same, but there is overlap
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:07 pm to MAEFIELD
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but find the ROTC option to be a stellar opportunity to experience college and optimize academic experience, especially for boys.
other than maybe some sort of financial benefits, i've never understood the point of doing ROTC to get a USMC commission. we all go to OCS anyways. i guess the ROTC guys maybe just do the six week version as opposed to the ten weeks that i did, but is four years of ROTC really worth it for four less weeks of OCS?
i had fun in college as a 100% civilian, and i got commissioned just the same as the ROTC and Corps of Cadets guys.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:45 pm to Sam Quint
I wasn’t ROTC either. The draw is a full ride to a potentially really good school with only a 4 year service obligation…pretty strong ROI. For example, out of state tuition to A&M is 40k/year. In state is about a third of that, so for out-of-staters, that’s a great ROI. Sent a number of kids to Rice too, a really good but expense school. The benefit of ROTC, at least in my view, is one gets the full college experience paid for to be a Marine.
I was a frat guy who went into the Corps after college, but had nearly a dozen ROTC brothers who had a great college experience. They prolly also benefitted from the Gunny putting a foot in their arse if they missed class. Win-win to me.
I was a frat guy who went into the Corps after college, but had nearly a dozen ROTC brothers who had a great college experience. They prolly also benefitted from the Gunny putting a foot in their arse if they missed class. Win-win to me.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 1:59 pm to Bearded
Centenary College doesn't have ROTC. But in the 1860 graduation ceremonial week a feature was the annual debate between the top 2 literary societies (what we now call fraternities.) Debate topic was: "The South should secede from the Union." Halfway through the debate the crowd broke out in fist fights. Graduation debates were never held again. Very sad.
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