Also is it true that in your contract that if you are in the ROTC program and attending College that you are not going to be sent to war?  For some reason that does'nt sound true.
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I think that serving your country is an admirable thing to do.\n\nIf you're attending college and are in training, you will not be sent to war.  You're training.  Unless something terribly dire happened and a draft had to be reinstated, you won't be sent to war if you're in college ROTC.
487614
Sally's answer is incorrect....kind of....because the military is voluntary and your service to the US is contingent to the contract that you signed prior to enlisting.....YOU choose the job you want.  If you don't get offered what you want....you don't sign.  So you choose a (it's called an MOS in the army don't know about the AF) job in the culinary field....basically a cook.....for the reserves your options are limited to what's in the area but again....if you don't find what you want, you don't sign the contract....Here's the kind of part...you'll train to be a cook and in the reserves if you are proactive enough (you know 'the sqweeky wheel gets the oil" )you can take advantage of different 'schools', 'training' and 'apprenticeships'  the military has to offer....BUT if they need you out on the lines to cook for the servicemen fighting, they'll put you there regardless of what your career path may be.
213413
I used to be in JROTC in High School and it was cool also. I joined the Navy right after I graduated......heh. Umm you lose a lot of your freedoms. If your family member gets hurt or even a close friend you have to put in paper work and ask permission to visit. As they can say no. It is NOTHING LIKE TV!!!!!!There are @$$holes, dirty people, ignorant people....it is ridicilous. And once again your freedom is signed away.\n\nOnce you sign those papers...your life is in their hands for 4 years. Make sure you don't want to go to college.\n\nI saw a lot of my friends smoke weed so they could get kicked out because it isn't like anyone expects it to be. \n\nThe cadets you are in may be nice, but the military is not meant to be nice. Think about it.
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well.. if you don't care about your benefits, and don't plan on coming back in the military... then no... it simply means that you are unqualified for military service... Now the truth is it is usually associated with some sort of physical or moral disqualification.  \n\nMany employers ask if you've ever served in the military and if so did you receive an Honorable Discharge... a General Discharge is considered the same as a Less Than Honorable discharge. What a future employer may or may not do with this information is up to them I suppose... but that is the only effect that I can see in a RE-4 w/ General Discharge.
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Well I think if an institution of higher learning receives funding from the government, they are absolutely required to allow ROTC or military recruiters on to campus. The argument presented by FAIR was that the presence of ROTC and military recruiters violated their first amendment rights. It's a preposterous argument that is rooted in an antipathy towards the military but the problem is that the military did not create their policies that they had a problem with (like "dont ask, dont tell") congress did. \n\nStudents and faculty are allowed too demonstrate and protest military presence on campus if they want too (and, trust me, they do) but recruiters are allowed to be there as well. They are considered outsiders, no different from businessmen who come onto campus for hiring purposes at job fairs. Students are not obligated to join or participate. They are not obligated to follow the policies of the military. Those who do, volunteered knowing full well what they were signing up for. For example, I dont see anybody calling for companies that have third world sweat shops to be kicked out of job fairs. \n\nThe idea that you can kick out or ban an organization that has no effect on you simply because you don't like their policies is preposterous. Which is why the Supreme Court unanimously ruled 8-0 in favor of keeping ROTC and recruiters on campus.
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Usually when colleges say something, they mean it. Accepted or not, they have the right and ability to withdraw their offer.\n\nI don't know how strict this particular school is, but it's definitely something to worry about.
412618
Frist please understand that merley joining ROTC for the air force does not mean you will get a private piolots license,\nSome units offer lower cost training or work closely with local Civil Air Patrol for lower cost usage of a plane.\n\nNext very few people are accepted into the pilot training program, the testing and requirements are very tough.\n\nBut military people have a great social life, have no idea who said they did nto.
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I can't speak for everyone in the military...But I can tell you that my recruiter was completely honest.  He said that basic freakin' sucked, but graduation was one of the best  days of his life.  And everyone should know that when the enlist they're opening themselves up for the possibility of going to war....If they're too dumb to know that then it's not the recruiters fault if they have a bad experience in the military- it's their own.
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the only moves the military pays for are  pcs  permanent change  of  station. and they will move you back to your hometown after   you finish your time. they dont pay when you decide to leave the service member. thats on you to foot the bill not them. the service member isnt moving so they dont care
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Sorry, four years is the shortest for those branches (and that's active, you then have 4 years inactive reserve).  You can take college courses in the service and they pay for everything.  (Your GI Bill is saved for when you get out).  It wouldn't make sense to have a two year contract.  Lets take the Marines for example.  You have boot camp and after graduation you have MCT (Marine Combat Training), then you have A-school.  That's almost a year right there depending on your job and how long it took to class up in school.  They spend all that money and you serve for a year?  That's not going to happen.  Trust me, the time flies by!  If you're going to do, just bite the bullet and sign.
70504
If the college you will attend does not offer ROTC or AFROTC, contact the ROTC programs at nearby colleges to see if they offer reciprocal agreements so that you can attend just the ROTC portion at their school.
346718
ROTC will by far and away be the least complicated way to do it. There are other commissioning sources, but based on your situation - ROTC will be simpler. (P.S. The benefits/status for these sources are all identical - theonly one that may have more prestige - a Service Academy is not an option for you - so I'd go with the most available option for you).
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It is true, many recruits go to the military instead of college. But Kerry's statement implies more than just that.\n\nKerry's "joke" implied that people in the military are the ones who didn't study, who didn't work hard, and who didn't try to be smart. Basically, he implied that the military is the dumping ground or the graveyard of young failures; that it's where you get "stuck" if you don't do the right things. That is NOT true.\n\nThere are a lot of reasons a person might CHOOSE to go to the military instead of college. They may be very smart, but not have an interest in higher education at that point in their life. They may be joining the military to PAY for college. They may have interrupted their education because they felt the need to serve their country in a time of war. \n\nI've served in the military, and I'll be the first to admit that a lot of losers will try to join to get a guaranteed paycheck and a place to live. But they do not represent the majority of the men and women serving in the Armed Forces, as Kerry's "joke" implied.
411463
You get paid while you're serving and you do get a sign on bonus and financial ops to go to college. Actually you need to get your GED prior to enlisting and you can go to any community college and find out if they have a GED class you can take and find out from them when the next class begins and plan for your enlistment after you complete the GED. The military doesnt take anyone without a high school diploma since the rules and regulations have changed over the last 30 something years. Since the war is going they're using reservists so if you want to stay home and be in the military go in as a regular in the military there are far more benefits you can have and there's more ops to travel to other places too since reservists are the ones getting called right now. Check out your options right now, but get your GED first before you enlist. It's easier that way so it's less stress on you later on in case they changed the rules to save yourself from taking two steps back instead of going forward.
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It really is impossible to say one way or the other.  There is no way whether he could know for certain that he will not be deployed.  If someone guaranteed him that he won't go then they were lying ---  especially since he hasn't even finished tech school -- so he doesn't even have orders yet for his first assignment and won't have them until he is almost done with school.
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It depends on the university. Your best bet would be to contact the admissions office of the university and see if they have a policy regarding military training. You may be able to defer your acceptance (push it back a semester or a  year) so that you'll be able to fulfill your military obligation and then start college.
394852
You can get out during DEP.  Simply request to be released from your contract.  Your recruiter might freak out, but that's life.