research for AKOTAS

[scarfman]

When a JROTC enlistee graduates high school, does s/he ordinarily proceed directly to basic training or to college? If basic, does s/he proceed to college from there, to officer training, or to a tour of duty as an enlisted or non-com? How much choice does the enlistee get in where college/training/duty is assigned - in other words, does an involved couple have the opportunity to request the same college/posting, and if so how likely is one to get what one requested? Is "enlistee" the correct word for the post-high school ROTC officer candidate? What would their rank, or rank range, be after graduation, and what would it be while they were still in high school? If one is eighteen but also guardian of one's foster sibling till December when he turns eighteen, would one be posted to one's hometown or would one's posting be put off till 2007? If one won't be eighteen till August, what effect does that have on one's timetable?

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[antikythera.livejournal.com]

You should ask anything that can't be googled in little_details.

[scarfman]

Thanks for the tip.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

(Note: Assumptions are the United States armed forces programs.)

Participation in a JROTC program does not automatically incur an obligation to enlist in the armed services, as it is normally elective training course offered at some high schools in the US. Nor does it imply a requirement to attend a ROTC program at a specific college. High school graduates of a JROTC program may attend any college they wish, and participate (or not) in ROTC as they choose. So no worries about a couple staying together.

Should a student who has completed a JROTC course choose to enlist, they're usually given an advanced elistee rank (USAF Airman First Class forex)

Students attending a college ROTC program are almost always there because their armed service branch is sponsoring their education. They choose the college, but they have at least a two year service obligation after graduation. If someone applying for ROTC is the legal gaurdian of a sibling, I think their program advisor would have serious reservations about signing them up for the program in the first place, however.

If they became a legal guardian after being accepted to the program the situation becomes a bit fuzzier. In particular, if they're forced to drop from college ROTC, then they become obligated to pay for the years of education that their branch of the armed services has sponsored.

[scarfman]

Thanks for the details.

I think then it's fair to postulate Kay and Bedivere in AKOTAS's contemporary arc can be planning to attend Camelot University together, though Bedivere's recruiter on the development of the situation with Arthur probably suggested she not start till January when Arthur's no longer a minor. I bet Kay starts in the fall anyway...