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?

Comments

[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...