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Active Military officers here? I could use your help/assistance/advice
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<blockquote data-quote="cowzrul" data-source="post: 1593875" data-attributes="member: 5353"><p>I am a retired Marine Corps Officer and my last assignment was as the Marine Officer Instructor at a large Naval ROTC Unit. Here is my advice...</p><p></p><p>Competition is very stiff so if she truly wants this apply to every commissioning program you feel comfortable with. Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, Naval ROTC, Air Force ROTC, and I truly am not familiar with what the Navy calls their stuff. I know it sounds absurd but I can even count how many stellar individuals I counseled that DIDN'T get selected for a program. My standards are high too. I was enlisted infantry for nine years before I switched to the dark side. Some of these "stellar" individuals wanted to be officers so bad the joined ROTC without any financial assistance. I am not sure if the Air Force or Army has it but NROTC does. So if your saying she doesn't initially need financial assistance this would be a good back-up plan to walk in off the street to the ROTC Unit (read NOT recruiter). No offense to any who may be on this board but an Enlisted Recruiter has ONE job! Fill quotas that can ship to boot camp and succeed. In the story you wrote above she needs to stay as far away from a recruiting office as possible. PERIOD!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowzrul, post: 1593875, member: 5353"] I am a retired Marine Corps Officer and my last assignment was as the Marine Officer Instructor at a large Naval ROTC Unit. Here is my advice... Competition is very stiff so if she truly wants this apply to every commissioning program you feel comfortable with. Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, Naval ROTC, Air Force ROTC, and I truly am not familiar with what the Navy calls their stuff. I know it sounds absurd but I can even count how many stellar individuals I counseled that DIDN'T get selected for a program. My standards are high too. I was enlisted infantry for nine years before I switched to the dark side. Some of these "stellar" individuals wanted to be officers so bad the joined ROTC without any financial assistance. I am not sure if the Air Force or Army has it but NROTC does. So if your saying she doesn't initially need financial assistance this would be a good back-up plan to walk in off the street to the ROTC Unit (read NOT recruiter). No offense to any who may be on this board but an Enlisted Recruiter has ONE job! Fill quotas that can ship to boot camp and succeed. In the story you wrote above she needs to stay as far away from a recruiting office as possible. PERIOD! [/QUOTE]
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