Don’t have much sympathy there. The first thing you are told is that you WILL be put in harm’s way. My DS certainly has.
But my point is that when kids are talked into going ROTC for the $ they inevitably drop out. Then they are left with a bill from the school they can’t pay, lost the ability to get aid only available to Freshman,and can’t go to another cheaper school because the first school won’t release their transcript until the bill is paid.
And that is the best case scenario. If the student drops ROTC after signing their contract they either 1) have to pay every cent back or 2) immediately start serving a period of years as enlisted personnel. Their branch of the service determines which. Not the student.
If they are made to pay back the $ the government is extremely aggressive about getting paid. And they still can’t finish school due to $.
ROTC is a wonderful program for creating officers that want to serve their country. But it is not a means to pay for college.
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