Naval ROTC

<p>Taffy, hurry up and post one more time. You're probably not superstitious but I'm a little worried for ya.</p>

<p>OskiWow:
see, the thing is i WANT to be a navy officer. if the NROTC programs, and the navy won't lead me to what i want to do, then how are those navy officers doing what i want to do? i dont understand..does tha tmake sense?my question?
hmm...maybe i should think this over. this really screws up my plans..i have to go talk to the navy officer again. maybe he took a different route.</p>

<p>taffy:
i can't be a pilot. i dont have perfect eyesight.. i was just using the aviation part as an example. my appologies.</p>

<p>It seems to me that you aren't too sold on actually being a Naval Officer. The NROTC programs are not a cake walk, you really need to want it to make it through. It seems to me that you are more concerned with majoring in sports med than becoming an officer. If becoming an officer isnt the first thing on your list of needs, it is going to be difficulttrying to motivate yourself through the programs, whether it be NROTC or USNA (much more difficult).</p>

<p>Midn 4/c Christian</p>

<p>My S is in NROTC. If you do NROTC in college, you receive a commission to be a Naval officer upon graduation. There is a choice as to where you go but initially the choices are limited to Aviation, Submarines or Surface Warfare I believe. Your stats, data, and recommendations are sent in to a national ranking board and what you are assigned depends on your ranking. After you have served out your initial obligation in one of those 3 areas, you can extend your commission and request assignment to more specialized areas. The idea is that everybody's first tour is dedicated to learning to be a Junior Officer.</p>