quick question; ROTC...
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My friends in Army ROTC won't be going to basic until after they graduate. The go to "field training" between junior and senior year, which is just an evaluation, not a boot camp.
J.
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Depends how you look at it. The summer field training could be considered the first formal training within ROTC, whereas the post-commissioning courses aren't necessarily so much boot camp (in the sense that they're already commissioned), as it is professional development training.
My friends in Army ROTC won't be going to basic until after they graduate. The go to "field training" between junior and senior year, which is just an evaluation, not a boot camp.
J.
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Depends how you look at it. The summer field training could be considered the first formal training within ROTC, whereas the post-commissioning courses aren't necessarily so much boot camp (in the sense that they're already commissioned), as it is professional development training.
In Army ROTC they have a summer 'advanced camp' which is betweeen Junior and Senior years. There is also a 'basic camp' between Sophomore and Junior years that is only necessary for those who did not undergo the first two years of ROTC or those competing for a scholarship after having already started the program.
hokiepilot
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You do not need to go through "basic training" or "boot camp" if going through ROTC. You do have "summer training" in all of the ROTCs. Each service if different. For Army AROTC, "Advance Camp" is typically between your Jr and Sr yrs out at Ft. Lewis, WA. AF holds their "Field Trng" typically between their So and Jr yrs for 4 weeks at one of a couple bases. Navy ROTC "midshipmen" go on "cruise" every summer they are on scholarship if I remember right.
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