My dream job would be a para rescue men. I plan to goto college right out of high school to hopefuly a out of state school. My problem is paying for college. My best path would probably be to try to get Sometime of ROTCscholarship to pay for school. My first choice if not a shot at bein a para rescue men would be to be a Infantry Officer. I was wondering is there anyway that compares to a ROTC scholarship for enlisted men finicialy.
Why enlist when you can be an officer and make 3 times more? First off, PJs and infantry guys are from two different branches, so you gotta choose one or the other. Second, PJs are an enlisted-only jobs in the US Air Force. Up until recently, it was not available to officers at all.
Now they finally created and officer billet for PJs, and its called a Combat Rescue Officer, or CRO (as in the black bird) for short. Be aware though that not only is the training the same as an enlisted PJ (2 years of intense training with a 90% dropout rate), but that their are very very very few slots.
For instance, every year there are about 150 pilot slots given out to AFROTC which are pretty competetive to get. There are about 6 CRO slots per year. You have to be at the VERY top of your game, and I mean VERY top.
My recommendation is that of you wanna get a college education, then go into the Air Force afterwards with a different job, do it very well for a few years, and then cross-train into the CRO career field. It will be easier for you to get a slot, and if you can grunt it out… you have your maroon beret and have accomplished something only a handful of men ever have.
If you want an Army ROTC scholarship to be an infantry officer, then just apply for it out of high school. If you have half a brain, they will give you one. If you somehow don’t get one, then sign up for ROTC anyways and if you do well, they will give you a scholarship.
AFROTC scholarships are a little harder to get. Also apply for one out of high school. If you are like me and are well above the published standards and still don’t recieve one, then sign up for AFROTC anyways, work hard to do well, and you will get rewarded with one.
The best of luck!
April 15th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
For an ROTC scholarship you need to have really superior grades and extracurriculars. If you have those thing i think thats the best route.
good luck man
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April 15th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Navy Rescue Links:
Aviation Rescue Swimmer School (ARSS) http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=41781
Emergency Careers
http://www.navy.com/careers/enlisted/emergency/
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRUkz_dYVts
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http://navydads.blogspot.com
April 15th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Why enlist when you can be an officer and make 3 times more? First off, PJs and infantry guys are from two different branches, so you gotta choose one or the other. Second, PJs are an enlisted-only jobs in the US Air Force. Up until recently, it was not available to officers at all.
Now they finally created and officer billet for PJs, and its called a Combat Rescue Officer, or CRO (as in the black bird) for short. Be aware though that not only is the training the same as an enlisted PJ (2 years of intense training with a 90% dropout rate), but that their are very very very few slots.
For instance, every year there are about 150 pilot slots given out to AFROTC which are pretty competetive to get. There are about 6 CRO slots per year. You have to be at the VERY top of your game, and I mean VERY top.
My recommendation is that of you wanna get a college education, then go into the Air Force afterwards with a different job, do it very well for a few years, and then cross-train into the CRO career field. It will be easier for you to get a slot, and if you can grunt it out… you have your maroon beret and have accomplished something only a handful of men ever have.
If you want an Army ROTC scholarship to be an infantry officer, then just apply for it out of high school. If you have half a brain, they will give you one. If you somehow don’t get one, then sign up for ROTC anyways and if you do well, they will give you a scholarship.
AFROTC scholarships are a little harder to get. Also apply for one out of high school. If you are like me and are well above the published standards and still don’t recieve one, then sign up for AFROTC anyways, work hard to do well, and you will get rewarded with one.
The best of luck!
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April 15th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
ROTC provides a lot of money for college as long as you go to a college with a ROTC program (not all have one), it also requires you do alot of work during the school year which you may not want to do but on the plus side it provides an instant and life long comaradie with other ROTC members in your college and chicks dig military guys.
But if your just looking to become an officer the Marines and the Army have officer training programs, OCS, which train you and pay you during the summer months and theirs no requirement to sign a contract until you graduated giving you the option to opt out if you change your mind, leaving you with the skill and leadership of the military in a civilain world. They also provide some scholarship money and pay off most of your student loans as long as you pass your classes and accept a commision. for more info go to marineofficer.com and speak with a recruiter
you could always enroll into the Academy its totally free and has the best training. (4yrs of it)
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Officer Candidate Ceballos of the US Marines
April 16th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Sounds to me like you have several questions all rolled up into one. I will do my best to give a well-rounded answer:
Very, very, very few people get an ROTC scholarship. Being in JR ROTC before joining college and being in ROTC during college helps your chances on getting a scholarship.
Going to an out of state college doesn’t make much financial sense unless you are going to an ivy league type school. The cost of out of state tuition is ridiculously high.
There isn’t a ROTC type scholarship for enlisted men that is given before you join the military. However, after you join the military, they have the GI bill that you can use for college. They also have tuition assistance while you are active duty.
The pararescue program has the highest drop out rate in the military (90%).
If you want to be an Infantry Officer, you need a college degree. So, you first need to get accepted to a college.
You can always apply for student loans to help offset your education costs.
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