ROTC-FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE MAJORS
A DIFFERENT PATH. A BETTER WAY.
As a science or engineering major, you'll be taking all the same courses thousands of other students are taking. All learning the same things. From the same professors. Then, when you graduate, you'll be competing with thousands of fellow graduates for the same job.
Or not.
Instead you could take another path, one that starts with college and ROTC. Army ROTC is an elective offered at hundreds of colleges, Its purpose is to train future commissioned Officers for the U.S. Army - one of the most technologically advanced organizations in the world. Officers are the leaders and decision makers of the U.S. Army. Officer ship is also one of the best ways to get a head start on the competition when it comes to a job in the civilian world.
THE ARMY COMMITMENT TO SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IS BACKED UP WITH SCHOLARSHIPS THAT CAN BE WORTH UP TO $68,000.
The scientists and engineers in the U.S. Army work at the forefront of emerging technology, making important contributions, participating in change and pushing applied science to its limits. In other words, we need you. So ROTC awards scholarships up to $68,000 for some schools, providing money for college tuition and educational fees. Scholarships are awarded strictly on merit, and some ROTC scholarships are specifically reserved for students majoring in science or engineering.
Scholarship winners also receive a designated book allowance and a tax-free monthly stipend up to $4,000 per year. Cadets also receive pay for attending the six-week National Advanced Leadership Camp during the summer between their junior and senior years of college.
Fro additional information: http://www.tamuk.edu/rotc/1schlrsh.htm
ROTC PLUS COLLEGE ADDS UP TO MUCH MORE - INCLUDING MONEY FOR TUITION.
ROTC takes up no more of your time than would most other college electives - and you'll receive credit towards your degree for taking it. Training in leadership will add a tremendous boost to your college career and stay with you throughout your life, giving you a real advantage both professionally and personally.
Cadets learn from experienced Army Officers and noncommissioned officers how to work as a team and, in time, how to guide a team.
ROTC combines the kind of classroom work you would expect in college with field exercises you won't find in any other class. You could find yourself rappelling down a cliff or taking part in adventure training designed to sharpen your decision-making skills in difficult situations. And how many of your other professors do you suppose will take you beyond designing a bridge to the challenge of leading classmates in finding the best way to cross the river?
NO MILITARY COMMITMENT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS
ROTC combines the kind of classroom work you would expect in college with field exercises you won't find in any other class. You could find yourself rappelling down a cliff or taking part in adventure training designed to sharpen your decision-making skills in difficult situations. And how many of your other professors do you suppose will take you beyond designing a bridge to the challenge of leading classmates in finding the best way to cross the river?
NO MILITARY COMMITMENT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
You can take ROTC for up to two years without making any kind of commitment to the Army. (Four-year scholarship winners have on year without commitment.) Plus, whether you win a scholarship or not, ROTC uniforms and essential materials will be furnished at no cost. Students in the Advanced Course also receive an allowance that can be worth up to $4,000 per year.
Upon graduation and commissioning, all ROTC graduates have an obligation to serve either full time on active duty or part time in the U.S. Army Reserve or Army National Guard.
But most of all, when you graduate from college, you become a Second Lieutenant in the most high-tech Army in the history of the world.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OFFICER. AN ARMY OF ONE.
After you graduate from college and ROTC, you'll go to the Officer Basic Course, where you'll learn and train for the specifics of your first military assignment. Later in your career you might be working in a sophisticated lab, or outdoors testing a system or device under actual field conditions. You'll join other Army scientists and engineers in a host of fields, from computer science to communications, from environmental engineering to aeronautical engineering.
As a lieutenant, you'll be making management decisions about budgets and administrative planning, directing daily operations of personnel and equipment, While your counterpart in private industry might just be enrolling in a management training course, you'll already be leading men and women on the job and adding to your management credentials.
ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
Once you've been commissioned, you'll find plenty of opportunities as an Officer to apply what you've learned in college. That's because today's Army is smarter than ever. It takes the most advanced equipment and sophisticated computers to keep it running. And to maintain its edge in technology, the Army needs a smart group of engineers and scientists.
If you are planning to major or are currently majoring in electrical engineering, communications or electronics, the Army may have opportunities for you in Aviation, the Corps of Engineers, Military Intelligence, Ordinance, Signal Corps or Medical Service Corps.
Chemical, metallurgical or petroleum engineering students - as well as civil/environmental/agricultural engineering majors - will find themselves in demand in the Army in the Chemical Corps, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Ordnance, Quartermaster Corps or Medical Service Corps.
Students in computer science and engineering disciplines may find a rewarding future in the Corps of Engineers, Chemical Corps, Air Defense Artillery, Signal Corps or Medical Service Corps.
CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION.
The Army recognizes the importance of continuing education, especially in a field where technological advancements are nearly an everyday occurrence. So throughout your career, you may have the opportunity to attend courses and work towards post-graduate degrees that will increase your knowledge and skills in your chosen specialty. All of which will give you an even bigger edge in the civilian job market down the road.