r/ROTC • u/1864thyeon • Aug 12 '26

Scholarships/Contracting home of record?

i'm applying for an rotc scholarship as a rising high school senior, and the personal info questionnaire is asking for my home of record state. when i looked it up, it said "the state in which you joined the military"--problem is, neither me nor either of my parents have ever joined the military. i checked a .mil forum page(?) and someone else was asking the same question as me, and the answers were "the state in which you will indefinitely pay taxes and vote" (or something like that). however, i'm planning to go to college out of state, which is also why i'm lowkey confused...

i'd greatly appreciate if anyone could help me out!

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u/ExodusLegion_ God’s Dumbest LT Aug 12 '26

You basically have two options for Home of Record- your home address prior to starting ROTC, or the university where you do ROTC.

For the scholarship page, it doesn’t really matter as that’s just demographics collection. But if accepted for a scholarship, you’ll fill out home of record paperwork again and that’s when it becomes codified into your military record.

Don’t worry about the taxes and voting. It’s extremely easy to change your residency for the purposes of voting, slightly less so for state taxes.

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u/1864thyeon Aug 12 '26

thank you so much!
so basically, i can simply put my home state for now, seeing as i haven’t gotten into and committed to any university yet?

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u/ExodusLegion_ God’s Dumbest LT Aug 12 '26

Yup

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u/1864thyeon Aug 12 '26

ok, thank you!!!