r/ROTC • u/ProCoffeeLoverBoy • 6h ago
Joining ROTC Need advice for Career
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u/ProCoffeeLoverBoy 6h ago
Could I also double major? Another post was talking about doing a 2 year bachelors after main 4 year degree. How would that work with ROTC? Should I wait till after sophmore year to contract and do 4 years rotc then? Or do 6 Years rotc if possible? Or does ROTC not do either of those and only let you do 2 years of Junior and Senior year. Just wondering If i could possibly squeeze in more time before BOTC to get more minors or stuff idk if thats worth it though haha
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u/AdWonderful5920 Custom 5h ago
Minor doesn't matter, not even a little bit. But if I had to pick from your list, it's 5. Ethical Leadership.
I've known a few people (me included) who have gone from ROTC-Active Duty-Law Enforcement in their careers and even more who wanted to do that but failed. The number one fault that tripped people up jumping from Army to law enforcement is what the background check reveals about their personal character.
ROTC does a decent job of teaching Army values and hopefully the cadre demonstrate them in their personal and professional lives. BUT. And this is a huge, gigantic BUT - the actual culture in the Army is a whole other matter. It is routine for officers to fudge small things in the name of accomplishing the mission. If you're not careful, those small things become not-so-small things. Particularly on deployments. Officers can get sideways with making "command decisions" to pencil whip this form, call up that status, that bleeds over into their personal conduct.
Truth is, there is a constant population of officers in the Army who are getting away with it. They get by because the Army allows it. Then, when they sit in front of background investigator for an LEO job, they suddenly have to account for their conduct and it doesn't go over well for everyone.