| Often, people resort to student loans both federal and | | | | After graduation, the applicant is required to perform |
| private to finance college studies. However, it is not | | | | an average of four years of active duty in the military. |
| always possible to qualify for these loans or even | | | | Also, during the course of the studies they may be |
| repay them. Therefore, one should always consider | | | | required to spend some weekends at camp training |
| the alternatives that are available. As regards to | | | | and receiving occasional instruction to be prepared and |
| ROTC, it is not a method that would be used by | | | | maintain certain fit to be on top form to serve in the |
| everyone, but those who are interested on military | | | | military once the college part of the agreement is over |
| tradition and service may want to analyze its benefits. | | | | and the active duty part begins. |
| What Does ROTC Stand For? | | | | Commitment and Reckoning |
| Reserve Officers' Training Corps are programs | | | | Of course, these programs require an important |
| college based for commissioning officers on the armed | | | | commitment and a conscious decision on behalf of the |
| forces. These programs focus on leadership | | | | applicant. By applying you are agreeing to join the |
| development, problem solving, strategic planning and | | | | forces and perform in active duty for an average of |
| professional ethics and tend to provide the armies with | | | | four years of service with all that servicing in the |
| better instructed officers while providing the applicants | | | | military forces implies. Therefore, you should be |
| with low cost college studies and a career of their | | | | completely sure about your desire to join this program |
| choice free of debt when they graduate. | | | | prior to applying. |
| One of the reasons that make these programs so | | | | Reckoning the fact that the forces are paying for your |
| attractive is that almost all universities have ROTC | | | | education and the need to pay it back with service is |
| dependencies thus providing a solution to college | | | | essential to understand how these programs work. |
| funding needs almost for all available careers | | | | ROTC is based on the concepts of specialization and |
| regardless of the college chosen. In exchange for the | | | | retribution. The applicant obtains education for free and |
| funding the officer needs to perform certain tasks for | | | | the forces obtain specialized aid from a professional |
| the forces which require little to no sacrifice. | | | | whose education they have paid for and that creates |
| Active Duty Can Be Postponed | | | | a special bond of faithfulness and commitment. |
| One of the most interesting characteristics of this | | | | Moreover, most of the members of the forces that |
| program is that the applicant, the soldier, does not need | | | | join the military this way end up developing a career |
| to perform active duty tasks till after graduation if he | | | | within the forces with great returns for their future in |
| or she wants to. During the course of their career, the | | | | terms of intellectual growth and personal development |
| applicants have nothing to worry about since the | | | | as well as profits in future ventures or business |
| forces take care of all college payments so the | | | | projects. |
| student can concentrate on finishing his or her career. | | | | |