Does the air force/navy offer reserve commisions from ROTC?

[Sikvenum93]

I'm doing research on the topic but it seems like only the national guard/army offer reserve commisions.

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[GMG]

Don't know for sure but I rather doubt it. Check with a recruiter!

[Sikvenum93]

Don't know for sure but I rather doubt it. Check with a recruiter!

First words out of the air force recruiter was that college grads are unemployed left and right. You should enlist instead.....

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[coryhenry]

Army Commissions out of ROTC are almost all called Reserve Commissions. It has nothing to do with whether you are going into the active Army or Army Reserves. It is a residual from a long time ago when you had Regular Army Commissions (RA) from West Point and military schools. I have a Reserve Commission from ROTC and went directly to active duty. I think what you are referring to is Guaranteed Reserve Forces Scholarships, which guarantee you a Army Reserve billet right out of college.

Oh and I had a job right out of college, you just have to do well in your military schools in ROTC.

[Ronin2]

The navy offers "reserve commissions" on completion of its NROTC program and successful graduation from a four year university with a degree. You will have an active duty time commitment depending on your designator and any financial support you received. Usually three to four years (has varied over the years). Anyone entering a Navy officer recruiting program with a four year degree in hand already attends Navy OCS (Newport, Rhode Island or Pensecola, FL) also is given an "reserve commission". Those Navy midshipmen graduating from the Us Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD are given "regular Navy" commissions.

Officers holding reserve commissions may, at the pleasure of the U.S. Navy, convert their reserve commissions to regular navy commissions. The process by which an officer goes from officially "reserve" to "regular" Navy is called augmentation. It has been twenty eight years since I was in the Navy and I do not know the details of what the process looks like today. Since I did not want to make the Navy a career, I chose not to pursue augmentation. When I was in, it was something that was possible three to four years into your "career" and was a function of outstanding FITREP's ( Fitness Report and Counseling Record), performance with selection boards as well as the actual needs of the Navy. Best to talk to your recruiter or your detailer.

Read this commentary in a Rand Corporation publication for a good general overview of military officer career information as it relates to augmentation....

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1184/MR1184.ch2.pdf

[BadKitty]

Army Commissions out of ROTC are almost all called Reserve Commissions. It has nothing to do with whether you are going into the active Army or Army Reserves. It is a residual from a long time ago when you had Regular Army Commissions (RA) from West Point and military schools. I have a Reserve Commission from ROTC and went directly to active duty.

Wait, wait, wait.....I think I know you!

[coryhenry]

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