Getting Started In ROTC
There are a few different ways to get started in ROTC. At UW Whitewater we have Scholarship Opportunities, Leaders Training Course, Simultaneous Membership Program and Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty.
As a scholarship student ROTC is broken into two phases. The first phase is known as the Basic Course and includes the electives of Military Science I and II, these classes are taken during the freshman and sophomore college years. The second phase is known as the Advanced Course. The Advanced Course is taken during their junior and senior years and includes electives of Military Science III and IV. Upon the completion of college and Military Science IV you will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Active Army, National Guard, or Army Reserve. If you are interested in a ROTC 4 year scholarship go to www.goarmy.com/rotc.
Those students who did not have the opportunity to take Army ROTC during their freshman or sophomore years may go to a summer training called Leaders Training Course. This course is a fully paid, four week leadership internship held at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the summer where the emphaisis is on instilling leadership skills in future officers. This course does not obligate a student to join ROTC. Students may be eligible for scholarships upon their completion of LTC or become members of the Army National Guard or Army Reserve as a Simultaneous Membership Program Cadet. Students may also receive a bonus after LTC if they contract with ROTC upon their return. For more information on LTC visit http://www.usaac.army.mil/acce/ltc_main.htm
The Simultaneous Membership Program is geared towards students who have already or want to go to Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training or those who completed LTC and are not on scholarship. This program allows a student to still participate in the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve and be in the ROTC program at the same time. Students that have already gone to Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training do not need to take Military Science levels I and II or go to LTC. For more information contact SFC Shono at www.David.Shono@us.army.mil.
The Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD) is a scholarship opportunity that guarantees contracted cadets will serve in the Reserve Components in either the Army National Guard or US Army Reserves. Cadets that are currently SMP and participating in the GRFD must serve in their respective Reserve Component but may serve in either upon commissioning. For more information conctact SFC Shono at www.David.Shono@us.army.mil.