NROTC MIDN begin commission as inactive reservists for 6 months?

[navygator87]

I am currently a MIDN in ROTC and was selected for aviation. I am now hearing rumors that many ROTC aviation candidates will be forced to serve as inactive reservists until October due to the backups in Pensacola. Has anyone heard about this or have any more information for me? Does the current ROTC contract even allow for MIDN to be commissioned as reservists? Thanks!

 

[usmarinemike]

Completely plausible. They've done this PLENTY with ROTC Marine options who commission and then wait for their report date (5-6 months later) at TBS to get on active duty and getting paid. Just ask your class advisor or student control or whatever it is you have at your unit.

 

[D_Rob]

The Marine and the AF already do that. It actually makes sense. Paying Ensigns for up to a year for doing nothing doesn't really make sense. It sucks that you have to get a temp job when you graduate, but in the end the bean counters always win.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Oh well it just means you get to party it up another year at school, knowing that in the end you still have a job lined up for you. Not a bad deal still.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Have you asked your Chain of Command? They might have some insight to your question.

-ea6bflyr

 

[navygator87]

My chain of command is being very tight lipped about this which is what concerns me. Not knowing if I have a job less than 2 months out is a little unsettling.

Is the Marine Rotc scholarship contract the exact same contract as Navy?

 

[eddie]

Not knowing if I have a job less than 2 months out is a little unsettling.

"There's a support group for that. It's called everybody, and we meet at the bar."

 

[helolumpy]

A few years ago a lot of us had to wait a year from graduation to start flight school. A bunch of guys at my school took a few months inactive (around 6 mo) and then showed up down at P'cola to get stashed.
Some other friends stayed on at thier ROTC unit as a stash Ensign and worked on a Masters Degree.

If you ROTC CO is being quiet, it may be because he/she doesn't have ground truth from NETC yet. I'd recommend trying to stay flexible and hope that you can get stashed awaiting flight school.
If you can't then you may have to find employment for a few months until you start active dtuy.

Good luck.

 

[Gatordev]

A few years ago a lot of us had to wait a year from graduation to start flight school. A bunch of guys at my school took a few months inactive (around 6 mo) and then showed up down at P'cola to get stashed.
Some other friends stayed on at thier ROTC unit as a stash Ensign and worked on a Masters Degree.

If you ROTC CO is being quiet, it may be because he/she doesn't have ground truth from NETC yet. I'd recommend trying to stay flexible and hope that you can get stashed awaiting flight school.
If you can't then you may have to find employment for a few months until you start active dtuy.

Good luck.

I remember this happening back around '93 where they just asked guys to be a bum for a while and then reactivated them. I'm curious, though, did they still end up w/ a "good" year as far as points, or did they just start w/ a later date and end up being junior to the guys that stayed active the whole time? Seems like, legally, they wouldn't be on the same pay/points level.

 

[torpedo0126]

This information is being filtered through many NROTC schools. Most likely will not happen for this year's graduating class since their paths have been "set."

 

[helolumpy]

I remember this happening back around '93 where they just asked guys to be a bum for a while and then reactivated them. I'm curious, though, did they still end up w/ a "good" year as far as points, or did they just start w/ a later date and end up being junior to the guys that stayed active the whole time? Seems like, legally, they wouldn't be on the same pay/points level.

For us the retirement clock didn't start ticking until we came on active duty.
My date of rank remained June 15th when I graduated, but my retirement elligibility date isn't until 11 JAN.

Since we all came on active duty, there was no mention of points that resevists use for computing retirment pay. I have no idea how six month of inactive awaiting recall to active duty would add up to reservists.

 

[Gatordev]

For us the retirement clock didn't start ticking until we came on active duty.
My date of rank remained June 15th when I graduated, but my retirement elligibility date isn't until 11 JAN.

Since we all came on active duty, there was no mention of points that resevists use for computing retirment pay. I have no idea how six month of inactive awaiting recall to active duty would add up to reservists.

That makes sense and answered what I was getting at. Sounds like the points (when you can retire) were "taken care of" by changing your retirement date.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Sounds like a good deal dude....I had 7 days from the moment I commissioned to my report date in Pcola, API start a week and a half later. I was all about getting started at the time, but in hindsight, hanging in my old college town and being stashed at my unit (or even an inactive reservist) would have been money.

 

[D_Rob]

... (or even an inactive reservist) would have been money.

Not having a job = no money.
Logic fail.

 

[dirtydog]

I actually asked my OI about this since I commission in a few months and he said it was highly plausible but he had heard nothing regarding it. I'm chalking it up to rumor mill.