Students who consider military service following high school have two options. A student choosing either option must be clear on one point. If you join the military, you must be willing to serve, in combat if necessary. Students and families may see the military as a means to save or pay for college. While both enlisted and ROTC programs offer money to pay college costs, they do so at a potentially high price.
Military service is a proud tradition and provides many with a valuable career or career skills.
It is not however, an alternative form of college financial aid. College funds provided by the armed services are payment for service and work, not a scholarship in the traditional sense. ROTC programs require students to take ROTC courses while in college. Special weekend and summer duties are also mandatory. The student is provided with college funding for all or most of tuition and campus educational expenses.