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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does ROTC pay tuition for private schools or is there a cap? So if you go to a public university where tuition is $12,00 after 4 years they have paid $48,000 but if you go to a private school where tuition is 60,000 the military ends up paying $240,000? That seems worth 4 years of service. [/quote]

You do realize that service can involve death or being permanently disabled in war?
Service can also mean that your son or daughter gets stationed somewhere far away (South Korea, Guam, etc.) and won't be able to come "home" for holidays, birthdays, special life events (like a siblings wedding.)[/quote]

That's why it's called service.  And that's why it's not for everybody.[/quote]

This.  I used to recruit for a special branch of the military and my first question to interested applicants was "Why do you want to serve?"  
The military is not just a career choice, it's a lifestyle choice that requires maintaining a certain level of physical fitness, being assigned to a location/job but not being able to choose where to work/live (there is some limited choice/preference consideraton), and being assigned a duty position that may also not be exactly your specific choice.

The benefits are:  some amazing people to work with (and some not so good) who come from a cross section of the US that most people would not be exposed to in a standard corporate culture, learnng to work with all types of people and situations to make the most out of it, leadership training from day one, adventure and travel, and learning to be resilient and adaptive to many different situations.

Finally, many people do ROTC, serve their committment and then leave the military.  They are able to take advantage of the scholarship, have 4 years of adventure, then transition to next phase.

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