

Right now as LITS has stated you need to A) get into ROTC and B) Graduate. Just like the ROTC scholarship you will compete against your peers for that in residence spot. You will serve at the luxury of the Army. In the end if your goal is to get a Masters in residence, you can do it, BUT, there is no guarantee that you can attend the school of your choice when you choose to go. Additionally, why would you go go back through undergrad if you had a grad? Logic.you can't get into WP if you already have a Masters, based purely on the age issue(too old). Masters - is expected to be earn somewhere during their career. You are not going to go to National War College at O3 or O4, it is an O5/6 school.ģ. You are not going to go to CGSC at O3 or O5. It occurs at different ranks, most notably O3/4 and 5. This is their version of continuing education. This should not be confused with getting a Masters. Career -for example, become a pilot, they will want to see you eventually become an INSTRUCTOR pilotĢ. The military expects continuing education for the promotion process. In other words they know already where they will be going in 2-3 yrs. The follow on was given to them with their orders for attending grad school. They will complete their grad school and go to their follow on assignment.

They had to apply for it from a national level. There are several AFA grads here on this site that upon graduation went straight to grad school. He is an AD member, who is getting paid to go to grad school as an O1. If you want to attend as an assignment you compete for it against everyone else.įor example, I believe only last yr a WP cadet was selected for Rhodes. You can't check out to do 2 yrs and pick up where you left off without going through a re-instatement process. The short answer is NO, there is no sabbatical to attend Grad school. I always suggest to get your Masters done ASAP because you would be amazed how fast time flies and all of the sudden you will be sitting up against the wall trying to get it done prior to the board meeting. Additionally, as you get older it becomes more difficult since you will have more responsibilities in your career, but most likely also in your private life too.wife and kids.

They will try to do it at the Capt time frame, because by then they have already gotten their career footing down, and this is the time where they know if they un mask it for O4, they will be safe for promotion. Every Base/Post has an education office, and this is where satellite colleges like Webster, Troy, AERU, and UMD are located. That is not traditionally true for the majority of officers. I think you may be under the assumption that if you make Captain, they will send you to a grad school in residence. They draw a line and anyone above that line gets promoted, below and you are passed over. By not having your Masters and/or PME you will get less points. Promotion boards are like ROTC boards, they look at the whole AD member. I say O4/O5 because the military has the ability to determine when it will unmask Grad school for promotion boards. If you want to be promoted to the O4/O5 rank you will need a Masters.
