Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Veterans

GP6971

(31,133 posts)

7. At that time, the Army offered an accelerated

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 3, 2022, 09:45 PM

Nov 2022

program for our college and a couple of other schools on the chopping block...the 4 year program in 2 years because they knew they were being thrown out at end of the 70/71 school year. So everything was doubled for those 2 years. Thankfully only one summer camp at IGMR.

After the program was thrown out, we were administratively transferred to another Army ROTC university in the state until we were commissioned in 73.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I made an old guy appearance at the local ROTC detachment today. [View all] TomSlick Nov 2022 OP

When I did ROTC in the mid-late 70s COL Mustard Nov 2022 #1

The Army made the change to the rough-out boots before I retired. TomSlick Nov 2022 #2

As the saying goes.... COL Mustard Nov 2022 #3

I had never heard that - but I like it. TomSlick Nov 2022 #5

My Army ROTC program GP6971 Nov 2022 #4

The times have definitely changed - for the better. TomSlick Nov 2022 #6

At that time, the Army offered an accelerated GP6971 Nov 2022 #7

Those were hard times. TomSlick Nov 2022 #8

In the late '60s on my campus, we were pretty military but Wonder Why Nov 2022 #9

Wow. I'm impressed. TomSlick Nov 2022 #10

Thank you but it wasn't anything special. In those days, there were Wonder Why Nov 2022 #11