Posted on Sep 15, 2019
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So to make a long story short I am currently deployed with the 82nd airborne in Afghanistan and am thinking about trying to get into the green to gold non-scholarship program when I return to garrison in March as I am currently working on my Associates of Applied Science in Information Technology from Purdue Global and am on track to graduate in March. After some research I found that Campbell University about 30 minutes away from FT Bragg offers a Bachelors of Applied Science in Information Technology program which is offered fully online. Theoretically If accepted into the program I might be able to take all my core classes online and take ROTC at the main campus as an elective which would be the best case scenario as I am a resident of North Carolina and only live about an hour from the university. I sent an email to the FT Bragg Green to Gold Adviser who told me I would most likely be eligible for the summer of 2020 semester. So in summary my main questions are:

1. Is it possible to commission with a Bachelors of Applied Science at all being that its a more technical degree.

2. Is it possible to take online classes in addition to ROTC?

3. To anyone who is familiar with the non-scholarship option and the simultaneous membership program how much of the tuition cost do guard benefits actually cover?

4. How to I actually initiate the process and when should I actually apply to the university?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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http://www.omao.noaa.gov

Few consider NOAA, esp if you'd want pure science...they have a 5 yr flight program, their direct commission One Of HIS is called BOTC, I walked through the bldg a cpl of times while my brother was at USMMA, and when he finished, it's a tenant unit there....
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https://www.goarmy.com/army-cyber/cyber-direct-commissioning-program.html

you be likely already seen this, I'm just sending it for completeness....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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http://www.norwich.edu

This is a private mil college in VT, quite highly regarded....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maritime_colleges_in_the_United_States

These are jewels of you can get intonone, I very nearly applied to SUNY Maritime, I've known and/or worked with many who'd gone there, before.my total perm.disability, my next younger brother had gone USMMA Kings Point, I commissioned him when he'd finished, that's why I know about them a good deal...these are well.worth your time to look at, oromise, trust me, OK?
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https://www.thebalancecareers.com/united-states-marine-corps-platoon-leaders-course-3332801

This is less well known than the ROTC programs, there's one by us at Saint John's Univ in Queens, NY, I think, I don't know where others are....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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http://www.citadel.edu

This is the other West Point Of the South, it and VMI aren't that far from where you are, I gather, if you'd wanna try for either....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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http://www.vmi.edu

My best friend in USAF went here for elec engrg (EE), under AFROTC, they're one of the two West Points of the South, they also have Army ROTC as well, NROTC I don't know about....
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https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/current-and-prior-service/advance-your-career/warrant-officer/flight-warrant-officers.html

If you have flight interests, this only needs high school, with an assocs, you might well stand a decent chance, I'd thought, though we have a family friend who did it while Army enlisted, he got his bach in aviation at Embry Riddle, then went intersvc to USCG as a rotary wing pilot where he finished his 20 yrs as an O-3...I've heard Army WOCS can be a rough program....
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https://news.usni.org/2018/06/13/navy-implements-warrant-officer-1-rank-for-cyber-specialists

This is fairly new, if you'd wanna consider Navy intersvc, you might care to glance at this...m
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Sorry, typo, clumsy tablet....
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I realize you likely want to stay Army, however, I'm gonna suggest some stuff you might care to think about, at least...if they'd interest you, fine, if not, I Just figured you might care to know about them, if nothing else, OK?
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