Posted on Jul 12, 2017
New officers and ROTC cadets, besides quitting, what would get a cadet sent home from Advanced Camp in less than 2 weeks? ?
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Army ROTC
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I have heard that if you fail the APFT multiple times in a row, or are unable to train for more than the 48-hour allotted time; you will be recycled though and counted as a 'fail', if you pass the next try you can continue to commissioning the year after but if you do not recycle or fail again then you are out of luck.
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This year? Getting caught with a phone at training. Disciplinary issues. Standards have been published this year, but like most things,there is a trial period with lots of room for retakes. Just graduated 5th Rgt AC
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Attended Advanced Camp (although many years ago) and its not that demanding physically or mentally, but it is where they start weeding the garden. Its possible he had a bad UA or did poorly at medical screening. We had half a dozen cadets sent home because they admitted they were allergic to bee stings which was disqualifying then and probably now as well.
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MAJ (Join to see)
As it turns out the official reason was 'Voluntary Drop'. That is not what he told me yesterday so he has some explaining to do. I swear, youth is wasted on the young.
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MAJ (Join to see)
So, a little more info. I have a relative who's coming home after 12ish days. He says that he was put in the PL slot, in garrison, and got a really bad evaluation so they "recommended" he go back home and come back next summer. I called BS on it. I mean, the purpose of the camp is to be evaluated. You may get a good eval or a bad one, but I've never heard of one being so bad that they sent someone home. After I spoke with him I got some info that he failed the APFT. That, I can see getting sent home for but I thought most schools let you retest later in the course. A lot has changed since I went through it so I'm trying to get my facts straight before I kill him. :)
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MSG (Join to see)
MAJ (Join to see) - Even to me, that sounds fishy. Even us Enlisted get a second shot at an APFT before getting the boot. Same goes for our NCOES. A one bad eval doesn't equal getting sent home. Honestly, my NCOsense (kind of like Spidey Sense) is kicking in and methinks there is more to the story.
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