Posted on Jul 28, 2019
What exactly is a Scroll, who approves it and why for new Officers to commission (including Army AMEDD) ?
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A scroll is the authorization from Congress to be an officer in the military.
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Basically anyone selected for officer must be approved by Congress and their branch of service due to change in laws several years ago
It takes a few months sometimes to get your scroll approved. Once that happens then you can swear in and do a commissioning ceremony. Then it’s a month to few months for orders.
It takes a few months sometimes to get your scroll approved. Once that happens then you can swear in and do a commissioning ceremony. Then it’s a month to few months for orders.
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1LT (Join to see) nope I still have to take the OPAT within 30 days of commissioning.
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To clarify on how long scrolls can take, it is a true exercise of patience. I was informed of my selection for a direct commission board in late November, and waited for a commissioning memo until the end of June, of course immediately commissioned the second day of July.
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If you can pass the APFT for your age group then passing it for 70B for OPAT should be pretty easy for you. SFC (Join to see)
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MAJ (Join to see) actually AMEDD officers are'nt required to pass it but they do have to take it.
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