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I’m doing ROTC in college... does that count?

Of course that counts! In my day, there was much disparity in ROTC requirements at universities.

In comparing notes during ROTC "summer camp", some schools had minimal requirements outside of class, while my ROTC requirements averaged 10-15 hours/week outside of class.

In addition to extracurriculars (Ranger, rifle team, drill team, etc), we had one Saturday a month for small unit tactics, and 4 days at Fort Lewis for "Spring Camp", which ruined any chance for partaking in Spring Break festivities.

I was thankful for all of that infantry training when I was an Air Defense Artillery platoon leader. One of my "extra duties" was commanding an Augmentation Reserve Force of 40 ADA soldiers in support of a local Nike Hercules battery (in case they were attacked by terrorists). Fortunately, the only times we ever deployed were during nuclear surety evaluations (2-3 times a year).

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I’m sort of ashamed to admit it, but I don’t understand how ROTC works. How does one join ? Would you care to enlighten me ?