“I gotta go, I have war next period”

Does free tuition sound like something you'd be interested in?*BOOM*

He didn't even ask for a free shirt before he left. Fake.

" oh yeah veterans are gonna hate you" lol best line ever, Because we do

“Get ready for veterans to hate you.” As a former cadet, I concur. We have a plethora of vets that live around where I go to college and upon meeting them, I could just feel the absolute disgust they have for the word “Cadet”. I mean, the majority of them have had former cadets lead them as Lieutenants in the past, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Yeah, the whole “veterans hate you” thing is a fact. I had just gotten back from Iraq when I joined ROTC in my first year of college. I had ROTC cadets trying to tell me what it was like in the Army and overseas. Needless to say, I didn’t in ROTC long

Depends on what kind of school you go to for ROTC. Some colleges treat it like an after school club. But if you got the Corps. of Cadets program, kiss your social life and free time goodbye

National Guard expectations: "Fight the homefront! Protect your community!". Reality: Deployed to middle east for 11 months

The faces this blonde dude makes has me dead

In all fairness ROTC actually helped me wake up earlier, but their right on the social life thing.

Pretty much true all except him not asking for free shirt.

As someone that was apart of ROTC through college and now is going through OCS in a different branch. The reality was too fucking true.

As a former cadet I can say that this is too true. At my university nobody knows rotc even exists they just think we’re a bunch of soldiers that hang out on campus every other day. Except for vets, they just looked at us with contempt. The only thing inaccurate about this is that the kid didn’t grab one of everything on the table and slowly back away saying “right, okay right” to every sentence. Fuck 0530 formation

“How do you feel about never getting a good night’s sleep again?”

I don't really get why people hate ROTC members. I get that veterans might hate them because they have to salute an inexperienced soldier but what about if you join the Air Force and wanna be a fighter pilot right out of the gate? I hear you gotta be an officer for that

*you wanna be an American hero?*

Coming back from 2 tours in Afghanistan and 1 in Niger, going to college and being yelled at and lectured by a 22 year old civilian in fatigues about honor simply does not get my rocks off.

These guys are our future generals,and I’m cool with it.Wars aren’t won only with tanks and rifles,you need smart men leading.

In the reserves I tagged along with some recruiters for a day at a high school careers expo. We just loaded up a ruck to 60lbs and had fun putting it on teenagers. It was even more fun telling them that it was just a base weight and the actual amount of weight they'd carry be almost double. We didn't get many takers that day.

This video was GREAT! Thanks for the laughs. Also Vets don't be so salty about having to call cadets Sir or Ma'am. Keep in mind that this gives cadets an idea of what to expect and how the life style as a US Army Officer will be. I personally believe that this is excellent that the US Army does this!

this channel is underrated for the amount of time you put into the video thanks liked subbed

1:04 is my favorite part lmao. “It’s pretty much the same thing.”

“Would you be interested in never getting a good night sleep again?” This is very accurate. I haven’t slept well since Christmas break

No social life, no sleep, all true. Heck, I had to work through school and I can't remember much at all about the last 2 years of college (though it's been many years). But they left out the age cutoff for scholarship for older cadets. But most of all, the fact that EVERYONE treats you a complete moron everywhere you go for the entire time (though, looking back, that's deserved). When I pinned on my gold bar and signed the documents the following Monday to make it official, only then did one of the NCOs tell me he thought I'd done a decent job as acadet. That was the best compliment I ever got as I knew he meant it (because there was no reason why he had to say it at that point).

This was pretty darn accurate. especially the scholarship part 😂😂😂.

the blonde hair guys face was hilarious

ROTC is what you make of it. I’ve been in the Army for a few years now and I can definitely say some elements of ROTC is bullshit. But at the end of the day, if you genuinely care and are willing to learn to be the best officer you can be then people will respect you. But if you go into the program acting like a child and doing dumb shit, those who actually served will be pissed off. It’s just common sense.

*_This just makes me want to join more lmao._*

I served 2 years RA, and am now in the ASU ROTC program. I can’t begin to pinpoint how fucking accurate this shit is.

I love how formo kept getting earlier and earlier

I was told before joining the DEP that it was be extremely hard to get an ROTC scholarship, and now that I'm in dep and shipping out in 3 weeks, I only now am told by an officer in charge of it that I am a perfect candidate for the position and most qualified out of all the poolees. My reaction to this in my mind was simply "you're fucking joking" but at least this video made me feel better about not doing it

Lol they're not wrong about veterans hating you.

Don’t let people fool you. As ROTC cadets we learn the EXACT same material that enlisted members learn in boot camp. We actually learn it better because we have the ability to go more in depth with the material because of the length of time we are given. I don’t know why anyone says ROTC is easy because we are up at 0500 three days a week doing PT sessions. We take an APFT every month to ensure we stay in shape. We have field training exercises where we test the material we learn, like patrols, land navigation, and offensive attack formations. So whoever says ROTC is a terrible idea or the easy way out has obviously never stepped foot in a program and are just passing on the rumors they have heard.

I got it easy, got the type 7, free tuition at the school I wanted, no summer BS, passed physical and medical easy

"Veterans hate you." It's the reason I clicked on this video. I wanted to spread some hate.

"I gotta go serve my country next period"

Done jrotc felt akward walking around campus with my uniform on lol

Jokes on you I don't have a social life OR enough sleep anyways!

" how does having no social life sound ?" To bad I already dont have one

this is college ROTC.when you graduate you are a 2nd LT. in the Army. JROTC is high school program and you have no obligation to serve in the military.JROTC gives you a leg up if you join up.if you don't at least you have training to be a resistance leader in case red dawn happens.

Expectation: Do you want to be an officer? Reality: Do you want to live in pain every single day for the rest of your life?

In the UK we have a thing called the CCF which stands for combined cadet force. I’m pretty sure there exactly the same thing.

these cadets are spot on. "oh yeah be prepared to explain what ROTC is to everyone because nobody knows what it really is". yeah that's what I had to explain to my mom when I told her I joined Navy ROTC instead of just studying in engineering school in college like they wanted. and yes to vets ROTC is a joke that shouldn't exist but where the heck do you get 50% of the military's officers? the service academies aren't graduating enough.

My brother got into ROTC because he loved JROTC and wanted them to pay for his tuition. They always gave out scholarships for a few people who are with them every couple of year's, so my brother figured he would get it because he was by far the most qualified cadet. The Chief decided to not give out scholarships at all that one year.

I have to give it to those young soldiers. They were way better than my recruiter. He promised me Japan and I wound up in Afghanistan. He promised me Jamaica and I was sent Somalia. He promised me 2 months off, I got two weeks. I guess I believed all those promises because I stayed for 22 years listening to them 🤣🤣🤣

"Get ready for veterans to hate you" Lmao. Had me dying

"you like call of duty right? pretty much the same thing" 😂

The whole reality part is so true it’s hilarious

Well we all know which ROTC is better than army. Navy

You like call of duty pretty much like that

"0300 Formation" Giving me flashbacks

I like the name Gallagher cause of shameless 😂

Omg so true, except the sleeping part. Every Cadet has to get a sleep early for stances and PT (physical training)

my school has airforce jrotc and i absolutly love it

I go to a military academy so this is pretty much my entire school in a nut shell

I died when he said "play call of duty? Pretty much the same thing " 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😂😂😂😂

Coming back after 4 years this is a nostalgia trip

That's how Uncle Sam gets you.

I love how PT formation times continue getting earlier. As an ROTC cadet, I have come to realize that reality as the semester progresses 🤣

Ancient History ......Joined ROTC -- hairy-leg hippie chicks still gave us grief --- the guys just back from Nam told stories -- summer camp Nam vets EVERYWHERE -- Ranger Airborne SOSDD (Nam Vets). Commissioned 2LT -- NCOIC of my IOBC 173rd with a DSC -- OIC CMH. Then Robert Howard TWICE, Barry McCaffrey, Carl Ernst, Plumley and Savage as Civs.

I like how they put the poster of that blonde in there. She's not even wearing a uniform. Talk about bait....

ROTC program is tiring as hell. But dont get me wrong, im happy that i joined the program because it gave me a challenge and to test my potential

This is literally how my flight commander introduced us to Jrotc (I go to a military academy high school) during plebe week -

Every few seconds “free tuition”

Reality: (Me laughing my ass off) situation I only sleep for 4 hours anyways, social life nope, can pass that scholarship ROTC for 4 years on first go, YES. No Free Time? I make free time. HA!

The blonde is ian gallagher from shameless

As a ROO, I approve. Just glad my cadets didn't put this together, lol.

The guy: "would you be interested in never getting a good night sleep again?😁🤨" Me: "i don't sleep in the first place!🤣"

Was thinking about doing rotc after my current enlistment y’all don’t actually wear the uniform out in public do you?

Reserve Officer Training Corp.

I got to fly a plane lol. i joined AFJROTC and we did plenty of cool things. i got awards for marksmanship, we flew drones, launched model rockets, we did parades, we went to New york, singapore, and D.C. and i met a lot of nice, respectable people.

I’m in JROTC Wildcat battalion, Alpha Company, 1st Platoon, 4th Squad with learning about leadership and Army stuff Monday and Tuesday, drill Wednesday, uniform inspection & tests on Thursday, and PT on Fridays. It’s a great way to make friends, it’s not at all hard, and often get stupid questions by other high school students like “do you guys get your own guns and like learn how to fight and stuff” all questions that are pretty pointless. JROTC is fun

I want to take ROTC.. What is it really like?

That’s sick I was thinking about going to GCU I’m from Chandler.

Expectation: Hot chicks Reality: Hot sweaty dudes who haven't showered in a few days.

I would have ran away the moment he said 0300 formation.

Rotc has the best parties tho

I just went to the JROTC military ball as someone's date.

HAAHHA This killed me, but I'm ready... 5 years enlisted and a few months away from ROTC.

"God, lift me and my daughter with your loving hands and place me here."

Does free tuition feel like something you'd be interested in? -Heck yeah m8! *applies for high school scholarship and gets it* Awww darn m8 you got the most minor medical issue that we've ever seen and even though it isn't applicable to your department, you're still out anyways! (no scholarship for u baiiiii) (True story)

Yet my high school has a JROTC program and our memorial day parade veterans salute the Battalion as we pass. JROTC and ROTC are nothing like they say it is in this video. This is false news about ROTC. I'm in ROTC and I have a good nights sleep and a social life.

Would you guys still recommend ROTC?

I swear everyone asks to be a sniper like COD, but when you have to piss in a cup and start getting shot its instant regret.

why dont veterans like ROTC

They're haircuts are out of regulation

Im applying to colleges and was expecting to do rotc to get out of tuition, and this completely talked me out of it

"Vets hate you..." Has to be better than the ones who go to the service academies a.k.a the "caidiots"

As a Vietnam combat veteran, I can assure you the purpose of the military is to find and kill the enemy, by any means necessary, and not to provide "adventure". This is a terribly immature video. The whole purpose of an officer core is about defending freedom, the constitution, and the survival and dominance of the greatest nation on the face of planet earth....a nation with a flag worth dying for. If the reason you join ROTC is free tuition, and to "be cool", the officer corp does not need you. And you "don't get it". Being a citizen soldier is an American tradition. It is about being a man. Not about standing up jumping and clapping hands in delight. In case it isn't perfectly clear, the job of an officer is to stand up under fire, in from of his men, say "follow me", and take the first bullet, if that be god's will. To go without food until the last one of your subordinates has taken nourishment. To spend hours in physical training to be able to run longer, be stronger, and have more stamina than your subordinates. To SET THE EXAMPLE ! To have morals above and beyond the ordinary. To never lie, cheat, or act to harm others for personal gain. To be a man of your word. To honor the officer's code. And sometimes ordering others to be killed, and writing to their next of kin, and after the war living with nightmares over decisions you have made that unnecessarily caused a soldiers death. And the nights you think about eating the gun, when the nightmares come, which they will. The military may be a dangerous place. Visit a VA hospital and visit the men in wheelchairs, without legs. And those without eyes who can no longer see. That is part of combat. It is about risking your life for others...because, at times, SOMEBODY has to do it. The unfortunate price America pays for freedom. The military is not a video game. There are worse things in life than dying for your country. Duty, honor, country.

This is weird that this popped on my feed today. I guess I’ll participate. I had an ROTC guy as my platoon commander. He couldn’t hold it together upon first time we took contact he got medseped within a month of our deployment due to mental stress in combat. We hated him

Ngl the second one sounds cooler to me. I don’t have plans in the summer anyway

Had a Cadet try to tell me to go to attention for him at airborne school🤣 I nearly pissed myself laughing to hard. Needless to say I didn’t go to attention. To all you cadets out there please don’t be that guy because it will not work at all🤣

Go enlisted. You can be a real American hero by sweeping dirt and emptying connexes.

Programs vary by university. Some are definitely better than others.

Reality didn’t sound so bad until he said that there’s training over the summer...

When he said I’ll answer your question with a question, I thought he was going to say, “have you ever tasted a rainbow, because here, you will.”

As a NROTC Cadet. I can say the reality is accurate

"A PT Belt Production" 😭

He put emphasis on bigger than your self , im dead 😂

As a cadet myself, this is the absolute opposite thing that you would want to do for recruiting. It's true but still. :)