Army smp program

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At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page. These choices will be signaled globally to our partners and will not affect browsing data. However, as soon as you graduate college and get commissioned through ROTC usually on the same day as graduation , your enlistment contract is terminated—no matter how much time is left on your enlistment.

Upon commissioning, you start a brand new career as an Army officer. Also, the job specialty MOS you had while enlisted has no bearing on your career options as an officer. If you like the field you were in as an enlisted soldier, you can choose that field as an officer. If not, you can pick any of the other 16 basic branches. SMP does not lock you into--or out of--any commissioning options. You can stay in your enlisted career field, or switch to something totally different. A GRFD contract means that you will not—either voluntarily or involuntarily—be given an Active Duty assignment after commissioning.

In most cases, completing BCT and AIT will take longer than the summer break and cause you to skip a semester, or half semester of classes. However, many students see this as a good bargain for the amount of financial aid it makes you eligible for.