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I’m inclined to agree. Some of the best officers that I met were ROTC. Anectodal to be sure. It really doesn’t matter much after 0-3 anyway. Imagine a system where ROTC grads, or 3rd years get invited to a sort of Military Academy “Top Gun” program of 6-months intensive prep? You involve the branch schools (Knox, Benning, Sill, etc.) and make it real hands on.

Imagine a system where ROTC grads, or 3rd years get invited to a sort of Military Academy “Top Gun” program of 6-months intensive prep? You involve the branch schools (Knox, Benning, Sill, etc.) and make it real hands on.

You do.

All third years (summer between 3rd and 4th) from ROTC/Academy attend BOLC-A (Basic Officer Leader's Course) where they're given much more in-depth training/exercises, and ranked based on several factors to determine unit/branch assignment. (Guard is not ranked, as you would already have a slot in a certain unit in order to go through the process, so you already have a unit/branch assigned.) This is about seven weeks I believe, and a good portion of it is field training/evaluation.

Once you pass that, you have BOLC-B, which is based on the branch you are assigned, and most are about 18 weeks long. These will take place at the training home for your branch - MI (Huachaca), Infantry (Benning), Armor (was Knox, but moved to Benning), Engineer (Leonard Wood), Aviation (Rucker), etc etc. I don't know if this is combined into your 3-4 summer, or if BOLC-B always takes place after 4th year/graduation.