....also ROTC scholarships, simultaneous enrollment in the National Guard, and, one that I did not know about until too late and regard as the coolest one of all, the “degree completion program”.
Thanks to my ROTC scholarship and summer jobs, my parents didn't have to pay one thin dime for my college education.
It wasn't a "free ride": at my school, ROTC commitments averaged 15 hours a week, including a weekend training exercise every month. My spring breaks were spent trudging through the forests of Fort Lewis for four days.
I'm not complaining, it's one of the best breaks I ever got.