Gotcha. Just seems odd. Normally ROTC is a class at that point, not a contract. And then to go to basic and AIT then be discharged? Normally they would send them to a shortened “basic training” at some point of college. Either way it worked out for him.
The next year he got a slot at Jump School at Benning. He told me that those slots were highly coveted, as there were very few of them for ROTC students. He was one of the few. The next year or so, I lose track, but later he got a slot at Air Assault School up at Fort Drum. I did not even know what that was.
He never went to Ranger School, but one of his friends did. That guy broke a long bone in his leg and was out of service for a year or so. My boy went off to invade Iraq. I don't know about the other guy, but they were highly competitive with each other throughout their ROTC experience, my boy usually coming in 2nd to that kid. Always close, but that guy whom I only met once or twice was usually ahead on everything. I felt that competition was good for both of them.