[Ducman]

18 year old good student, good athlete, good kid just not exactly sure what he’s looking for in career. We’ve been planning on any number of solid colleges.

Then he started investigating Marines....which I supported thinking ROTC (I know very little about this) might help him clarify what he’s interested in. But he’s now talking to recruiters about joining reserves...now. Recruiters seem overly interested in him - why? He’s telling me he can do reserves while college. Recruiters are telling him there’s advantages vs rotc?

Of course my wife and I are making appointments with both recruiters (it seems reserves and rotc are different entities) but just trying to get a foundational understanding.

Anyone with first hand experience?