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Originally Posted by Omniscience

...Would my enrollment into the Airforce ROTC scholarship bind me to the airforce before college was over? Would the airforce need me in any way during whatever lies ahead? Would that stop me from travelling back here?

As an Army veteran I would like to STRONGLY DISCOURAGE ANYONE from joining the military in any capacity.


Yes, I went (semi-) willingly, was very young and inexperienced, had dropped out of college and didn't know what else to do. I was fortunate to be enlisted when not much was going on -- and didn't have to go to war.


The idea of an ROTC scholarship is, yes, a way for them to get young officers in exchange for the cost of education. I don't know the details, but please, stay away from it. Consider taking courses online. By the time you would be out of college, degrees won't mean much anyway.



For all the rest of you:

Please see my thread originally titled 'Appalachia Crew' (switched for some reason to 'West Virginia' during the changeover):
http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=3124

...and my new Appalachia Ground Crew thread:
http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=3241


I may be able to find some very promising sites in West Virginia far enough away from seismic zones that have long lain dormant. Not saying we wouldn't feel the quakes if they're anything like the ones in the 1800s, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_earthquake

...I'd rather not be very close.


The New Madrid Zone in particular makes me want to stay away from even southern WV, let alone KY, TN, and southwestern VA.


Anyone willing to cross the mountains?



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