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...always tell [high school students] when they show up that the needs of the Air Force come first," says Col. William Rutley, a visiting professor of aerospace studies and director of Air Force ROTC at MIT for the last two years, of the students he recruits for ROTC...
According to Rutley and Lt. Col. Robert Rooney, director of Army ROTC at MIT, the Air Force and Navy are more strict than the Army in granting educational delays, but all three branches are hesitant to grant deferrals of service...
...That's what 70 to 80 percent of the freshmen say, and it's no surprise," Rutley says. "I mean, $100,000, a stipend and money for books-that's pretty attractive. Especially at expensive schools like Harvard...
...Rutley says the Air Force ROTC usually tries to assuage student concerns, while keeping paramount the military's need for trained professionals...
...chose to stay in the program," Rutley says. "We helped him work through his problems with specific courses. That was a case where his freshmen experience got him really excited about the program...