In today’s post, I’d like to strongly suggest (if you’re not doing so already) that you get involved in an activity that will improve your public speaking skills.

If you’re on the path to a service academy or an ROTC program, there will be countless times when these skills will come in handy.

For one, if you are a leader of a club, sports team, Scout Troop, or student gov’t, public speaking and communication skills are a must. In these roles, you will often be...

In this post, I’m going to share some personal insights into my own sons’ journeys through the service academy, ROTC, and college application process.

By way of background, I have four sons. As of this writing, three have been through the college application process (from beginning to end), and the fourth is now about ¼ of the way through.

Translation, I have been living and breathing this process for the last decade with students from all around the country (and world),...

In today’s post, we reviewthe types of extracurricular activities (“ECAs”) you might want to pursue to catch the attention of service academies and ROTC selection boards. Of course, this will not be an exhaustive list as you can make almost any activity work if you play your cards right.

Let’s start out with some of the usual suspects that have a long history of credibility with SAs and ROTC.

SCOUTING

Scouting used to be called “Boy Scouts”, but is now...