Can I still join ROTC?
I just graduated high school and my plan was to join ROTC in college to commission into the military. I've spent the last four years intensely dedicated to JROTC and Civil Air Patrol to prep for this, and now my whole future is ruined. I've emailed a couple colleges, but the responses I've gotten have just been that they're going to look into it.
Does anyone here know if this now makes me for sure disqualified from joining ROTC? Or is there anyone in similar situations (whether trying to join like me or already in ROTC) who may have found ways possibly around this with their detachments?
For more background, I'm almost three years on T, I've had top surgery, and I have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
Posted Jul 4, 2025, 1:27 AM UTC
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