Simultaneous Membership Program

Description

The only people eligible for the Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) are those who are enlisted in an Army Reserve or National Guard unit. All others who wish to join ROTC must do so without the added benefits of the SMP program. Enlisted members of TPU who contract in the ROTC Advanced Course must assume SMP status, or be discharged from their unit. They cannot remain in a TPU as a contracted ROTC cadet unless they assume SMP status.

Objective

The objective of the ROTC/SMP is to provide more ROTC graduates for the Selected Reserve.

Benefits

  1. Receive experience and serve in a TPU as a company grade officer. SMP cadets are interns, they are paired with a platoon leader and gain experience as an officer.
  2. Receive a Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GFRD) contract if desired. Nonscholarship students may request GRFD contract and, if approved, are assured they will have USAR unit duty only.
  3. Receive pay as an E-5 . An E-5 <2 years of service is entitled to $55.50 for one reserve drill. In general, a weekend drill is worth 4 one day drills, $71.50 X 4 = $286 per weekend. An SMP participant who performs 12 weekend drills per year could earn $3,432.
  4. Receive annual training pay with TPU (E5<2YOS is entitled to $39.43 for each day of AT , $39.43 X 14 = $552)
  5. Receive an ROTC subsistence allowance of $350 per month for 10 Months. That's $3500 a year.
  6. Receive Advance ROTC Camp cadet pay summer of junior year (approximately $1000.00)
  7. One year possible benefits:

    8. ROTC Subsistence allowance - $3,500.00

    Weekend Drills - $3432

    Annual Training - $552

    Advanced ROTC Camp - $1000.00

    TOTAL - $8484

  8. Continue to recieve GI Bill (cap 30) if you are already qualified ($266.00 per month) for school.
  9. If recieving an enlisted "kicker", it will be increased to $350.00 a month for SMP cadets.
  10. SMP cadets, if qualified, also recieve federal tuition assistance, and Rhode Island National Guard members also qualify for tuition assistance.

Eligibility

  1. Have an SMP Contract Agreement.
  2. Be contracted in the ROTC Advance Course
  3. Be a citizen of the United States.
  4. Be eligible to enlist in a TPU.
  5. Attain junior standing, enroll as a full time student and be in a program that leads to a Baccalaureate or Advance Degree.
  6. Attain and maintain a cumulative GPA > 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  7. Be of good Moral Character.
  8. Meet medical fitness standards.
  9. Meet height and weight standards.
  10. Have complete BCT or the equivalent
  11. Be at least 17 years of age and under 25 years of age at the time of enlistment.
  12. Except for the recipients of the RFD scholarship program, who are required to participate in the ROTC/SMP, cadets receiving financial assistance under the Army ROTC scholarship program are not eligible to participate in the SMP. SMP cadets that accept ROTC scholarships will be transferred from the TPU to Control Group (ROTC) prior to acceptance of the scholarship.



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