Time between WOFT and Basic? Is there an option for a delayed entry if accepted?

2019-01-05T20:56:40-05:00

So I am in the process of doing my WOFT application (btw, if there are any one who can get me in CW3s and up, I would REALLY appreciate it!) I already emailed my senators for LORs and me and my recruiter are working on it.

So I am wondering if I happen to get selected, can I do something like a delayed entry? My recruiter says we can finish it before may but my friend wants me to go on a biking trip across the country with him, from the end of may to august. So I am wondering if there was anyway I could work that into my plans as well. Thanks everyone! I have been using this site for a lot of questions and the help has been tremendous.

Edit: I am currently 17 and won't even be 18 until July 9th, so it might be better for me to go to basic at a later time anyways since at Alabama you aren't an adult until you are 19. Anyways for me the Army is first before anything else, so if push comes to shove I won't do this bike trip. However I do really want to do it haha

Response by MSG Frank Kapaun made Jan 5 at 2019 10:38 PM

2019-01-05T22:38:42-05:00

The grammar in your post is atrocious. Maybe you should take an English composition class instead of a cross country trip.

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 6 at 2019 10:20 AM

2019-01-06T10:20:20-05:00

You should join as a 15T, 15R, or 15U depending on the airframe you’d like to fly. You’d get your foot in the door for aviation and you could meet plenty of pilots

Response by SFC Oz David Charles Osborne Oz made Jan 8 at 2019 5:19 AM

2019-01-08T05:19:56-05:00

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Response by CW3 Dan Mackey made Jan 24 at 2019 8:33 PM

2019-01-24T20:33:40-05:00

Instead of going on a bike trip get your pilots license. It will help you be a better troop. Going in as a WO is foreign to me, I was a MSG before I became a WO. Warrants are expected to be experts in their field not cherry recruits. Aviators are different birds!