The team

Named coaches. Direct access.

ROTC Consulting is never group coaching. Every family starts with LTC Kirkland, then works directly with the retired officer responsible for that branch.

Four officers Three ROTC branches One entry point

Lead coaches

LTC Robert Kirkland

Founder · U.S. Army, Ret. · Army & Air Force ROTC

West Point graduate and former Professor of Military Science, the officer who runs an Army ROTC program. He founded ROTC Consulting, leads every ROTC Scholarship Blueprint personally, and wrote the Insider's Guide series of ROTC scholarship books.

CommissionU.S. Army · West Point
RankLieutenant Colonel (Ret.)
Former billetProfessor of Military Science · CMC & USC
Graduate workM.A., Ph.D. · Pittsburgh
ScopeArmy & Air Force ROTC

CAPT Matthew Roberts

U.S. Navy, Ret. · Navy & Marine Corps ROTC

The retired Navy captain who ran a Naval ROTC unit from the inside, now coaching your student toward the same Navy and Marine Corps scholarship boards. As Professor of Naval Science at Auburn University, he led the unit that trains and commissions midshipmen, and he coaches both the Navy and the Marine option.

CommissionU.S. Navy · Naval ROTC, 1993
CommandUSS MOMSEN (DDG 92) · DESRON 14
Service30 years · 8 deployments
Former billetProfessor of Naval Science · Auburn
ScopeNavy & Marine Corps ROTC

COL Lee Reynolds

U.S. Army, Ret. · Interview Preparation

Runs your student's Interview Preparation with someone who spent a career in front of and behind the camera. Detachment Commander for USC Army ROTC (2011–2013), 20+ years in Army Public Affairs, and commander of the American Forces Network in Baghdad.

Dr. Arthur B. Cajigal, retired Army colonel and physician, in a dark blazer — 04 · Medical review

Dr. (COL) Arthur B. Cajigal

U.S. Army, Ret. · DoDMERB · Medical review

The former DoDMERB physician reviewer who decided whether candidates met the military's medical standards. Thirty years active duty, Command Surgeon at USMEPCOM and Army Cadet Command, and Chief Physician Reviewer at DoDMERB. He reviews DoDMERB Consulting cases behind the scenes; families do not meet with him directly.

Two newly commissioned Army second lieutenants raise their right hands and take the oath of office at an ROTC commissioning ceremony

Why officers

Judged by officers. Coached by officers.

The boards that award ROTC scholarships are made up of officers. Every coach on this page spent a career inside that system, and coaches your student to the standard it actually applies.

The first conversation

Every family starts with LTC Kirkland.

One hour with the founder. A clear read of where your student stands across Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC, and a written plan for what must improve. The Scholarship Track and Interview Preparation are available after the Blueprint.

Schedule your ROTC Scholarship Blueprint.

$400 · 60 min · LTC Kirkland · credited toward Interview Preparation or The Scholarship Track