Signing up at 17 still requires you to the finish high school, basically just getting you out and into boot as quickly as possible.
BTW, I have put in 3 years into JROTC so I will be an E2 (Private First Class) whenever I join. Not an officer, but still a bit if an increase in pay and when...
and you have Helios, the Dam, etc under your control. An army of securitrons are at your disposal, and the NCR has withdrawn due to a loss of support in California itself. Your securitrons have pushed the Legion over the river and then some, everything West of the Colorado free from their...