AFROTC General Information


What is Air Force ROTC?

The Air Force Reserved Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is an educational program designed to give men and women the opportunity to become an Air Force officer while completing a degree. The Air Force ROTC program is designed to prepare you to assume positions of increasing responsibility and importance in the modern Air Force. There are three programs that allow students to become Air Force Officers:
The General Military Course is the first half of the Four-Year Program and it is taken during the freshman and sophomore years. This program allows you to "try out" Air Force ROTC for up to two years without incurring any obligation unless on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. As you attend class, you'll learn about the Air Force and the historical development of airpower. The last half, called the Professional Officer Course, is competitive. These junior and senior level courses cover leadership skills and national defense policy.

This program, also called the Professional Officer Course, is primarily available to junior college transfer students, sophomores and veterans who have at least two years remaining(undergraduate, graduate, or a combination of the two) before entering. It's especially for those who major in selected scientific and technical areas such as mathematics, physics, meteorology, engineering and computer science. This program is highly competitive so it's important to apply early in your sophomore year. The leadership and national defense policy courses are the same as those offered the last half of the Four-Year Program.

Qualifications

To qualify for the Professional Officer Course, you must:



What About Scholarships?

Air Force ROTC offers 1 to 3 year scholarships to college students in selected engineering, science, and nontechnical majors, as well as in nursing and premedical. To apply contact the Air Force ROTC detachment during your freshman or sophomore years of college. Selections are based on scores achived on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, overall grade-point average and the rating from an interview.
There are also scholarships up to 4 years available on a competitive basis to high school seniors or graduates who have not enrolled as a full-time college student. Scholarships are awarded in many majors. To apply, see your high school counselor, an Air Force ROTC officer or an Air Force recruiter. Deadline to submit the completed scholarship package is December 1. Apply early!

Leadership Laboratory

As an Air Force ROTC cadet, you'll spend one or two class periods each week putting into practice the leadership skills and management theory acquired in class. Leadership Laboratory is a cadet-centered program taken each year that will improve your ability to perform as an Air Force officer.

Field Training

Field Training offers you a firsthand look at the Air Force environment. You will usually attend Field Training during the summer at selected Air Force bases before you enter the POC. At Field Training you will receive career orientation, junior officer training, aircraft and aircrew indoctrination, survival training, weapons familiarization, physical training, familiarization with the organization and the function of an Air Force base.

What's my obligation?

After graduating from college and completing all Air Force ROTC requirements, you'll be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. Nonflying officers serve four years on active duty, navigators serve six years after training, and pilots serve ten years after training.

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