Air Force ROTC

What is Air Force ROTC?

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) is an educational program designed to give men and women the opportunity to become Air Force officers while completing their degrees. The Air Force ROTC program is designed to prepare you to assume positions of increasing responsibility and importance in the modern Air Force. Air Force ROTC offers two routes to an Air Force commission at over 600 institutions throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico: the Air Force ROTC Four-Year Program and the Two-Year program.

Four-Year Program:

The General Military Course is the first half of the Four-Year Program and is taken during your freshman and sophomore years. This program allows you to "try out" Air Force ROTC for up to two years without incurring any obligation unless you are on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. As you attend class, you'll learn more about the Air Force and the historical development of air power. The last two years are called the Professional Officer Course. These junior and senior level classes cover leadership skills and national defense policy.

Two-Year Program:

This program, also called the Professional Officer Course, is primarily available to junior college transfer students, sophomores and veterans who have approximately two years remaining (undergraduate, graduate or a combination of the two) before entering the Air Force. It's especially suited for those who major in selected scientific and technical areas such as mathematics, physics, 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 two years of the Four-Year Program.

Links

• Official U.S. Air Force Web Site
• Air Force Recruitment Information
• Air Force ROTC
• Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development
• Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Campus, AFROTC Detachment 157

Updated January 13th, 2010