Potential Cadets
What is Air Force ROTC?
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a three to four year program that prepares men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force while completing an undergraduate or graduate degree.
If you are interested in obtaining more information about Air Force ROTC and what the opportunities are for your specific situation please call the detachment (508-831-5747) and request an appointment for an information session.
General Military Course (GMC)
GMC is the first half of the program and allows students to tryout ROTC without any obligation. Cadets will learn about the foundations of the Air Force, customs and courtesies, and the development of air power.
Professional Officer Course (POC)
POC covers the second half of the program and is available to cadets who have completed Field Training, (summer training for ROTC cadets), and have at least two years remaining towards completing their degree. POC cadets will learn leadership/management skills, national defense policy, and prepare for active duty.
Field Training
Field Training is military training conducted at an Air Force base during the summer between your sophomore and junior years and is the transition between the GMC and POC training. Training includes physical conditioning, marksmanship and survival training, leadership studies and more. Selection for Field Training and the POC is highly competitive and is based on GPA, Physical Fitness test scores, Commander's ranking and an SAT equivalent test.
What are the Career Opportunities?
The Air Force offers over 160 officer career specialties. Here are a few samples:
- Aircraft - pilot, navigator, maintenance
- Space & Missiles - satellite operations, missile launch operations, maintenance
- Intelligence - Office of Special Investigations, Foreign Area Officer
- Engineering - research, development, technical management in various engineering fields
- Science - mathematics, nuclear physics, metallurgy, meteorology
- Computer Science - programming, systems analysis, development
- Health Services - physician, dentist, nurse
- Management - logistics readiness, security forces, personnel, air traffic control, supply, finance, communications, electronics, munitions
What is Leadership Laboratory?
As an Air Force ROTC cadet, each semester you will attend a two hour class which meets once per week, putting into practice the leadership skills and management theory acquired in your ROTC academic class.
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