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Sustaining the Combat Capability of Americas Air
Force
Air Force Reserve Officer Training
Corps(AFROTC)Capt Katherine PetrenRFC, AFROTC
Det 475University of New Hampshire
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Overview

• AFROTC Myths
• AFROTC Program Overview
• Scholarship Program
• Career Benefits
• Commitment
• Summary

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AFROTC Myths

• You need to have an AFROTC scholarship to enter
  the program
• AFROTC is mostly for people who want to be pilots
• You need to be in an engineering or technical
  degree program to enter AFROTC
• Once you enroll in AFROTC you are committed to
  the Air Force
• You need to be at a school with an AFROTC unit to
  enter AFROTC
• You need to wear your uniform to school if you
  are in AFROTC
• If you are in AFROTC you could be sent off to war
  before you graduate
• You need to be able to meet Air Force physical
  fitness requirements before you can enter AFROTC
• Once you enroll and are accepted in AFROTC, you
  are guaranteed an Air Force commission

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AFROTC

• The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
  (ROTC) is an
• educational and leadership program designed to
  give men and women the opportunity to become a
  commissioned Air Force officer while completing a
  college degree
• AFROTC MISSION
• Develop Quality Leaders for the Air Force

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AFROTC Program

• Several Elements
• Educational Program for men and women college
  credit, Air Force culture
• Leadership and Military Training beneficial in
  armed forces or civilian life
• Commissioning Program opportunity to become an
  Air Force officer
• Cadets are students first and cadets second we
  want academically sound, well-rounded, involved
  students

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AFROTC Roadmap

• Freshmen Sophomores General Military Course
• Field Training
• Juniors Seniors Professional Officers Course
• Graduate Commission

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General Military Course (GMC)

• Freshmen and sophomores
• Not committed to join the Air Force, unless on
  scholarship
• Trial period for student and the Air Force
• Learn basic military customs, wear of uniform,
  drill and ceremony, followership, and Field
  Training skills
• Approx. five hours / week
• One hour Aerospace studies class
• Two hour Leadership Lab
• Two hours of PT
• Field training usually following sophomore year

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Field Training

• In order to become a POC you must attend Field
  Training
• Usually summer between sophomore and junior year
• 30 day course divided between in-garrison
  location (Maxwell AFB, AL) and Expeditionary
  Field Camp (Camp Shelby, MS)

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Professional Officer Course (POC)

• Juniors and Seniors
• All AFROTC cadets now committed to the Air Force
• Seven hours / week
• Three hours Aerospace Studies
• Two hour Leadership Lab
• Two hours of PT
• Skills Learned in POC
• Leadership
• Management
• Communication
• After Graduation and completion of POC
• Receive commission as Second Lieutenant
• Begin career as Air Force Officer

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Additional Activities

• Professional Development Training (PDT)
• Operation Air Force
• Freefall Parachuting
• USAFA SOAR (Gliders)
• Survival School
• Combatives
• Det Social and Training Activities
• Base Visits
• Incentive Rides
• Intramural Sports
• Detachment Outings
• Military Ball / Dining Out
• Arnold Air Society
• Civil Air Patrol
• Rock Climbing, Paintball much more

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What are AFROTC Requirements?

• Full time college student at school affiliated
  with AFROTC
• Good moral character/limited or no significant
  civil involvements
• At least 18 years of age (between 14-17 years of
  age requires parental consent)
• Eventually able to meet Air Force medical and
  fitness requirements and pass Officer
  Qualification Test

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AFROTC Scholarships

• Some think of AFROTC as a financial aid program
  not true
• Designed to meet AF officer requirements
• Award of scholarships is based on merit, on a
  competitive basis, not financial need
• Number of scholarships awarded is driven by need
  and budget in a given year
• All academic majors qualify

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Two AFROTC Scholarship Programs

• High School Scholarship Program (HSSP)
• Apply/compete Senior year in High School
• 10-15 of Freshmen AFROTC enrollees
• In-College Scholarship Program (ICSP)
• For student already in college
• Approx 90 of AFROTC Juniors/Seniors are on
  scholarship
• Multiple ways to qualify

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High School Scholarship Program (HSSP)

• Competitively awarded based on national board
  process
• Three types of High School scholarships
• Type 1 unlimited tuition (mostly technical
  fields), 5
• Type 2 tuition capped at 18K per year (mostly
  technical fields), 25
• Type 7 70
• Type 7 selectee must attend a school where
  tuition and fees are less than 9,000 per year or
  where the student qualifies for the in-state
  tuition rate
• Or student can convert to three year type 2
  scholarship to attend a school where tuition/fees
  exceed 9,000/year
• All three provide 900 per year for books
• All three provide a monthly stipend from
  300500

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HSSP Past Board Results

• Past Three Years HSSP Board Results
• 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
• Applicants 12,008 13,559 15,799
• Eligible applicants 2,827 3,626 5,005
• Scholarship offers 1,820 705 1,783
• Average GPA 3.71 3.77 3.78
• Average SAT 1235 1261 1260
• Average ACT 27 28 28

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HSSP How HS Seniors Apply

• Deadline for initial app is 1 Dec of each year
• Complete online app _at_ www.afrotc.com
• Applicants then complete and mail in to HQ/AFROTC
  by 9 Jan 2010
• High School Transcripts and SAT/ACT
• Resume/Extracurricular Activities Sheet
• Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA)
• Qualified applicants will complete interview

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Three Sources for AFROTC In College Scholarship

• Commanders Leadership Scholarship
• Typically 2-3 per year
• Type 1 (unlimited tuition books stipend) or
  Type 2 (18K/year books stipend) scholarship
• Awarded based on local Commanders discretion
• Annual In College Scholarship Board
• Compete nationally typically two boards and 4-5
  scholarships per year
• Freshmen compete for a 3-year scholarship
• Sophomores compete for a 2-year scholarship
• Type 2, Type 3 (9K books stipend) Type 6
  (3K books stipend) scholarships
• Express, Nursing, Foreign Language Express
  Scholarships

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Express, Nursing, Foreign Language Express
Scholarships

• Submitted by Detachment once fully qualified,
  applicants do not meet a scholarship board
• All Type 1 scholarships (unlimited tuition
  books stipend)
• Same minimum requirements as for ICSP, but must
  be must be majoring in a critically needed AF
  specialty
• Electrical engineering
• Computer engineering
• Environmental engineering
• Meteorology
• Nursing
• Critical language Arabic, Chinese,
  Persian-Iranian, Persian-Afghan, Hindi,
  Indonesian, Japanese, Pashtu, Russian, Turkish,
  Urdu/Punjabi, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Cambodian,
  Hausa, Kazakh, Kurdish, Malay, Serbo-Croatian,
  Swahili, Thai, Uighur, Uzbek and Vietnamese)

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ICSP Eligibility Requirements

• Have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA
• Pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test
  (AFOQT)
• Meet Air Force ROTC weight and body fat standards
• Pass the Air Force ROTC Physical Fitness Test
• Pass a physical examination and be certified as
  commission-qualified by the Department of Defense
  Medical Examination Review Board
• Not already be a contracted scholarship recipient
  
• Meet the age, moral and other scholarship
  eligibility requirements for Air Force ROTC
• US citizen by the end of the projected term of
  activation

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Career Benefits

• Service to your country
• Fulfilling and exciting career opportunities
• Guaranteed job after graduation

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Commitment

• At least 4 years of active duty service or
• 6 years if selected for navigator or air battle
  manager (ABM) training or
• 10 years if selected for pilot training
• Note--Pilot and navigator/ABM service commitment
  begins after training is completed

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Summary

• AFROTC is an outstanding educational and
  leadership program that enables students to
  obtain an Air Force commission in a university
  setting
• Provides benefits now and in the future
• Scholarships
• Air Force career opportunities
• Service to your country
• Retirement benefits
• Excellent opportunity for High School and College
  students

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For More Info

• Contact LtCol Patrick Testerman, Major William
  Michael, or Capt Katherine Petren
• AFROTC Detachment 475, University of New
  Hampshire
• [phone]
• patrick.testerman_at_unh.edu
• william.michael_at_unh.edu
• katherine.petren_at_unh.edu
• www.afrotc.com

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