Benefits
Can you assign a dollar value to leadership? To confidence? How about a brilliant future and a guaranteed career? One thing you can put a value on is a college scholarship. Beyond that, the benefits of Air Force ROTC are priceless.
Experience a normal college life:
- Take part in experiences that you'll remember for a lifetime
- Grow as an individual and gain a sense of belonging with a group of peers who share common interests
- Develop a healthy and fit lifestyle
- Visit Air Force bases in the United States and overseas (and get paid for it)
- Travel free on space-available military flights as a contracted cadet
- Take part in extreme Air Force summer adventures.
Focus on school:
- Take the classes you want at the college you want to attend – Air Force ROTC classes complement your academic major
- Get college credit for Air Force ROTC courses
- College tuition partially or fully paid for: 2-, 3- or 4-year scholarships that pay tuition, fees and books
- Get extra spending money: $300 to $500 nontaxable monthly allowance while in school
- Learn new organizational skills to help you succeed in other classes.
- Get the opportunity to delay active-duty entry to pursue a graduate degree
Manage your future:
- Get management experience you'll use as an Air Force officer or in corporate America
- Secure a management level job in over 150 officer career paths after graduation
- Become part of a post graduation network of graduates in the military and commercial world
- Develop managerial skills through hands-on practice running the cadet corps
- Hone your teamwork skills through group problem-solving exercises