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    AFROTC as a "transfer" student?

    Three is fairly common- he'd be considered an AS250 cadet, take the AS100 and AS200 courses at the same time, and compete for an Enrollment Allocation that spring. Sometimes it's hard for AS250s to get their name out there in a big program, but you can ask the detachment about how many 250s they...
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    suggestions/tips for AFROTC field training?

    Check out this thread from last year: http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/field-training-extra-packing-list.37829/ Always confirm that things that apply to previous years also apply to yours, but there's a lot of good, fairly generic packing advice.
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    Which on would you recommend Yale AFROTC or USAFA

    Language pay (called the Foreign Language Skill Proficiency Bonus) is really temperamental- as an AS400 now, it's only been offered for three semesters for me and is going to be suspended after this semester. Often we'd get emails that it was being offered well after we had registered for...
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    AFROTC 2015 Enrollment Allocations

    AS200s: read this sentence. Then read it again. Then google your university's career center and see what they can do for you. My class came in, saw two years of high EA numbers, had them ourselves, and went about our merry way thinking that we didn't need to have a backup plan. I pitied all my...
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    AFROTC with slight injury?

    Definitely get in contact with VA Tech's cadre about this. Rules are every cadet must take a PFA each semester and contracted cadets must pass, and I was given the impression that this was non-waiverable. I've had friends with extended leg injuries but they dragged themselves through an...
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    Project GO Waitlist

    This is completely dependent on your program- I'd ask.
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    AFROTC Summer Training

    Do you mean Field Training? If so, it's more of an evaluation than a training event, which you attend through a competitive selection process after two years in the program. This allows officers from outside of your detachment to get eyes on you and confirm if you're ready to become a member of...
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    Missileer Job

    Oh man, that 60 minutes special is really negative. It would be bad tv otherwise- "hey, yeah, this is my job, it's kind of weird and kind of boring, but y'know, it's important, and I like to hunt so I like being out here" wouldn't be very interesting at all. A lot has changed since that...
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    Missileer Job

    Top of her class Missileer-select who did not list 13N on her dream sheet (there's a lot of us), here. I can add some insight to what hasn't been answered: 2- common consensus amongst the 13N-selects ( tell him to get into our FB group!) is that our "real" EADs will come when we are assigned to...
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    AFROTC 13N Scholarship Information

    All officers meet the crossflow board after three years (a handy pamphlet I was given says that 2/3 will be selected to continue with missiles and the CGO that visited my det said that more officers apply to stay than ask to crossflow); I haven't yet had to sign anything indicating that I...
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    AFROTC 13N Scholarship Information

    13N-select here-just want to repeat again that the most important part right now is how fast everything is changing and how much the big AF honestly seems to be working to revamp the career field. The missileers I've talked to have been very open about the hardships of the job but also very...
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    Given an offer! Is it worth it?

    Very true- I got it in my head that I only wanted the Air Force in HS but got on a campus with all three branches and quickly realized that I probably would be happy and challenged in any branch. Though we all have our strengths and personalities, I love working with my AROTC and NROTC friends...
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    Given an offer! Is it worth it?

    Care to elaborate? The Air Force has a robust and rapidly growing cyber section and the mission that every good little cadet must memorize even specifically mentions it (fly, fight, and win, in air, space, and cyberspace). There are also numerous opportunities for officers to engage and maintain...
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    AFSC Results

    Six slots, with a "needs of the Air Force" option if you choose to list less than six (lol, as if it's not all NOAF anyway?). My cadre strongly suggested we fill it out completely.
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    AFSC Results

    Also, results are released to cadre, who I guess have discretion as to when to tell their cadets? So they may be waiting for LLAB to announce them publicly or something like that.
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    AFROTC Contracting process

    Interesting. There was panic at my det when the new standards came out, but we were told they didn't apply to us as cadets (because ROTC cadets get weighed more frequently than AD, maybe?). We have been held to the old standard since then and have had no word of that changing.
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    AF introduces Total Force Commissioning Process

    More guidance from cadre: A Voluntary Release Program will be offered to cadets scheduled to commission in CY14 (following the date of this message) and CY15. This program seeks cadets who desire to be voluntarily released from their AFROTC contract and Military Service Obligation (MSO). All...
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    AF introduces Total Force Commissioning Process

    Just another reason that all cadets should take advantage of their university's career center offerings and consider civilian job opportunities. There are so many unanticipated ways to find yourself out of the program (grades, weight, budget cuts, etc) that you'll feel way more secure and...
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    Field Training Extra Packing list

    Well, FTU, they should've told you or it should be lying around (often posted on Facebook in the annual "friends, write me letters!" statuses); this is often referred to as what "Max" you're going to, so Max 1, 2, 3, etc. As for flight, you find out at the airport and some are able to pass...
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    Field Training Extra Packing list

    It's just the same as your home unit (in theory...)- if you pass the BF test after not passing the traditional height/weight test, then you're fine. But we definitely had people from my flight sent home on the first day for not making weight, as there was a running "I'm going to rank you below...
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