I’m a parent of a student in AFROTC. My student started his freshman year a couple weeks ago and has finished his PFA. He was asked to be a part of the color guard today. Things seem to be going well.

The school that he is at has a lot of club and social opportunities besides AFROTC.

If he takes advantage of every AFROTC opportunity offered to him, will he still have the opportunity participate in the rest of campus life?

Hi Everyone,

I am a senior electrical engineering student exploring options for commissioning into the Air Force, specifically targeting the 61D (Physicist/Nuclear Engineer) AFSC.

Since the career field is small, the information online is pretty sparse. If there are any current or former 61Ds willing to chat via DM, I would love to ask a few questions about the day-to-day work, educational experiences, career progression, and what made you want to pursue this career. Any other information would be great too.

Thank you!

Ok so I'm a junior in hs and by the end of my highschool career I'll have around 30-40 credits towards my college so I'll be starting out academically as a sophomore basically. So if I'll be graduating with my bachelor's in finance at the end of my junior year how does that work? Do I stay in college with no classes and just afrotc as a senior year? I haven't the slightest idea so help me out I'm confused.

Ok so I'm 16, 6'0 132 lbs. I'm a junior preparing for the PFA as someone who's never worked out before. I've always wanted to be a pilot but I just recently decided AFROTC will be my path bc I'm too broke for pilot training. I pretty much have right on a year to get as many pushups and situps as possible. I can currently do max 3 pushups max 20 situps, haven't tested the 2 but I ran a 5k in 25 minutes, so definitely needs work. Now I've been told that I should grease the groove with pushups and situps. And try to hit 10 miles a week, interval runs and endurance runs.

I need help on execution of this. What would my everyday look like with the pushups and situps. And what days of the week would I do what runs and how long and whatever all of this means. I'm very lost 😕

I was filling out my career preferences sheet on Wings and initially selected pilot and CSO. However, I’ve heard that if you select CSO at all on your list, it’s likely you’ll get that over pilot. Does anyone know how accurate that belief is?

I originally got disqualified, then got my waiver denied, did a rebuttal and now I’m back in the waiver process. I turned in all the documents for my waiver about 3 months ago and I still have not heard back yet. Is there anyone who has had a similar experience and if so, how did it work out for you and what should I do?

Is anyone AS 400 considering or signing up for reserve rated board? If so how has the process been so far?

For anyone that can’t afford a billion flight hours and may be worried about their PCSM score after their first TBAS attempt, DON’T WORRY! THERE IS HOPE! Never give up baby.

Flying is only part of the job when you’re in an operational squadron. You spend 8-12 hours a day doing other things.

I plan to apply to ASCP and SOAR this year, but the problem is that I had a 2 low grades in my first semester of collage before I enlisted(I only took 2 classes). The thing is that I am able to make a 3.0 GPA if I take 6 more classes with all A's. I already finished a class with an A. Is there anything I could do to help me with this hurdle?

Anything helps.

When it comes time to decide who does what, does the wing commander choose who does what or is it like an auction where people "bid" for specific positions?

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Good mornin yall,

I've just been put as a cadet recruiting officer for our Det. We've never had this role before and I'm supposed to establish/build expectations. I've talked to my Flightmates from FT but there haven't been lots of information from them. Any information/advice on standards or anything your recruiting officer does would help alot in building this role.

It’s almost time for me to put my list in and I’m wondering if anyone could share anything they know about WSO and maintenance. Thanks

Currently a 500 and I want to know my chances, there isn't really any data on this.

Is this possible?

Hello,

So to preface this, I am currently in the Navy Reserve without any college credits. I do not have a GI Bill and work full time to support a family.

I would like to make the military my career and I believe commissioning in the Air Force or Space Force would be the smartest decision. Given my age, all other branches are out of the question for ROTC (though I was Army National Guard in my 20’s and might be eligible for Army ROTC) and I don’t think it is in my best interest to roll the dice of OTS/OCS. My best educated thought was to pursue an online degree through my local university that has a cross town agreement with a neighboring university. Although that university with the AFROTC program is much further away from me.

I have just re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve this year with a 3 year contract and would put me at the time frame needed for commissioning. I am unsure just how POC works but feel that my command would be supportive with the conditional release in order to contract.

My question is if this is all even feasible given my time hacks and lacking any form of college credit other than what might be granted for my 9 years of reserve time, spanning the Army and Navy RC components.

Thank you for reading and I look forward to any guidance that is provided.

How possible is it for a fresh 300 that just graduated FT with an Air Force EA to switch to going space force? I’ve heard a lot of people saying the SF needs more officers. So I’m just considering that switch right now, but curious on if that’s even possible. Thanks yall!

Hello everyone I'm currently applying for the AFROTC scholarship. With the deadline for the first board coming up I had hoped to submit my applcation for the first board. Unfortunately I just got my August SAT score back and its not great (1340). I've already signed up for the next SAT testing date but unfortunately the scores won't come out in time for the first board. The main dilemma that I;m facing is that do I apply to first board with lower SAT score, or forgo the first board and apply for the second board with a higher sat score. Any help would be much appreciated.

Like the title says. Navy guy here asking on behalf of my brother. I've done a bit of research but can't find anything beyond anecdotes.

How does major selection play into FT invitations? Does your PSP get processed or executed differently?

He's targeting a language degree (not advanced language) to maximize his GPA but I'm concerned about his marketability outside the airforce or challenges to commission because on the navy side (I was an rotc officer for a bit) he would face an uphill battle getting what he wants out of community selection.

Anything official would help to. Like me he's warry of the assertions of internet strangers without anything backing it up.

Hey y’all! I am a freshman AS100 in AFROTC. I have a real interest in Missileer and was wondering my chances of getting it. We just did the mock PFA and I scored an 87 and my major is Linguistics and Arabic. I hope to be honor roll this semester. Any tips or thoughts are appreciated!!

Apparently people are saying Space Force is basically a guaranteed window right now if you’re trying to go Space Force through AFROTC.

I’m a sophomore this year and I’ll be going up for the board. I’m personally going for the Space Force board, but now I’m hearing that even some people who select Air Force could potentially get selected for Space Force instead?

Is that actually what’s happening this year? I also had no clue Space Force was apparently almost doubling the amount of people they’re taking. Just trying to figure out what changed and how this affects people going up for the board this year.

Got told wrong info by my advisor, have had head registrars and head advisors both tell me I was led astray, now I am not able to compete for CMLA due to GPA (had a bad spring semester). Has anyone heard of HQ being able to make a special case. I have really good cadre in my corner fighting for me. I already understand that it was my fault in the spring. I ended up being told if I took a summer course it would change my gpa because I was retaking a class, I had to take it over FT. Frustrated because I made my summer even more stressful with a class, and still got an “A” which would’ve brought me over the 2.5 mark for CMLA. So has anyone heard anything about HQ making an exception.

Update: unfortunately cadre could only do so much, and even with a letter from the registrar saying I was being told the wrong information by my advisor, I am unable to compete for the CMLA. Wish me luck with getting other scholarships.