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  • Vietnam pilot, former POW selected as 2016 Holm Center Distinguished Alumni

    The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps inducted retired Lt. Col. William R. Schwertfeger into the Distinguished Alumni program, July 22, 2016, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Schwertfeger was selected for this honor for his contribution to the Air Force ROTC mission and for his dedication to

  • Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

    During the summer, most college students are enjoying a much-needed break from their studies or working a part-time job to pay for school. Instead, nearly 50 Air Force ROTC cadets across the nation chose to push through grueling workouts and leadership challenges during a week-long Special Tactics

  • Future officers forfeit summer to train with Special Tactics

    During the summer, most college students are enjoying a much-needed break from their studies or working a part-time job to pay for school. Instead, nearly 50 Air Force ROTC cadets across the nation chose to push through grueling workouts and leadership challenges during a week-long Special Tactics

  • Air Force JROTC unit wins 2016 Joint Service Academic Bowl Championship

    A team of four Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from California bested thousands of other competitors from across the globe to win top honors in the 2016 JROTC Joint Service Academic Bowl Championship, held in Washington, D.C., June 25-27.The cadets from the Scripps Ranch High School AFJROTC unit in San

  • Air Force JROTC partners up with AFA for StellarXplorer competition

    The Air Force Association is striving to increase participation in their third annual StellarXplorers competition this tear by teaming up with the Air Force Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps headquarters. The new partnership will introduce the event to almost four times as many students

  • VLPAD program in full motion

    The first three officers selected for the Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program are heading for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps command after recently attending the Academic Instructor Course at Air University.The VLPAD program, launched in early 2016, provides an opportunity for

  • South Carolina AFJROTC unit receives record number of AFROTC scholarships

    Air Force ROTC recently awarded scholarships to seven Air Force JROTC cadets at Clover High School, South Carolina, a new record for the school. “That’s nearly one-third of my senior class,” said retired Maj. Brian Batson during a recent interview with the local newspaper The Herald. “You could tell

  • South Carolina AFJROTC unit receives record number of AFROTC scholarships

    Air Force ROTC recently awarded scholarships to seven Air Force JROTC cadets at Clover High School, South Carolina, a new record for the school."That's nearly one-third of my senior class," said retired Maj. Brian Batson during a recent interview with the local newspaper The Herald. "You could tell

  • AFROTC returns to Harvard

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James helped return the Air Force's tie to one of the country's most prestigious institutions Friday.The secretary signed an agreement at Harvard University reestablishing the Air Force ROTC detachment there. After establishing one of the country's first ROTC

  • AFROTC cadet wins Boren Award for Arabic studies

    An Air Force ROTC cadet at the University of Oklahoma won a nationally recognized award recently for his study of Arabic languages and culture that he hopes will help him to contribute solutions to problems in the Middle East.Cadet Jeremiah Cox received a 2016 Boren Awards for International Study