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May 31, 2023
RIT Air Force cadets host fully integrated multi-domain field training exercise

During the exercise, cadets from RIT's Air Force and Army ROTC programs, along with cadets from six other AFROTC detachments, worked together in a simulated field training setting. The exercise emphasized the integration of cyber, air, and ground operations.
April 13, 2023
Air Force hosts tri-service ROTC conference

The leaders of Air Force, Army and Navy ROTC met at Maxwell to discuss the strategic and operational directions of their officer accession programs., April 5, 2023.
Jan. 30, 2023
New 2-year AFROTC scholarship available to all qualified cadets selected to commission

The CMLA is a 2-year scholarship to help relieve financial burdens and allow all qualified cadets to focus on their academic and leadership development. Eligible cadets are granted a two-year tuition award of $18,000 per year or this can be converted to a housing benefit of up to $10,000 per year.
Jan. 24, 2023
Cadets take over Air Force ROTC Instagram, give perspectives on new scholarship

The detachment is hosting Air Force and AFROTC senior leaders to introduce the Charles McGee Leadership Award, a two-year scholarship to help relieve financial burdens to allow cadets to focus on their academic and leadership development. Available to all eligible cadets in their junior and senior
Oct. 6, 2022
Air Force officers share paths to personal, professional success with cadets

Brig. Gen. Terrence Adams, who commissioned through the ROTC program at Alabama State University in Montgomery, partnered with the Montgomery TechLab to host the mentoring event, held Aug. 31, 2022, in conjunction with the Department of the Air Force IT and Cyberpower Conference.
Sept. 30, 2022
AFROTC Detachment 015 hosts fly-in to historic Moton Field

The Air Force ROTC Detachment 015 hosted a team of aviation professionals from the 12th Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on Sept. 24, 2022, to educate and inspire current and future Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC cadets toward rated careers.
Sept. 12, 2022
Junior ROTC Flight Academy Enters Fifth Year of Operation

Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets participate in the Flight Academy program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Aug. 2, 2022
Richardson takes command of 42nd Air Base Wing

Richardson received his commission in 1998 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at South Dakota State University. He serviced in a variety of assignments at major command, forward operating agency, secretariat, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, combatant command, and Joint Staff levels.
Aug. 1, 2022
Cantwell takes command of Holm Center

Brig. Gen. Houston Cantwell took command of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development from Brig. Gen. Leslie Maher during a change of command ceremony, July 28, 2022.
July 18, 2022
AFROTC grants accommodations for first Sikh cadet

Cadet Gursharan Virk, a sophomore information assurance major at Detachment 255 at University of Iowa, is now allowed to wear Sikhism ceremonial accessories and abide by the religion’s grooming standards, which includes wearing a turban, necklace and bracelet, while having an uncut beard, in

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