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Air Force Recruiting Service commanders join ROTC cadets in historic 'Ruck Across the Brazos'
December 13, 2024 — The top two leaders of Air Force Recruiting Service joined Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets and student veterans from their alma maters to kick off the inaugural "Ruck Across the Brazos” on Nov. 29... MORE

Photo of Brig. Gen Chris Amrhein and Craig McPike

Army working to identify possible ROTC service time miscalculation
December 8, 2023 — The Army is reviewing the records of all officers who were commissioned through the active duty option of the Green to Gold Program for possible time-in-service miscalculations... MORE

New two-year AFROTC scholarship available to all qualified cadets selected to commission
January 30, 2023 — The Charles McGee Leadership Award is a two-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... MORE

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., greets University of Maryland ROTC cadets before a ceremony at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, College Park, Md., Jan 27, 2023. Brown was on hand to award the Brig. Gen. Charles McGee Leadership Award.

Deployed pen pal inspires future Army leader
January 23, 2023 — Receiving a letter from a pen pal as a child can build a memory that lasts a lifetime. For U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Katie Glover, an assistant professor for military science at North Carolina State Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, her pen pal was the start of her love for the U.S. Army... MORE

Official portrait of Lt. Gen. John R. Evans, Jr., the Commanding General of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

AFROTC Detachment 015 hosts fly-in to historic Moton Field
October 5, 2022 — The Air Force ROTC Detachment 015 hosted a team of aviation professionals from the 12th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Sept. 24 to educate and inspire current and future Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC cadets toward rated careers... MORE

Life as an instructor pilot chronicled on latest “The Air Force Starts Here” podcast
September 14, 2022 — Learn first-hand about life as an instructor pilot through the experiences of a 71st Flying Training Wing officer on the latest episode of "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast, released Sept. 13, 2022... MORE

How the new Special Warfare Branch at AFRS is making a difference
August 17, 2022 — One year into being, the Special Warfare Branch at Air Force Recruiting Service is yielding results by trying new approaches to win talent for an elite set of careers... MORE

Lt. Col. Joseph Lopez and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Dunham, two of seven members of AFRS’s Recruiting Operations Special Warfare branch pose for a photo outside AFRS’s headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug. 4, 2022.

AFROTC grants accommodations for first Sikh cadet
July 19, 2022 — The Air Force has granted religious accommodations for Air Force ROTC’s first Sikh cadet. ... MORE

Air Force ROTC Cadet Gursharan Virk, third from left, takes part in Detachment 255’s color guard ceremony at a football game at the University of Iowa in 2021. Virk is the first Sikh ROTC cadet to be granted religious accommodations by the Air Force in observation of his faith. The accommodations include wear of a turban and facial hair. (Courtesy photo)

AFPC accepting applications for officer instructor, recruiting duty
April 12, 2022 — The Air Force Personnel Center will accept applications from active duty line of the Air Force officers for the calendar year 2023 Officer Instructor & Recruiting Special Duty, or OI&RSD, Nomination Board from April 11 to May 14... MORE

Air Force officer and OI&RSD participant.

DLIELC supports upcoming Puerto Rico Project Language
June 2, 2021 — In 1975, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center began providing English-language training and cultural immersion to U.S. Army trainees who were permanent residents or U.S. citizens from English-as-a-second language communities... MORE

Air Force ROTC cadet takes aim during a field exercise in Puerto Rico.

Rated Preparatory Program now accepting applications for FY21 Fall class
April 19, 2021 — Active duty Air Force officers and enlisted personnel interested in becoming rated officers have until May 25 to apply for the Fall 2021 Rated Preparatory Program... MORE

Local Army ROTC cadets support San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game
February 3, 2021 — Army ROTC cadets spoke with parents, youths and community partners about ROTC opportunities and their leadership experience within the ROTC program... MORE

Prior to the kickoff of the San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game, cadets from The University of Texas at San Antonio Army ROTC 5th Brigade, U.S. Army Cadet Command, teamed up with the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion San Antonio to speak with spectators as they entered Heroes Stadium in San Antonio Jan. 30.

Rated Preparatory Program now accepting applications for FY21 spring class
November 23, 2020 — Active duty Department of the Air Force officers and enlisted Airmen and Space Professionals interested in becoming a rated officer have until Dec. 31, 2020 to apply for the Spring 2021 Rated Preparatory Program... MORE

Active duty Department of the Air Force officers and enlisted Airmen and Space Professionals interested in becoming a rated officer have until Dec. 31, 2020 to apply for the Spring 2021 Rated Preparatory Program.

Rated Preparatory Program now accepting applications for FY21 spring class
November 9, 2020 — Active duty Department of the Air Force officers and enlisted Airmen and Space Professionals interested in becoming a rated officer have until Dec. 31, 2020 to apply for the Spring 2021 Rated Preparatory Program... MORE

A pilot’s pilot: Honoring Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss and his Gold Star family
October 21, 2020 — On Friday, May 3, 2013, Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss perished in a plane crash near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, while on his sixth deployment, making his family a Gold Star Family who will be honored, along with many other families, annually on the last Sunday of September... MORE

Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss perished in a plane crash near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, while on his sixth deployment.

Texas State University ROTC fly C-5M Super Galaxy
March 10, 2020 — Members of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Det. 840 with Texas State University visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and sampled the military with an incentive flight on the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 7... MORE

Members of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 840 with Texas State University pose in the cockpit of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, March 3, 2020.

Army ROTC cadets represent at UTSA-Army football game
October 7, 2019 — Army ROTC cadets from the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Roadrunner Battalion, 5th Brigade Army ROTC, participated in the first-ever UTSA vs. Army Military Appreciation Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio Sept. 14... MORE

Army ROTC cadets from the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Roadrunner Battalion, 5th Brigade Army ROTC, participated in the first-ever UTSA vs. Army Military Appreciation Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio Sept. 14.

Texas A&M ROTC tours C-5M Super Galaxy
November 16, 2018 — Thirteen Texas A&M Reserve Officers Training Corps students and instructors visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and toured a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 6... MORE

Lt. Col. Brandi B. King, 356th Airlift Squadron instructor pilot, describes C-5M Super Galaxy capabilities to a group of Texas A&M Reserve Officer Training Corps students and instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Nov. 6, 2018.

Air Force offers several paths from stripes to bars
April 10, 2018 — The Air Force offers expansive opportunities for Airmen to progress in their career. For those who are in pursuit of higher education, commissioning programs are one of the ways future Airmen can begin their career as a company-grade officer within the military ranks. ... MORE

ROTC cadets receive a simulated ride in a C-5M
July 29, 2017 — Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets taking part in Operations Air Force, a professional development training program for ROTC student across the United States, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to get a better understanding about the Air Force Reserve July 26, 2017... MORE

Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets enter the C-5 flight simulator at the 733rd Training Squadron, July 26, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The cadets also visited the 433rd Maintenance Squadron's engine shop and received a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft tour. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)