{"id":12,"date":"2013-10-11T22:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:12:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Air Force Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading default\">Developing Leaders for Tomorrow\u2019s<br>Air Force<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Offered at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country, the Air Force Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps (ROTC) program develops the leaders of tomorrow by preparing students to become officers in the U.S. Air Force while earning a college degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">In Air Force ROTC, you\u2019ll not only build lifelong friendships, but you may also have the opportunity to pay for school through our scholarship programs. Most importantly, unlike many other college students, you\u2019ll have a rewarding career waiting for you after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator default\" id=\"h-what-does-air-force-rotc-entail\">What Does Air Force ROTC Entail?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aerospace Studies courses (1-3 hours, depending on academic year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadership Laboratory (2 hours\/week)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical training (2 hours\/week)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 days of field training at Maxwell AFB in Alabama, the summer after your sophomore year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two professional development training events, offered throughout the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/request-information\/\" rel=\"\">Request Information<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-30\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4 uwm-u-mb-0\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Captain O&#8217;Hara<\/strong><br>Recruiting Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\"><a href=\"mailto:conor.ohara@marquette.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conor.ohara@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-32\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4 uwm-u-mb-0\" id=\"h-visit\">Visit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Air Force ROTC Detachment 930<\/strong><br>1102 W Wisconsin Ave. Suite 203<br>Milwaukee, WI 53233<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">414-288-7682<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\"><strong>Hours:<\/strong> 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., M-F<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\"><a href=\"mailto:af930@marquette.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">af930@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":722,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Air Force Reserve Officers&#039; 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