{"id":26,"date":"2013-10-11T22:24:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:09:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in uwm-c-link--external\">UWM students have the opportunity to participate fully in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrotc.com\/college\/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) Program<\/a>. Students enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program attend AFROTC courses at Marquette University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--external\">Through this program, UWM offers its students the opportunity to prepare for initial active duty assignments as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrotc.com\/life-after-rotc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Commissioned Officers<\/a>. In order to receive a commission, AFROTC cadets must complete all university requirements for a degree and courses specified by the Air Force. AFROTC offers four- and three-year programs leading to a commission as an Air Force officer. Four-year program students complete the general military course and the professional officer course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-c-link--external\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marquette.edu\/air-force-rotc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detachment 930&#8217;s webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-slider uwm-p-slider--dots-outside\"><div class=\"uwm-p-slider--base\"><figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2025\/02\/afrotc-training-with-flags-3.jpg\" alt=\"Two men and one female holding flag during Air Force ROTC ceremony.\" title=\"Two men and one female holding flag during Air Force ROTC ceremony.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2025\/02\/afrotc-training-with-colors.jpg\" alt=\"Two female Air Force ROTC cadets at an Air Force ceremony. One woman holds a flag.\" title=\"Two female Air Force ROTC cadets at an Air Force ceremony. One woman holds a flag.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2025\/02\/afrotc-training-exercise.jpg\" alt=\"Air Force ROTC cadets walking down a sidewalk near the Milwaukee School of Engineering.\" title=\"Air Force ROTC cadets walking in a line down the sidewalk.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2025\/02\/afrotc-training-exercise-2.jpg\" alt=\"Air Force ROTC cadets walking down a sidewalk before the Air Force Warrior Run.\" title=\"Air Force ROTC cadets walking down a sidewalk before the Air Force Warrior Run.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/afrotc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/491\/2025\/02\/afrotc-training-flags-2.jpg\" alt=\"Air Force ROTC cadets standing with flag at Air Force ceremony.\" title=\"Air Force ROTC cadets standing with flag at Air Force ceremony.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":749,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","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>About - Air Force<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UW-Milwaukee offers students the opportunity to participate in the Air Force Reserve Officers&#039; 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