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Aug. 15, 2024
Air Force ROTC Field Training Victory

Cadets and staff from Air Force ROTC's Field Training-Victory share their experience and explain what future cadets can expect the training to be like at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Aug. 15, 2024.
July 24, 2023
Air Force ROTC offers incentive rides, launches possible aviation careers

As Air Force ROTC Field Training starts winding down at Maxwell, the aviation careers of some cadets might just now be getting off the ground.
Aug. 10, 2021
AFROTC Field Training LRC compels cadets to lead, follow or get out of the way

A critical element of the Air Force ROTC Field Training encampment curriculum is the Leadership Reaction Course. The LRC is a series of obstacles that challenge cadets’ leadership and followership skills, problem-solving acumen and physical abilities.
Aug. 3, 2021
Air University commander experiences AFROTC Field Training

Lt. Gen. James Hecker, commander and president of Air University, visited Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, July 13 to observe the training and evaluation of cadets at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Field Training 2021. Though the training usually takes place at
July 21, 2021
Air Force ROTC Field Training commander converses on challenges, cadets and the camp

Mandated by Congress to help develop the next generation of Air Force and Space Force leaders, Air Force ROTC Field Training is an annual, summertime 16-day, four-phase program. The curriculum includes, among other things, academic exams, flight drill evaluations, land navigation, tactical combat
July 24, 2020
Air Force ROTC field training cadre, CTAs visit local diversity, inclusion museums

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadre and 34 cadet training assistants visited three museums in Montgomery, Alabama, July 17, 2020, to educate themselves on the history of social injustices and racial discord.
June 22, 2020
Air Force ROTC holds virtual town hall

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership discussed the future of the program and answered questions during a virtual town hall, June 18, 2020, live on Air University’s Facebook.
July 2, 2019
AFROTC summer Field Training underway on AU campus

Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country are battling the central Alabama heat this summer at Air University on their journey toward earning their gold bars. The more than 2,600 cadets from most of AFROTC’s 145 detachments are rotating through Field Training, a congressionally mandated program