No Canadians that I'm aware of haha

 

Question, do graduates of the military schools have a requirement for a longer commitment after graduation vs ROTC and OTS. Additionally do you come out with a regular commission? Thanks

 

The thread is specifically asking about getting into the AF Academy. Nobody is asking about other options. That would be the subject of another thread. You may have written in jest, but is comes across as pompous and condescending when it has nothing to do with the topic at hand and basically says "go do something else" rather than answer the question.

 

Knew I should have used the "first unread" button. If I'd known this was a 5 year old post, I'd never have bothered to respond above. What a maroon!

 

The commitment is the same for all three sources, 5 years. Unless you fly, then it is 10 years. I believe we receive reserve commissions but are active duty. I think the last active commissions were given to c/o '95.

 

USAFA grads have a 5 year commitment plus 3 years IRR, and they get a regular commission. AFROTC have a 4 year commitment plus 4 years IRR and get a reserve commission unless they were an ROTC Distinguished Graduate, then they get a regular commission. If it was 5 years for ROTC grads then I have been AWOL/UA for the past 10 months. What are they teaching you over there at the academy? Jk

I asked someone what the difference between a Regular commission and a reserve commission is, and they could only tell me that they think a regular commission gave you a preference during RIFs, but I think they for that data from their RDB.

I was an ROTC grad from CU Boulder and so was my brother. We were on Princeton Review's #1 party school ranking my freshman year. This year, CU Boulder is on Playboy's #1 party school ranking. My brother starts teaching at the Academy next semester and can't wait to tell all the cadets how much fun he had in Boulder.

 

I'm not sure what the differences is in the USAF either. I can say that during my time in the USMC, a Reserve commission officer had to appear in front of a Augmentation Board and be selected for a Regular commission (effectively hired into the Regular service), otherwise you were finished after the initial commitment.

I understand that the boards are no longer used or have at least come and gone over the years.
Do you know if the USAF ever had similar boards required for USAF officers with reserve commissions?

USMCFLYR

 

I got my commission through ROTC in 1987. About the time I was selected for O-3, I was "tendered" a regular commission. I never appeared before a board in person. They may have looked at my records, etc. and approved my regular commission, but I never had to do anything.

From what I understood at the time, if you were a pilot, getting a regular commission was basically a done deal for most. In a nutshell, the fact that I had a reserve commisson for my first 4 years of AD was transparent to me.

Can't say what happens now.

Service academy experience is great from what I hear. I still would go ROTC looking back, FWIW:
Great college experience (beer, chicks, sports, an engineering degree), an ROTC commission received while not trying to make 2Lt below the zone , a pilot slot, an F-15 out of UPT and a 22+ year career serving our great country.

 

You won't regret it, but you probably won't want do to it twice.

KIR 97

 

Furthermore, I must ask...

Do you have aspirations of becoming the next supreme allied commandant of Canadia? The US service academies seem to generate foreign cadets that have a big impact on their home militaries.