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All Polytechnic Institute of NYU and affiliated students may participate in the U.S. Air Force ROTC program headquartered at Manhattan College.
AFROTC is the largest source of commissioned officers for the Air Force.
So what is officer training? It's simple, really. The military provides you with training and money to help you start a career and cover your college expenses. You, in return, commit to a term of service in the military after earning your degree. The military gets bright, young officers who are well-trained and well-educated, and you get a college education and a guaranteed career after graduation. As a cadet you are not enlisted personnel, you are an officer candidate, a distinction created by Congress.
Air Force ROTC scholarships cover tuition, an annual textbook allowance, most lab fees and $250-$400 spending cash per academic month. Air Force ROTC currently has four, three, two and one year programs by which college students can become commissioned. And you can enroll in Air Force ROTC classes at the same time and in the same manner as you do for other college courses.
For the four year course, the first two years of the program, known as the General Military Course, consist of one hour of classroom work and one to two hours of leadership laboratory each week. Field training is also part of the schedule. The General Military Course is an opportunity for students not on an Air Force ROTC scholarship to try out the program with no obligation.
After completing General Military Course requirements, you move on to the Professional Officer Course. In the Professional Officer Course, you apply what you have learned in the General Military Course and at field-training encampments. And in Professional Officer Corps you actually conduct the leadership laboratories and manage the unit's cadet corps. Each unit has a cadet corps based on the Air Force organizational pattern of flight, squadron, group and wing. Classroom topics include management, communication skills and national defense policy. And once you've enrolled in the Professional Officer Course, you're enlisted in the Air Force Reserve and assigned to the Obligated Reserve Section. This entitles you to a monthly $350-$400 nontaxable subsistence allowance during the academic year.
For more information go to the AFROTC website at www.afrotc.com or the Manhattan College ROTC website at http://home.manhattan.edu/~afrotc/
Any matriculating or current Polytechnic Institute of NYU student can apply to participate in the Army ROTC program through NYC Army ROTC, headquartered at Fordham University.
Army ROTC produces 75% of all Army officers - prestigious professionals who serve as the leaders and managers of this nation's armed forces. It is designed as a college elective, which you can try out for up to two years with no obligation. The program provides you with a wide range of experiences as you work towards your degree, combining military science classes with hands-on leadership experience - skills that are sure to give you an edge over your peers in the job market.
Contracted Cadets receive between $250 and $400 per month in stipends. Scholarships of up to $17,000 per year are also available to incoming and current students to assist in defraying the cost of a Polytechnic education. The award of a scholarship is based on merit. Although selection is competitive, Polytechnic students have been successful in obtaining ROTC scholarships.
Students in the Army ROTC program attend their military science classes and leadership training labs at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus, just a few subway stops away from Polytechnic . Their studies focus on leadership development, problem solving techniques, management, planning and organization, professional ethics and responsibilities, and military skills and training. At the completion of the program, students are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, and continue on to serve three to four years in the Active Army or eight in the Army Reserves.
For more information please visit www.nycrotc.com or contact the
New York City Army ROTC office by email at arotcinfo@nycrotc.com or phone at 1.800.NYC.ROTC
NYC Army ROTC
441 East Fordham Road
Faculty Memorial Hall, Room 130
Bronx, New York 10458
1.800.NYC.ROTC
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