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Unique Opportunities

Air Force ROTC strives to provide you a wide variety of professional and social activities. Just a few are:

Professional Development Training Program
During the summer before your sophomore and senior years, you may volunteer to participate in these programs:
  • Operation Air Force (OAF) -- Provides cadets with functional area and specialized career orientations, human relations, and management challenges encountered by Air Force company grade officers.
  • Rising Sophomore Program -- Expose scholarship cadets to the AF way of life. Three weeks acquainting cadets with various enlisted careers by observing AF NCOs accomplishing the mission on an AF installation.
  • NASA Engineering Research Experience -- Provides cadets experience with practical knowledge working with NASA engineers on NASA projects.
  • Advanced Course in Engineering -- Exposes cadets to cyberwarfare environment, simulations, and internship.
  • Field Engineering and Readiness Lab -- Introduce civil engineering majors to Air Force civil engineering.
  • Nurse Oreintation Program -- Serves as nursing internship in an AF hospital.
  • Rising Senior Program -- Acquaint cadets with everyday tasks, activities and perceptions of AF airmen, NCOs and officers.
  • At the same time cadets develop a greater appreciation of the duties, problems, responsibilities, and training they will encounter after graduation and commissioning as a second lieutenant.

    During the academic school year, Air Force ROTC students have the opportunity to participate in many exciting programs unique to Air Force ROTC at SDSU.


    Other Opportunities
  • Arnold Air Society -- Provides social and community service activities to develop your professional abilities.
  • Formal Functions -- Our annual dinners and joint military ball are deeply rooted in military tradition.
  • Informal Functions, Picnics, etc -- Cadets work hard studying and helping the corps run smoothly, but they also know how to take time to relax.
  • Sports – Members of the cadet corps may participate in various university and intramural sports and activities.
  • Base Visits -- Visits to Air Force bases throughout the United States are planned to allow you to see first hand the
  • Air Force ROTC

    Last Modified:  March 5, 2008

    For more information please contact the Detachment Webmaster at the below address:

    AFROTC Det 780
    South Dakota State University
    Box 2236
    Brookings, SD 57007

    Phone: 605/688-6106 
    Det780@maxwell.af.mil (For security purposes, please don't leave subject line blank.)

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