Policies
Air Force ROTC Policies and Initiatives
Language Scholarships
Air Force ROTC Express Scholarships are for Foreign Language majors studying one of the following languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, Hausa, Hindi , Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Malay , Pashtu, Persian-Iranian/Persian-Afghan , Russian, Serbo-Croatian , Swahili , Thai , Turkish, Uighur , Urdu/Punjabi , Uzbek, Vietnamese. See your Air Force ROTC Detachment Commanders for more details.
Language Requirements
All cadets with non-technical majors who received scholarships out of high school must pass a minimum of 12 semester hours or 18 quarter hours of foreign language courses prior to the start of their senior year of college (may be one or multiple foreign languages). Alternatively, cadets may satisfy this requirement via the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Cadets pursuing technical majors or cadets who received scholarships while in college are exempt from the foreign language requirement.
Support for NSEP Programs
In some circumstances Air Force ROTC may classify Project GO domestic summer language instruction as Professional Development Training (PDT). In these circumstances, cadets will be put on orders and AFROTC may pay certain travel expenses (but funding for is limited).
Monetary Incentives
Air Force ROTC participates in the DoD mandated Foreign Language Special Pay Bonus program. Please check with your local commander for details.
Other Summer Language and Culture Options
The Air Force may offer some language and culture opportunities in summer 2011. Please check with your local commander for details.