ROTC

Air Force ROTC
The Air Force offers nurses experiences and opportunities that few people outside of the military will ever have. You might be saving lives 30,000 feet in the air as a flight nurse or working in a field hospital at a deployed location supporting front-line troops. Sound exciting? Lock down your slot in the Air Force Nurse Corps by competing for a nursing allocation (typically three years prior to graduation). Need money to help pay for school? We offer qualified individuals the chance to compete for scholarships of up to $15,000 per academic year. Nursing students can compete for scholarships through the In-college Scholarship Program (ICSP) or may qualify for a nursing scholarship. See your detachment staff for eligibility requirements and application details.

Qualifications
To compete for a nursing allocation, an applicant must:

• Be enrolled full-time in a school offering Air Force ROTC or cross-town and a four-year nursing degree program
• Be accepted to the school's nursing program
• Achieve qualifying scores on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) — no waivers
• Maintain the minimum grade point average required by the school's nursing program (minimum of 2.5)
• Receive a waiver for any civil involvement, including minor traffic violations
• Be physically qualified as determined by a medical examination
• Pass the AFROTC physical fitness test
• Be a United States citizen
• All AFROTC nursing graduates must pass the NCLEX and receive their nursing license before being allowed to enter the Air Force Nurse Corps

Air Force Nursing Opportunities
Air Force nurses may enter and/or specialize in any one of a number of different nursing fields, including clinical nurse (provides professional nursing care, coordinates health services in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner, acts as patient advocate and advances desired health outcomes through patient and family education); operating room nurse (plans, directs and coordinates activities of the operating room department, maintaining optimum standards of nursing care and practice through preoperative and postoperative assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care); Flight Nurse (provides comprehensive nursing care for all types of patients during aeromedical evacuation and airlift flights); or nurse anesthetist (administers anesthetic agents to patients, performs other specialized nursing duties and manages anesthesia department under the direction of a medical officer).
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Army ROTC
Army ROTC is a cadet-focused, cadre-lead program to educate and commission the best officers into the U.S. Army. Our department offers you the unique opportunity to earn your degree while earning your commission; you will go on to lead the best soldiers in the world. ROTC offers cadet mentoring, tutoring and focused study groups here in our department. We are fully integrated with the service and leadership values of Marquette University and pride ourselves in the opportunities we offer as scholars, athletes and leaders on campus. Having earned their baccalaureate from a prestigious private university, our cadets go on to distinguished careers. Army ROTC at Marquette offers high value scholarships to qualified candidates.

What does a cadet do in the ROTC program?
First and foremost you are a student, on an academic plan toward your degree. Cadets go to classes and pursue degrees from every department on campus. Cadets also may be pursuing advanced degrees such as graduate school or physician assistant programs, second undergraduate degrees or law. Beyond your academic degree area, cadets attend military science classes, physical fitness training, leadership lab and field exercises. Cadets begin the assimilation into an Army lifestyle by incrementally learning about the skills, attributes and leadership techniques all Army officers use and need.

What does an Army ROTC scholarship at Marquette offer me?
The scholarship for a four-year winner pays $20,000 toward tuition, $7,000 in an enhancement package from Marquette University, $900 in book money and a monthly stipend of up to $400 a month to help with cost of living expenses.

What are the obligations incurred with a commission and degree from Army ROTC at Marquette?
Eight years of service upon the date of commissioning, four years of active duty followed by four years of National Guard or Reserve duty or all eight years may be served in the National Guard or Reserve. The Army has many different branches that officers serve in, varying from the medical field to combat arms.

ROTC graduates from Marquette can select from 18 of the following branches: finance, nurse corps, artillery, engineer, signal corps, quartermaster, ordnance, aviation, adjutant general, infantry, air defense artillery, armor, military intelligence, military police, medical services corps, transportation, and chemical and judge advocate general.

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