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Aerospace StudiesAdministrationAFROTC Building1460 Lower Campus Road Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808) 956-7734 Faculty Friedrich C. Schlich (Director) The Academic ProgramAerospace studies (AS) is part of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) Program. Men and women who successfully complete all requirements are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force. They then serve on active duty or may, in some cases, obtain educational delay for graduate studies. Academic courses are open to any student without obligation to the Air Force. Two-, three-, and four-year program options are available. Between their sophomore and junior years, students that meet requirements will attend an expense-paid, four-week field training at a continental U.S. Air Force base and receive field training pay of approximately $500. Expense-paid Air Force incentive programs and specialized airmanship training programs are offered to qualified candidates during the summer terms. All interested candidates may receive free flight indoctrination through a local Civil Air Patrol/AFROTC sponsored program. In addition, various four-, three-, and two-year scholarships covering tuition, fees, and books are available on a competitive national basis to candidates in academic majors the Air Force aligns to “critical” career fields. Current examples are computer science, mathematics, engineering, and meteorology. Military Science (Army ROTC)Administration Faculty LTC J. M. Johnson General InformationThe Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program provides college-trained officers with commissions as lieutenants in the U.S. Army, Hawai‘i Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve. Officers may be commissioned on active duty, in a reserve component while pursuing a civilian career, or receive an educational delay and earn a graduate or professional degree. Four-year, three-year, and two-year programs are available. The Academic ProgramThe four-year program is divided into a two-year basic and two-year advanced course. The basic course is for students who enter ROTC in their freshman year. With approval, students may enter ROTC in their sophomore year and compress the basic course requirements. This traditional program offers a moderately paced course of military and academic training resulting in completion of ROTC and eligibility for a commission on graduation day. All basic courses are electives, and no obligations are incurred. The advanced course includes a five-week summer camp between the junior and senior years held at Fort Lewis, Washington. Pay for the advanced course is $350-400 per month during the school year and approximately $650 plus room and board for the five weeks at camp. To be eligible for the advanced course, a student must (a) be a U.S. citizen, (b) successfully complete the basic course or its equivalent, and (c) meet other statutory and regulatory requirements. The two-year advanced program can be taken without the basic course by students who attend and complete a four-week summer camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for which the student receives approximately $600. Likewise, veterans of all services, three-year JROTC graduates, and national guardsmen and reservists may be exempt from the basic course. Should an individual qualify, select, and complete this option, he or she is eligible to receive a commission upon graduation. Students must have four semesters of college work remaining after finishing the basic summer camp (or qualifying for the exemptions). Advanced course students must have completed 54 credits and be full-time students. In addition to the courses summarized in the course descriptions, cadets will be required to meet professional military education requirements prior to graduation and commissioning. These requirements consist of courses in military history and computer literacy. Courses on management and national security studies are also recommended. Optional Programs Army Reserve/ Army National Guard MembershipThe Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) allows cadets to participate in and receive drill pay from an Army Reserve or Hawai‘i National Guard unit as an officer trainee while they complete the Army ROTC advanced course. The pay such cadets receive is in addition to the monthly ROTC spending allowance and any GI Bill educational benefits to which they are entitled. ScholarshipsTwo and three-year scholarships are available. All Army ROTC scholarships are merit based and pay up to $17,000 in tuition per year. In addition, scholarships will provide $600 per year for books and a $250-400 per month spending allowance. Applications are accepted beginning in the fall semester each year with results being announced in the spring semester. OtherAll students have the opportunity to attend airborne, air assault, and northern warfare schools. Women are encouraged to participate in the program and comprise 25 percent of the ROTC. Army ROTC courses are also offered through UH Community Colleges and the UH, West O‘ahu. AdvisingFor general information about the Army ROTC program or specifics on eligibility requirements, contact the Enrollment Officer in the Military Science Building at 1311 Lower Campus Road or call CPT William Crawford at (808) 956-7766/7744/4137.
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