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Color Guard

The Army Color Guard allows cadets to develop close-order drill skills while building self-confidence and discipline. They represent the Military Science Department by carrying American and state flags at ceremonies like graduations, memorial services, community events and parades. The Color Guard upholds U.S. Army customs by properly raising and lowering the flag. This extracurricular activity promotes patriotism, honor and respect for the nation and the U.S. flag.

Ranger Challenge

Ranger Challenge is an intercollegiate extreme sport where nine-member teams compete in local, regional and national events. This sport demands both physical fitness and mental agility. Cadets participate in rigorous training, which includes push-ups, sit-ups, a two-mile run, a one-rope bridge, marksmanship, tactical assault courses and land navigation using a map and compass, along with a six-mile road march with field gear, to prepare for competition against other ROTC battalions.

Intramural Sports

Army ROTC cadets and cadre compete in many intramural sports, including flashball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, floor hockey, softball and more.

Maneuver Fires and Effects

• Air Defense Artillery
• Armor
• Aviation
• Chemical Corps
• Corps of Engineers
• Field Artillery
• Infantry
• Military Police

Operations Support

• Military Intelligence Corps
• Signal Corps

Force Sustainment

• Adjutant General Corps
• Finance Corps
• Ordnance Corps
• Quartermaster Corps
• Transportation Corps

Health Services

• Medical Services Corps
• Nurse Corps

Basic Course: Fundamentals of Leadership and Management

The ROTC Basic Course consists of first- and second-year classes (101L, 102, 102L, 201, 201L, 202 and 202L) that prepare you to qualify for the Advanced Course.

The Basic Course teaches critical terms related to leadership and problem solving. You will practice communication skills to lead groups and effectively manage activities in the Advanced Course.

Extracurricular activities associated with the courses include a Field Leadership Reaction Course, a Confidence Course, rappelling, marksmanship and competitive orienteering. You can also qualify for the Advanced Course by completing the Leader's Training Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the summer before your junior year if you still need to take the eight Basic Course classes.

Advanced Course: Advanced Leadership and Management

The Advanced Course comprises eight courses: MSL 301, 301L, 302, 302L, 401, 401L, 402 and 402L. These courses are open to you if you have completed the Basic Course or earned placement credit through prior military training or the Army ROTC Basic Course.

This course trains adaptive leaders and qualifies you for a commission as an Army officer. All courses must be taken in sequence, along with a four-week Leadership Development and Assessment "Warrior Forge" Course during the summer, unless approved otherwise. You will receive a monthly stipend during the school year if you are contracted for an Army commission.

Required Forms

• Cadet In-Processing Checklist
• Cadet Application and Enrollment Record (CC Form 139-R)
• Note: The CC Form 139-R is NOT a Contract that obligates the Cadet to a career in the Army. It is the proper registration information that is required for the Cadet to be “loaded” into the ROTC Cadet Command system. The information on the 139-R is also used to gather information for the Cadet to Contract and be eligible for benefits.
• Briefing on Government-Sponsored Benefits for ROTC Cadets (CC Form 136-R)
• Authorization for Access to Student Records (CC Form 137-R)
• Privacy Act Statement-Health Care Records (DD Form 2005)
• Record of Emergency Data (DD Form 93)
• State of Legal Residence Certificate (DD Form 2058)
• Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Election Certificate
• Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form
• Army ROTC Contract of Indemnification and Release/Waiver of Liability
• Recruit/Trainee Prohibited Activities Acknowledgement (DD Form 2983)
• Medical Fitness Statement (DA Form 3425-R)
• Note: This form is mandatory prior to participating in any sort of physical activity with ROTC unless you have had a recent DOWMERB physical. School sports physicals will not be accepted in place of a medical fitness statement.
• Notarized Chicken Pox Statement
• Note: This form must be notarized. If you have not had chicken pox but have received the varicella vaccination and it is annotated on your vaccination record, you do not need to submit the Chicken Pox Form.
• Dental Exam Requirements Form/Authorization to Release Documents
• Foreign Language Form

Additional Documentation Required

• Social Security Card (we will make a copy and return)
• Original Birth Certificate or Certified True Copy (we will make a copy and return)
• Driver's License (we will make a copy and return)
• Immunization Record
• Copy of Final High School Transcript Indicating Date of Graduation
• SAT/ACT Scores
• Copy of Any Additional Transcripts (prior college)
• Scholarship Award Letter From Cadet Command (if applicable)
• Qualified DOWMERB Physical Paper (if applicable)

Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT)

Cadet Troop Leader Training (CTLT) is a program offered to ROTC cadets after completing the Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC). CTLT is designed to teach cadets about life as officers in the regular Army. Cadets are assigned to active-duty Army units as platoon leaders and execute the responsibilities of Second Lieutenants.

Cadets usually spend three weeks at CTLT if they are assigned to a unit in the United States or four weeks if assigned to a unit overseas. They interact with officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and participate in the everyday operations of the unit to which they are assigned. This unique program offers cadets a chance to experience what it will be like when they are commissioned as Second Lieutenants.

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of LDAC
• Selection by the Professor of Military Science is based on an order of merit list

Air Assault School

Air Assault School is at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Air Assault Course is an intense, 10-14-day course designed to give leaders a basic understanding of Army helicopter missions. There is some classroom instruction, but it is primarily hands-on and performance-oriented.

The course is divided into four phases: Combat Air Assault operations, sling-load operations, rappelling and foot march. Air Assault School is designed to push you to your mental and physical limits.

Phase I - Combat Air Assault Operations

During this phase, you will conduct various training events, such as an obstacle course followed by a two-mile run. You will be trained and tested on aircraft hand and arm signals, Army helicopter characteristics and capabilities and medical evacuation procedures. You will also conduct Physical Training (PT), a four-mile road march and a combat air assault operation.

Phase II - Sling Load and Pathfinder Operations

This is the most challenging phase of Air Assault. You will be trained and tested on the practical rigging and inspection of sling loads for Army helicopters and Pathfinder operations. Practical examinations will be based on inspecting loads for discrepancies and participation in a live Sling Load Operation.

Phase III - Rappelling

During the rappelling phase, you will be tested on tying the Swiss seat, ramp, tower, skid rappelling and fast-roping techniques. Before you know it, you will be rappelling out of an actual helicopter.

Phase IV - Foot March

This phase consists of a 12-mile road march with full combat gear.

Qualifications:

A cadet obtains a slot in Air Assault School on their performance during the school year. The battalion usually receives 0-1 slots per year. Only the most qualified and motivated cadets will be selected to attend the course.

Minimum Entry Requirements:

• Army Physical Fitness Test: Score of 260 with 80 points per event
• Ability to execute 10 pull-ups to standard
• Complete an Army physical within 18 months of the class start date that clears the cadet for Airborne training

Airborne School

The U.S. Army Airborne School is located at the U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Moore, Georgia. The course is designed to train soldiers to become paratroopers. It develops confidence through repetitive training so that you can overcome the natural fear of jumping from an airplane.

The course is also designed to develop and maintain the high level of physical fitness required of a paratrooper by rigorous and progressive physical training. Airborne School is only for the most highly motivated cadets.

Phase I - Ground Week

The week of 1,000 falls. You will learn how to properly exit an aircraft and perform a Parachute Landing Fall (PLF). This week, we will introduce you to the Lateral Drift Apparatus and the 34-foot tower.

Phase II - Tower Week

You will conduct training on the 34-foot tower to develop your skills in exits and deploying your reserve chute, while the Swing Landing Trainer will hone your parachute landing falls. You may also experience the 250-foot tower, the closest thing to jumping out of an airplane.

Phase III - Jump Week

You will perform five jumps this week: three "Hollywoods" (no gear) and one night and one day jump (both with full gear).

Qualifications:

A cadet obtains a slot in Airborne School on performance during the school year. The battalion usually receives between eight and 10 slots per year. Only the most qualified and motivated cadets will be selected to attend the course.

Minimum Entry Requirements:

• Army Physical Fitness Test: Score of 260 with 80 points per event
• Ability to execute 10 pull-ups to standard
• Complete an Army physical within 18 months of the class start date that clears the cadet for Airborne training

Northern Warfare

Northern Warfare School is taught during the summer at the Northern Warfare Training Center in Fort Greely, Alaska. The course is designed to familiarize selected cadets with the skills required for movement in mountainous terrain and cold regions. Emphasis is on basic military mountaineering skills and river operations on the inland waterways.

Qualifications:

A cadet obtains a slot in Northern Warfare School based on their performance during the school year. The battalion usually receives 0-1 slots per year. Only the most qualified and motivated cadets will be selected to attend the course.

Minimum Entry Requirements:

• Army Physical Fitness Test: Score of 260 with 80 points per event
• Complete an Army physical within 18 months of the class start date that clears the cadet for training

Scholar, Athlete, Leader (SAL)

The armed forces want individuals who are scholar-athlete-leaders (SAL) to serve as officers. They want students who have good grades, excel in sports and have served as a student or community leader.

Why?

These students show the mental and physical toughness and discipline required for leadership on the battlefield and in the boardroom.

Do you excel in everything you try? You might not have considered a life in the military. You may have your eye on climbing the business ladder, a professional sports career or a life in an elected office. The Army believes ROTC is the perfect stepping stone to a successful career in the real world.

Army ROTC is a leadership course that gives you the hands-on experience and skills that will help you succeed in your chosen career. After graduation, ROTC students are commissioned officers. You will put your leadership skills to the test every day, and when you leave the field of battle, you will be prepared for any career in the business world.

If you have the grades, the game and the guts, Embry-Riddle's SAL program may have a place for you.

Army ROTC Scholarships at Embry-Riddle are worth approximately $29,000 annually and cover tuition, educational fees and $1,200 per year for books. In addition, contracted cadets (scholarship and non-scholarship) receive a monthly allowance. The monthly allowance is currently $300 for freshmen, $350 for sophomores, $450 for juniors and $500 for seniors. Scholarships do not pay flight fees.

Four-Year Scholarship

As an incoming freshman, you may qualify for a full-tuition scholarship to attend Embry-Riddle.

through the national selection process. If a high school senior is awarded a three or four-year Advanced Designee scholarship while still in high school, they will receive room and board assurance money from Embry-Riddle that will activate when the scholarship goes into effect.

On-campus scholarships are awarded after you have enrolled in Army ROTC and applied for and qualified for the scholarship. Campus-based scholarships pay for tuition and fees (it does not pay for flight fees), a monthly stipend for 10 months and a book allowance each semester.

Two-Year and Three-Year Scholarships

If you missed the scholarship opportunity in high school, ROTC scholarship opportunities are available on campus. Two-year and three-year scholarships are awarded based strictly on merit to the most outstanding students who apply.

This program gives selected active-duty enlisted members of the Army an opportunity to complete their baccalaureate degree requirements and obtain a commission through participation in the ROTC scholarship program.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

You must meet the following general eligibility requirements to receive an Army ROTC scholarship:

• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Be 17 years of age by Oct. 1 of your freshman year and younger than 26 on June 30 of that year.
• In addition, you must not reach your 31st birthday by Dec. 31 of the year in which you will graduate from college and receive your commission.
• Have no moral obligation or personal conviction that will prevent you from supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, or conscientious objection to bear arms.
• Satisfactorily explain any record of arrest and/or civil conviction.
• Have a minimum high school GPA of 2.5.
• Receive a minimum SAT score of at least 920 points or an ACT composite score of 19.
• Agree to accept a commission in the U.S. Army.
• Meet required physical standards.

In addition, for a four-year scholarship:

• Be a high school graduate or have an equivalent certificate before September of your college freshman year. If you are taking or have taken college courses, you must be considered a beginning freshman and have four academic years remaining for a baccalaureate degree upon enrollment in the fall of your college freshman year.
• If you are in an accelerated program and will complete your senior year of high school and first year of college concurrently, you must have four academic years remaining in an approved baccalaureate program upon enrollment in the fall of the combined academic year.
• If you are a college freshman in a documented five-year program with four years remaining before graduation, you must submit verification from your university that your course of study is a five-year program and that you will have four full years remaining. Contact your university's Army Professor of Military Science for a copy of a planned academic program worksheet.

You must be a college freshman or sophomore to apply for a campus-based scholarship and you must take military science classes at Embry-Riddle.

Your Commitment to ROTC

As a winner of an Army Scholarship, you are required to take an ROTC class, which demands a few hours of your time each week. Scholarship students lead essentially the same life as other college students.

You may pursue any course of study leading to a baccalaureate degree, and you may engage in any activity that does not interfere with your ROTC requirements, which include prescribed Military Science courses, participation in scheduled drill periods and completion of the ROTC Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) between your junior and senior years.

Upon graduation, you have an obligation to accept a commission and serve full-time in the active Army or part-time in either the Army National Guard or the U.S. Army Reserve.

Your obligations:

• You must sign a contract with the Secretary of the Army. If you are 17 when you enroll, your parents or guardian must also sign this contract. If you are 18 or older, only your signature is required. This contract contains a requirement to repay the U.S. government for all financial aid received if, after you begin your sophomore year, you fail to comply with the terms of the contract. This repayment may be monetary or in the form of enlisted service. The choice rests with the Army and not the scholarship cadet. 
• You must enlist in the Army Reserve for a period of eight years. You must be 17 years of age by the time of enrollment to sign an enlistment contract. 
• You must enroll in the university listed and pursue the academic discipline identified in your selection letter. As a nurse scholarship recipient, you must attend the Partnership in Nursing Education (PNE) school named in your announcement letter. 
• Attend the ROTC LDAC between your junior and senior years of college. 
• Upon completing the required academic and ROTC courses, you must accept a commission as an active Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard officer. 
• You must serve in the military for a combined period of eight years. This may be fulfilled by: 
• Serving on active duty, if selected, for four years, followed by service in the Army National Guard (ARNG), U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) or the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) for the remainder of the eight-year obligation.
• Serving eight years in an ARNG or USAR Troop Program Unit, which includes a 3-6 month active-duty period for initial training.

Processing Procedures

Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria to receive scholarship consideration. Unfortunately, not all applicants can be selected as finalists. Those applicants advancing to further scholarship consideration after initial screening are scheduled for a personal interview and a medical examination.

Personal Interview

The interview is conducted by an Army officer who will ask you questions and answer any questions about Army ROTC and the pursuit of an Army commission.

Your information will be passed along to the Professors of Military Science (PMS) at the schools you listed on your application. Those professors will contact you. You will be interviewed over the phone or in person, depending on the distance involved. You must pay any cost for transportation, food and lodging for the interview.

Medical Examination

Individuals selected for an interview will be contacted and scheduled by the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DOWMERB) for a medical examination.

You are responsible for your own transportation, food and lodging expenses for this examination. DOWMERB will furnish the results of the medical examination directly to you. If you are unable to report for the examination as scheduled, you must notify DOWMERB immediately. You will be rescheduled.

Current height and weight requirements for a four-year scholarship and subsequent commissioning must be met. All winners must be medically qualified to contract and receive scholarship benefits.

Army Physical Fitness Test

If you are competing for an Army ROTC scholarship, you must pass the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) before receiving a scholarship offer. The APFT will be administered during your interview visit.