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Air Force ROTC - Detachment 158

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of South Florida (USF) is an educational program designed to give men and women the opportunity to become an Air Force officer while completing a degree. The Air Force ROTC program is designed to prepare you to assume positions of increasing responsibility and importance in the modern Air Force. Air Force ROTC offers three routes to an Air Force commission at over 700 institutions throughout the contiguous United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico--the Air Force ROTC Four-Year Program, Two-Year Program and One-Year Program.

USF Air Force ROTC web site*


Army ROTC - Suncoast Battalion

The Department of Military Science for Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) was established to select and prepare students to serve as officers in the Regular and Reserve components of the United States Army. The curriculum is designed to develop the students' leadership potential, as well as improve the students' planning, organizing, and managerial skills.

USF Army ROTC web site*


Naval ROTC

The Naval Science Program at the University of South Florida is administered by the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Unit. This program affords selected men and women the opportunity to receive instruction in Navy specified courses which, in conjunction with the baccalaureate degree, will qualify them for a commission in the United States Navy or Marine Corps. Students enrolled in the university who are physically and mentally qualified are eligible to apply for the NROTC program. As naval officers, USF NROTC graduates become eligible for varied careers, serving in aviation squadrons, on surface ships, on submarines in the nuclear power programs, at naval installations all over the world, or in the numerous sub-specialties as an officer of the Marines Corps.

With the consent of the professor of naval science, any student not enrolled in the NROTC program is eligible for enrollment in naval science courses. The USF NROTC Unit offers participation through four programs: (1) the Navy-Marine Corps Scholarship Program, (2) the Navy-Marine Corps College Program, (3) the Two-Year NROTC College Program, and (4) the Two-Year NROTC Scholarship Program.

USF Naval ROTC web site*



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