Reveille calls students to attention

The Air Force ROTC program at CSUS has climbed back to an enrollment of nearly 100 students three years after the department was almost shutdown.

The ROTC is an educational program that allows men and women the opportunity to become commissioned officers in the Air Force upon completion of their undergraduate degree.

The detachment located at CSUS is one of four in Northern California and students travel from universities as far way as Stockton and Redding to participate.

Most students in ROTC are enrolled in a four-year program, broken into two phases: the General Military Course during the freshman and sophomore years, which allows students to try out the program without any obligation to the Air Force, and the Professional Officer Course, a competitive program during the final two years that covers leadership skills and national defense policy.

Students attend academic classes on military life and the history of the Air Force and a weekly leadership laboratory, Thursdays at 6:30 a.m. Last week cadets completed annual physical fitness tests.