If the Airforce pays for my college tuition, where do I end up working for them?

Question

Where do you end up working and what is the abbreviation for the program, Is there a time limit to complete college?

Answer 1

If you're serving Active Duty Air Force, you have two options: the Montgomery GI Bill and the Tuition Assistance program.  Both are offered to Airmen of any rank and specialty ("job").  All AD Airmen work on base, wherever the US Air Force sends us.  You'll move around approximately once every 3 years, and you'll be deployed overseas for 3 months every 15 months.

With the Montgomery GI Bill, you have to use it within 10 years of the time you end your service.  You can go to any school you would like and work any where you'd like.

If you choose to go with the Tuition Assistance program, you'll go to classes either (a) at a campus on your base or (b) online.  You'll take those classes around your work-related duties and have to get permission from your commanding officer before enrolling.

The other option is AFROTC.  In this program, you'll go to a college that has an Air Force ROTC program.  You'll take one extra class per semester and you'll do PT (physical training) at least three days per week.  Once you are an upperclassman (junior or senior), you'll get $150/month tax-free from the USAF.  When you graduate, you'll go through Officer Training, which is a 12-week program.  Upon completion you'll be commissioned as an Officer in the United States Air Force.  You'll serve ("work") for them wherever they tell you to.

And finally, there's the Air Force Academy.  It's EXTREMELY hard to get in; you need to have a fantastic GPA, impeccable school record, involvement in several sports, and you need to be recommended for appointment by a Senator or Representative.  However, it's well-worth it: you'll have the best training by far, and it's free to attend, provided that you enter Active service upon graduation.  You'll serve ("work") for them wherever they tell you to.

Answer 2

ROTC, unless you are accepted at the <deleted>. Yes, there is a time limit...ask the recruiter for more info.

oops: sorry...scratch that.

You go to college where there is a ROTC program.

Sounds like you need to do a lot more basic research before even thinking of joining!