Day to Day

Four to five days a week, cadets engage in professional military training and academics through several cadet-run training programs supervised by cadre. Physical training (PT) is a strenuous one-hour workout. Cadets are required to attend PT two to three times per week depending on how they score on a Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA). Your cadet class and academic status determines how many US Air Force and US Space Force academic classes you are required to take: underclassmen normally take a one hour class a week, while upperclassmen attend one three hour class a week. Leadership laboratory (LLAB) is held Thursday, the entire cadet wing reconvenes for two hours from 1630-1830, discussing up-coming events, instilling and reviewing core values, and presenting situations to cadets that help promote development to become better leaders and prepare for their future as Air Force officers.

Two types of cadets make up the wing, the Professional Officer Course (POC) cadet and the General Military Course (GMC) cadet. The POC make up the upper echelon of the corps, having already been to field training (a 2-3 week training course during the summer in-between their sophomore and junior year) and having already served as GMC cadets. POC cadets aid in training and leading their underclassmen apprentices. They also help design guidance, information, and other services needed to increase motivation, retention, and performance of cadets. GMC cadets serve in an apprentice-like role, as their job is to primarily focus on learning the basics of the mission, structure, and lifestyle of a military officer in the United States Air Force and Space Force. Additionally, GMC cadets focus heavily on preparing for field training.