AnSweRS GRAded A+
AF Academy Soaring (SOAR) Program ✔✔ 15-day program to experience the fundamental of
basic flight through ground school and flight at USAFA
General Military Course (GMC) ✔✔ learn about the mission and structure of the air force
Field Training ✔✔ complete a 4-week program of physical conditioning, weapons practice, and
leadership training
AS100 Special Training (ASSIST) Program ✔✔ 50day program to orient cadets to life on an
active-duty AF base
Cadet Laboratory Experience Program (CLEP) ✔✔ 60-day internship to expose cadets to national
security considerations, professional development briefings, conduct research,
-for As300 cadets
Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) Program ✔✔ personnel recovery operations as direct combatants
-apply for this position during junior year
Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL) Program ✔✔ 5-week program with entry
level civil engineering at an AF ase
-for AS300 cadets
, Foreign Language Immersion (FLI) Program ✔✔ 4-week program for AS300 and AS400 cadets
who have studied a foreign language for 2 years in college
-live with a family and have total language and cultural immersion
Global Engagement (GE) Program ✔✔ 10-day program for security forces, civil engineering,
services, etc.
-learn about contingency operations, deployment, and employment at USAFA for AS100 cadets
NASA Engineering Research Experience (NERE) ✔✔ 60-day program with hands-on experience
in the engineering field and shadow NASA engineers in TX
-limited to AS300 cadets who have taken senior level engineering courses
Nurse Orientation Program (NOP) ✔✔ 4-week program as an internship in an active-duty AF
hospital
-cadets must be in a qualified nursing program at their university, for AS300 cadets
Olmsted Cultural Immersion Program (OCIP) ✔✔ cross-cultural opportunities in foreign-
speaking countries
-attend formal conferences, visit foreign military academies, work on research projects
-for qualified AS300 cadets
Rising Senior Program (RSS) and Rising Senior Program-OSI (RSS-OSI) Program ✔✔ makes up
PDT assignments
-3 weeks of "shadowing" junior officers in career field
-for qualified AS300 cadets
Special Tactics Officer (STO) Program ✔✔ apply during your junior year