They then serve on active duty or may, in some cases, obtain educational delay for graduate studies. Academic courses are open to any student without obligation to the Air Force. Students are under no obligation to the Air Force until they enter the POC at the beginning of their junior year. Expense-paid Air Force incentive programs and specialized airmanship training programs are offered to qualified candidates during the summer terms. A POC incentive scholarship is available to all students who complete field training, will be under age 27 as of June 30 of their commissioning year, and meet GPA requirements.
Current examples are computer science, mathematics, engineering, and meteorology.
Officers may be commissioned on active duty, in a reserve component while pursuing a civilian career, or receive an educational delay and earn a graduate or professional degree.