Travel to and from the field training base is paid for by the Air Force. The POC offers advanced training in leadership, management, and communicative skills and focuses on Air Force situations. It also takes an in-depth look at the theories of management and their application. Students analyze the role of the armed forces in contemporary American society, examine a broad range of American domestic and international military relationships, and study the environment in which American national security policy is developed and implemented. Cadets competing for a commission are required to attend the leadership lab at which leadership and management theories are applied.
Cadets also participate in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the cadet corps.
During this program, cadets also have the opportunity to pursue professional development and interservice programs. The Air Force pays the cadet to work and learn, providing housing, meals, and transportaion. The Two-Year Cadet Program, also called the Professional Officer Course, is open to qualifying junior college transfer students, sophomores, and veterans with at least two years of academic studies remaining. This course is highly competitive and entry is based on Reserve Officer Training Corps eligibility requirements, standardized test scores, college major, grade point average, a physical examination, and personal interview. Scholarship recipients are selected using the whole person concept.