{"id":15919,"date":"2021-05-10T22:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/10\/air-force-rotc-reinstates-hundreds-of-cadets-after-backlash-over-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:21:45","slug":"air-force-rotc-reinstates-hundreds-of-cadets-after-backlash-over-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/05\/10\/air-force-rotc-reinstates-hundreds-of-cadets-after-backlash-over-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force ROTC reinstates hundreds of cadets after backlash over cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has reversed its decision to drop nearly half its second-year ROTC cadets, reinstating hundreds of students in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higher-than-normal officer retention rates during COVID-19 and 2019 end strength projections in excess of current authorizations led to the initial decision to select only 56 percent of cadets to attend field training, officials told Air Force Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 1,000 cadets, approximately 250 of whom were on scholarship, were not selected, according to Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/09\/this-week-in-congress-lawmakers-eye-mid-summer-for-big-budget-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congress<\/a>, families and retired officers lobbied for the Air Force to review its decision, the service reevaluated its numbers and reinstated more than 400 cadets, including approximately 130 on scholarship, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2021\/05\/09\/air-force-rotc-cadets\/\">Washington Post<\/a> first reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cut too deep,\u201d Stefanek told AirForce Times. \u201cWe recognized that the planned reductions to meet end strength requirements were going to cause unanticipated hardships for many well-qualified cadets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/08\/29\/despite-honor-code-concerns-air-force-rotc-stays-at-byu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force ROTC<\/a> selects nearly 75 percent of its second-year cadets to continue in the program after their second year, Stefanek said. Cadets compete through two years of the General Military Course before attending summer field training and being selected for two more years of the Professional Officer Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Stefanek, the reversal will place selection rates at 73 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/03\/08\/air-force-diversity-efforts-aim-to-mentor-open-doors-to-underrepresented-groups\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/diversity-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force diversity efforts aim to mentor, open doors to underrepresented groups<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cWe still have work to do to remove barriers that prevent every Airman from reaching his or her full potential, especially Airmen from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in our Air Force or senior leader levels.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the second-year cadets attending field training this summer, nearly 1,000 cadets whose field training was deferred last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will attend field training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearly 600 cadets not selected to continue in the program will be released from the Air Force without any service obligation or responsibility to pay back scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe understand how important serving our country is for the young men and women who join Air Force ROTC, and also realize that the past weeks may have been very difficult for those not selected to continue in the program,\u201d said Brig. 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