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MARINE CORPS OFFICER PROGRAMS for COLLEGE FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, & JUNIORS
"PLATOON LEADERS COURSE-AVIATION GUARANTEED"
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WHAT IS PLATOON LEADERS COURSE CLASS-AVIATION GUARANTEED
(PLC-AIR)?
The Platoon Leaders Class is a United States Marine Corps
Officer training program offered to college freshmen,
sophomores, and juniors. It enables you to prepare for a
commissioned officer's rank as an aviator in the United States
Marine Corps prior to graduation from college. Ultimately, to
fly jets, helicopters, or transport aircraft.
If you are a FRESHMEN or a SOPHOMORE you will attend Officer
Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia for six weeks
during the summer in which you enroll in the program. If you
successfully complete this first increment of training you
return to school in the fall with these options:
1. Disenroll from PLC-Air program with no further
obligation to the Marine Corps.
2. Stay enrolled in the PLC-Air program.
3. Stay enrolled in PLC-Air and enroll in the Financial
Aid Program (FAP). This entitles the candidate to
an annual stipend of $ 1,800 beginning in 1996.
If you choose to stay enrolled, you will be required to attend
OCS for six more weeks during the summer prior to your senior
year. Again, upon returning to school in the fall, the same
three options exist. During your senior year you must decide to
accept or decline your commission as an active duty officer in
the United States Marine Corps.
If you are a JUNIOR you will attend OCS for ten weeks during the
summer in which you enroll in the program. If you successfully
complete this increment of training you will return to school
with the same three options listed above. During your senior
year you must decide to accept or decline your commission as an
active duty officer in the United States Marine Corps.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
American Citizens who are enrolled as a full-time student in
good standing with their university and maintaining at least a
2.0 GPA (2.0 equivalent to a "C"). You must be less than age
27 1/2 by the time of commissioning and pass a medical examination
and the Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB).
WHAT ABOUT PAY?
During the six week training session pay is over $ 1,730 for
single candidates and over $ 2,390 for married candidates.
During the ten week training session pay is approximately $
2,890 for single candidates and $ 3,990 for married candidates.
The cost of travel to and from OCS as well as room and board are
borne by the Marine Corps. Below are the projected salaries for
your first four years of active duty service as a single/married
Marine Corps officer based on 1996 dollars:
If you enroll as a freshmen: as a sophomore: as a junior:
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1996 $ 31,125.24/ $ 32,568.84 $ 31,125.24/ $ 32,568.84 $ 26,762.04/ $ 28,205.64
1997 $ 31,125.24/ $ 32,568.84 $ 31,125.24/ $ 32,568.84 $ 31,125.24/ $ 32,568.84
1998 $ 38,652.84/ $ 39,992.04 $ 38,001.24/ $ 39,340.44 $ 38,001.24/ $ 39,340.44
1999 $ 38,652.84/ $ 39,992.04 $ 38,652.84/ $ 39,992.04 $ 38,652.84/ $ 39,992.04
*Note* The only taxable income is base pay. These salaries do
not include a Variable Housing Allowance (VHA) which is dictated
by geographical area or any of the special duty pays. A
"special duty pay" for aviators is flight pay which is $ 125.00
per month for those aviators in a flight status less than two
years and $ 156.00 for aviators in a flight status over two
years. This would result in an additional $ 1,500.00 in 1997
and 1998, and $ 1,872 in 1999.
LONGEVITY
Pay in the military is based on time in service (longevity).
Longevity commences from the time a candidate is sworn into a
commissioning program.
WHAT ABOUT DUTIES AFTER GRADUATION?
The initial obligated service is six (6) years for rotary wing
aircraft and eight (8) years for fixed wing aircraft. The first
six months are spent at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia.
This is the shortest commitment of any branch of service.
Following The Basic School, all naval aviators conduct initial
flight training in Pensacola where they are assigned to rotary
or fixed wing aircraft based on performance. Once they complete
follow-on training they then head to the Fleet Marine Force as
squadron pilots. Rotary wing aircraft are the AH-1T or AH-1W
Cobra, the CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-53D or CH-53E Super Stallion,
and the UH-1N Huey. Fixed wing aircraft are the AV-8B Harrier,
EA-6B Prowler, F/A-18A or F/A-18D Hornet, and the KC-130
Hercules.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS?
1. You are guaranteed flight school and can receive
flight training during your senior year of college
at no cost (see civilian pilot training below).
No other branch of service offers a guaranteed flight
slot.
2. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant upon successful
completion of Officer Candidate Course.
3. This is a non-binding contract.
4. No active duty requirements if dropped from the program
voluntarily or involuntarily.
5. No required on-campus training, drills, reserve
meetings, etc.
6 Officer candidate training can transfer as college
credit hours, reducing your course load.
CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING
Pilot training is available to seniors who have completed all
pre-commissioning training and are scheduled to attend flight
school. This training (about 25 hours of flight time) normally
culminates with a private pilot's license, and is given at a
flying school in the vicinity of the college. All costs are
borne by the Marine Corps.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
1. Once you complete your first increment of training
you are eligible for a stipend of $200.00 a month
beginning in 1996 if you enroll in the Financial Aid
Program.
2. Active duty officers are eligible for college loan
deferments for three full years allowing you to put
off loan repayment or to pay early strictly on your
principle.
3. Veterans Administration low interest, no money down
loans for home purchases or to start a business
upon separation.
4. Reduced prices on groceries and shopping items at
commissaries and post exchanges.
IN-SERVICE BENEFITS
1. Full health and dental coverage.
2. Life insurance at reduced rates.
3. Thirty (30) days paid vacation annually.
4. Sponsored sports programs and recreational facilities.
5. World wide assignment.
6. Reduced travel fares and access to no-cost government
flights.
7. When reassigned, family and dependents are moved at
government expense to include moving vans, hotel
expenses, meals, and etc.
8. Ability to retire after twenty years of service on
pension with lifetime health and dental care and
commissary and post exchange privileges.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
1. Tuition Assistance Program.
2. Special Education Program.
3. Advanced Degree Program.
4. Funded Law Program.
5. Montgomery G.I. Bill program and Illinois Veterans
Block Grant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL:
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THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OFFICER SELECTION TEAM AT:
1-312-431-0742 OR 1-800-945-3088