<P> To graduate, cadets must meet or exceed physical standards, academic standards, and military bearing standards . Military bearing includes the ability to write and verbally brief, lead the flight, and perform duties within the Cadet Wing . </P> <P> Upon graduation, OTS graduates may receive either Regular or Reserve commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Regular United States Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, or the Air National Guard, as appropriate to their original source of entry and contract . The new second lieutenants will be appointed in either pay grade O - 1, or O - 1E if they have prior cumulative active service as a warrant officer or as an enlisted servicemember in any branch or component of the U.S. armed forces for at least 4 years and 1 day . If any portion of their prior service was in a reserve component and not served in an active duty status, then inactive duty reserve retirement points may be used to qualify for O - 1E . If the combination of creditable active duty days and inactive duty points equals 1,460 (equivalent to exactly 4 years and 1 day of cumulative qualifying active and inactive duty), the pay grade O - 1E is assigned, which is a significantly higher starting basic pay level than O - 1, and remains higher until promoted to O - 4 . </P> <P> COT is a 5 - week course for professionals who have received a direct commission . Typically, these officers have degrees, such as MDiv, MD, DO, DPM, OD, DDS, DMD, PharmD, PhD, PsyD, BSN or MSN, MSW, or JD, in the case of chaplains, physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and lawyers, respectively . They often enter at an advanced rank, such as First Lieutenant (O - 2) and sometimes as Captain (O - 3) in compensation for their higher levels of education, and in some cases, experience . Officers can be commissioned up to the rank of Colonel (O - 6) if they possess the level of experience necessary . </P> <P> With the exception of those officers previously commissioned as line officers through USAFA, AFROTC, and the BOT program of OTS, or the Air Force Nurse program of AFROTC, most chaplains, judge advocates general (i.e., lawyers), and medical personnel go through COT . </P>

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