Is it possible for me to commission into the Army (through ROTC) then get a conditional release to be an Air Force Officer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Institute_of_Technology

Read about this....

https://www.usphs.gov/profession/scientist/default.aspx

Look at this also....

https://www.usphs.gov/student/

Look at this also, their toll-free phone is [login to see] , if you'd be interested in them at all, esp their Jr and Sr COSTEP, the USPHS analogues to ROTCs and USMC platoon leaders course (PLC), I think they actually use med lab techs (MLTs), I'm also reasonably certain all such programs as COSTEP, the ROTCs, and PLC, can also be applied to be allowed to use for grad school, whether you'd be able now, being as you're, I gather, Army ROTC, I haven't a clue, of course, I just figured you might find their stuff of at least interest to look at, if nothing else, you know? When I'd been doing my allied health clinical doctorate before I had to go total perm disabled, I trained under a USPHS O-6 during my rotations, I'd really wanted to go in with them, it just unfortunately never happened, I'm afraid, trust me, I think you might find their stuff of interest, honest....

https://www.usuhs.edu/graded/doctoral

You might also care to look through these, esp the PhD programs in biomed sciences, you hadn't said if you'd had any interest in going grad school, you'd need to do a couple of tours to have a serious chance at this, I'd expect, I just didn't know if you knew about it, at all....

And I saw you're one the clinical side with Army...would you wanna stay clinical on active, whether Army or USAF? You could also submit for an interservice transfer later on as well, possibly, just another thought, of course...elaborate, as I'd said, I have an interest in career/educ stuff, I'd be most interested to hear more, no rush, whenever convenient....

I find that interesting for numerous reasons...my next younger brother had gone USMMA Kings Point, I commissioned him when he'd finished, as it'd been when I was in...USMMA is actually an NROTC program, even though it's Federal, it's just run by Maritime Admin (MARAD) in the Commerce Dept., the only reason I mention that is that a good many of their grads were allowed to go into other svcs, besides USNR, which is what he went into...I gather one has to be pretty close to the top of one's class to have a serious chance for it, however, where I was assigned, the deputy base commander had actually been Annapolis, he'd been allowed to go USAF, plus the Lt Gen of the installation when I got there had been Army Air Force (AAF) in WW2 as a B-17 tail gunner, then got into West Point, he was allowed to go USAF, after USAF was created in 1947, from what I'd read...I'm not saying petitioning for that would be easy, however, a good many of those my brother finished with went Army, USAF, USCG, USMC (which is allowed under NROTC, of course), one even went into the NOAA Corps, it'd depend on your circumstances, certainly, however, you might at least ask whether it's still allowed at all, I realize why you phrase the question as a conditional release, however, I just figured you'd find such trivia useful...a family friend of ours was Army enlisted, got into Army WOCS for rotary wing flight, did sevl yrs of that with Army, then finished his bachelors in aviation at Embry Riddle, Army then released him so USCG could pick him up, he finished out his 20 yrs as a USCG O-3 rotary wing pilot, so I've seen some odd stuff like that at various times, ask, I'd be curious what you'd be told, as I'd said, you'd have to be pretty near the top of your class to have a serious chance, I'd expect, however, you've got nothing to lose by trying, you might have to go to a direct commission indoc OIS program of some kind, as opposed to USAF OTS, per se, however, it'd also depend, I'd expect, on what your bachelors is in, it'd help to know your major and GPA, so far as you might care to elaborate, as well as what MOS you'd been slated for with Army, and what AFSC you'd want with USAF as well, if you could go into all that at all, if you'd care to chat further, just ask, OK?

Why not take the easy way and just go USAF ROTC?

Good luck on trying for the Air Guard, I can understand your reasoning. While I'm sure it is technically possible, it is probably not going to happen. Even if deployments weren't coming up the Army isn't likely to release you after training you. You may be able to re-enlist and go Air Guard afterward. I'd keep looking into your options though.

Yes i am currently a MLT in school pursuing my bachelors in Medical Technology. Before i joined Army ROTC I did talk to both air guard and air ROTC recruiters. I told them my situation and both were willing to help me but my National Guard unit is deploying soon and so the state wasn’t letting anybody go & only Army ROTC made me non deployable so i was locked in. I live the lab and i am still pursing lab education and career. At first i wanted out of the guard because they never gave me my enlistment bonus. I felt lied to. Then my unit was full of combat medics. Nobody cared about the lab. We didn’t even have supplied. I love my job and i want to do it. So i looked into air guard. But none of that was going to work with the upcoming deployment. So now I’m just looking for one last sliver of hope that it’s possible.

https://www.usphs.gov/profession/healthservices/

I'm not entirely certain I understand your basic underlying circumstances sufficiently to nenaboe to answer you properly, however, I !merely thought here to offer you another possibility I quite wish I'd known about when I'd gone in, beforehand. I was originally Army ROTC, then wound up going USAF OTS instead, when it'd been at Lackland, not Maxwell as it is now. I'd wanted to ne on the clinical side, however, virtually everything conceivable went wrong, and I wound up as a line engineering officer, doing completely nonclinical stuff, which, while technically interesting, as well as necessary, and for which I was technically qualified, was hardly what I'd gone in to do to begin with. I'd wanted to go to USUHS, if I could've, or possibly osteopathic led, then to have been a flight surgeon, which obviously never happened, I tried to go clinical, I was doctoral level allied health before my now total perm disability, I'd wanted to go this route, I was really eager to try. I was just never able. Sp, indulge me, if you would, on a point, OK? Elaborate considerably as to your basic motivations and history, bachelors, masters, doctoral aspirations, your major, your GPA if you could see your way clear, why you want USAF, what field you want, ultimately, I gather from what I can see that youre medmlab right now, do you want that still? Do you want to switch to something else? Do you want direct patient care of some type? Are you looking to get away from clinical? I can assure you that USPHS, if you want clinical, has amplemties to the regular services, more than sufficient to let you be allowed to try to be assigned to them, e.g., the Army uses USPHS psych related fields, and has a detailed memo of agree!ent to allow such exchanges. I'm not entirely certain where med lab fits into USPHS, I do know USPHS is allowed warrants, though they've never had them, however, might warrant interest you in any service? Try to elaborate, as I'd said, the more detailed info you give the more I and/or others here can answer you, I only also would observe that while I understand your question, others pointed out here that your approach, while I'm certain you evidently have good reason to ask, is, I think, a trifle circuitous, I might, having been where you want to go, though I wasn't prior enlisted, might ne able to help, however, as I'd said, it'd obv help to know a good deal more, many thanks, I'd be most eager to know more, certainly....