Privacy and Security Notice
This is a Department of Defense computer system. This computer system, including all related equipment, networks and network devices (specifically including Internet access), are provided only for authorized U.S. Government use. DoD computer systems may be monitored for all lawful purposes, including to ensure that their use is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and operational security. Monitoring includes active attacks by authorized DoD entities to test or verify the security of this system. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes. All information, including personal information, placed on or sent over this system may be monitored. Use of this DoD computer system, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring of this system. Unauthorized use may subject you to criminal prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be used for administrative, criminal, or other adverse action. Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring for these purposes.
Do not transmit classified information over unsecured telecommunications systems. Official DoD telecommunications systems are subject to monitoring. Using DoD telecommunications systems constitutes consent to monitoring.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of Mississippi State University, the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
Purpose Statement
The purpose of this website is to share information about Air Force ROTC Detachment 425 with current and potential cadets, as well as any other individuals interested in learning more about the AFROTC program at Mississippi State University.
Freedom of Information Act Notice
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program is mandated by Congress and applies to all governmental agencies. The program allows the public to request information pertaining to an agency’s functions, practices, and future plans. Anyone may request records under the FOIA. Public disclosure is mandatory unless exempted under Title 5 U.S.C. 552. In accordance with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996, agencies have 20 work days to respond to a FOIA request. As a general rule, the Air Force will not deliver unofficial mass mailings addressed to individuals at their duty addresses.
Privacy Advisory
This Air Force ROTC Detachment 425 Website is provided as a public service by Mississippi State University. Information presented on the Detachment 425 Website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. Information concerning visitors, use of this site is collected for analytical and statistical purposes, such as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Raw data logs will only be used to identify individual users and their usage habits for authorized law enforcement investigations or national security purposes. These logs are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration Guidelines. Unauthorized attempts to deny service, upload information, change information, or to attempt to access a non-public site from this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code to include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please forward them to us.
A “cookie” is a small piece of information (token) sent by a Web server and stored on a user’s system (hard drive) so it can later be read back from that system. Using cookies is a convenient technique for having the browser remember some specific information. Cookies may be categorized as “session” or “persistent” cookies. “Session” cookies are temporary cookies that are used to maintain context or “state” between otherwise stateless Web transactions (e.g., to maintain a “shopping basket” of goods selected during a single logical session at a site) and that must be deleted at the end of the web session in which they are created. “Persistent” cookies remain over time and can be used for a variety of purposes, including to track a user’s access over time and across Websites, or to establish user preferences. This Website does not use persistent cookies, i.e., tokens that pass information back and forth from your machine to the server and remain after you close your browser. This Website does use session cookies, i.e., tokens that remain active only until you close your browser, in order to (make the site easier for you to use). No database of information obtained from these cookies is kept and when you close your browser, the cookie is deleted from your computer. This Website uses cookies to save you time in filling out forms, to maintain a relationship between the image and the correct link. You can chose not to accept these cookies and still use the site, but (you may need to enter the same information repeatedly and clicking on the banners will not take you to the correct page). The help information in your browser software should provide you with instruction on how to disable cookies.
For site management, information is collected for analytical and statistical purposes. This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic, to identify unauthorized attempts, to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Raw data logs will only be used to identify individual users and their usage habits for authorized law enforcement investigations or national security purposes. These logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with the Air Force Web-RIMS RDS located at https://webrims.amc.af.mil/rds/index.cfm.
Unauthorized attempts to deny service, upload information, change information, or to attempt to access a non-public site from this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code to include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
Depending upon the requestor’s method of network connection, the host name (or IP address) may or may not identify a specific computer. Connections via the many ISPs assign different IP addresses for each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP. The host name (or IP address) identifies a specific computer if the computer uses a fixed IP address.
The Privacy Act gives individuals rights with respect to the government’s maintenance and use of information collected about them. For information regarding these rights, please click here to be directed to the the Air Force’s Privacy Act policy and system notices.
Provided Documentation
To support the widest possible user base (Unix, Macintosh, and Windows), the Detachment 425 Website provides numerous documents and factsheets in PDF format through Adobe Acrobat. The Adobe Acrobat viewer is available free of charge for Unix, Macintosh, and Windows platforms.
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, you must download the viewer from the Adobe Acrobat home page to access these items.
Consistent with Air Force ROTC regulations, some items must be removed from provided documents prior to Internet posting. This information will be replaced with the phrase “EDITED FOR INTERNET POSTING”. Should you need access to an unedited document, please contact Web Page Maintainer.
External Links
The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Air Force, the Defense Technical Information Center, or the Department of Defense of this Web site, or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) sites, the United States Air Force does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of the Website.
Further Questions/Comments?
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