Michigan State University

Det 380 at Michigan State — the Spartan Warriors — provides on-campus room-and-board scholarships to first-year scholarship cadets and top-ranked cadets valued at over $10,000 per year, a retention tool that most programs cannot offer. Selfridge Air National Guard Base (127th Wing, A-10 and KC-135 operations) is 60 miles east and provides career field exposure across attack aviation and tanker missions simultaneously. The detachment serves a large research university with strong STEM programs in computer science, electrical engineering, and biochemistry — career fields that map directly onto cyber, medical, and acquisitions billets. Physical fitness ranking is consistently in the top tier nationally. The Spartan identity and Big Ten competitive culture filter into the detachment's ethos.