[RightOnline]

You are correct.......a poem by Samuel Walter Foss:

Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains;
Men with empires in their purpose
And new eras in their brains.
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains;
Men to chart a starry empire,
Men to make celestial claims.
Bring me men to match my prairies,
Men to match my inland seas;
Men to sail beyond my oceans,
Reaching for the galaxies.
These are men to build a nation,
Join the mountains to the sky;
Men of faith and inspiration,
Bring me men, bring me men, bring me men!
Bring me men to match my forests,
Bring me men to match my shore;
Men to guard the mighty ramparts,
Men to stand at freedom's door.
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Men to match their majesty;
Men to climb beyond their summits,
Searching for their destiny.

[Lucky Dog]

Wow!! Ask and ye shall receive. I'm impressed all to... I mean all over the place.

"Back in the old days" that would have been a "Hell Week" recitation just after the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner between uniform changes. Of course, there is no more "Hell Week"... I don't think there is even a "Heck Week" now.

I don't know that "Hell Week" was all that good an idea. Nonetheless, it was... I mean used to be... a common experience among grads. "Every class always got easier"... Just ask the ones that went before.

Reality check... However, there are some real disconnects, now. Common experiences from class to class do not seem to be the rule. PC is an ever changing target and the "system" changes equally as rapidly apparently without regard to what is good that may be lost.

That lack weakens the ties that make for a strong USAFA, a strong Air Force and a strong nation, IMHO.