FReeper Canteen ~ The United States Air Force Academy, Colorado ~ 18 AUG 2020

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: United States Air Force Academy, Colorado

The United States Air Force Academy is a military academy for officer cadets of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the youngest of the five U.S. service academies, having graduated its first class 61 years ago in 1959. Graduates of the academy's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force.

Admission is extremely competitive, with nominations divided equally among Congressional districts. Recent incoming classes have had about 1,200 cadets; since 2012, around 20% of each incoming class does not graduate. During their tenure at the Academy, cadets receive tuition, room and board, and a monthly stipend all paid for by the Air Force.

On the first day of a cadet's second class year, cadets commit to serving a number of years as a commissioned officer in the Air Force or Space Force. Non-graduates after that point are expected to fulfill their obligations in enlisted service or pay back full tuition. The commitment is normally five years of active duty and three years in the reserves, although it has varied depending on the graduate's Air Force Specialty Code.

The program at the academy is guided by the Air Force's core values of "Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do", and based on four "pillars of excellence": military training, academics, athletics and character development. In addition to a rigorous military training regimen, cadets also take a broad academic course load with an extensive core curriculum in engineering, humanities, social sciences, basic sciences, military studies and physical education.

All cadets participate in either intercollegiate or intramural athletics, and a thorough character development and leadership curriculum provides cadets a basis for future officership. Each of the components of the program is intended to give cadets the skills and knowledge that they will need for success as officers.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy graduated the Class of 2020 six weeks early. This was the first time that any USAFA class was ever commissioned early, and the first time for any military academy since World War II. This was also the first time that cadets commissioned into the U.S. Space Force, with General Jay Raymond administering the oath of office to 86 graduates.

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[The Mayor]

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August 18

Rivals or Allies?

Bible in a Year:

• Psalms 100–102
• 1 Corinthians 1

Be perfectly united in mind and thought.

1 Corinthians 1:10

The city of Texarkana sits squarely on the state border between Texas and Arkansas. The city of 70,000 inhabitants has two mayors, two city councils, and two police and fire departments. The cross-town sporting rivalry between high schools draws an uncommonly high attendance, reflecting the deep allegiance each has to their own state’s school. More significant challenges arise as well, such as disputes over the shared water system, governed by two sets of state laws. Yet the town is known for its unity despite the line that divides it. Residents gather annually for a dinner held on State Line Avenue to share a meal in celebration of their oneness as a community.

The believers in Corinth may not have drawn a line down their main thoroughfare, but they were divided. They’d been quarreling as a result of their allegiances to those who taught them about Jesus: Paul, Apollos, or Cephas (Peter). Paul called them all to oneness “in mind and thought” (1 Corinthians 1:10), reminding them it was Christ who was crucified for them, not their spiritual leaders.

We behave similarly today, don’t we? We sometimes oppose even those who share our singularly important belief—Jesus’ sacrifice for our wrongdoings—making them rivals instead of allies. Just as Christ Himself is not divided, we, as His earthly representation—His body—mustn’t allow differences over nonessentials to divide us. Instead, may we celebrate our oneness in Him.

By:  Kirsten Holmberg Reflect & Pray

Over what nonessential spiritual issues are you likely to allow division? How can you foster unity instead?

God, help me to remain focused on You and Your sacrifice for Your people. May I not be distracted by the less important issues but call others to oneness as a community of faith.

[reed13k]

Zoomies...

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

My BIL is a 1973 graduate of the USAFA!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Lauren. Hi, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: United States Air Force Academy, Colorado.

[lightman]

Beautiful place, especially the chapel.

The upper (Protestant) chapel has one of the few organs with copper en chamade trumpet pipes.

[Midwesterner53]

What part do Israeli women have in the US Air Force academy? I am curious how that photo of them got into your article. And btw, the AF academy is the most politically correct of all the academies (and that is going some) and was once commanded by a lesbian AF General who ingrained PC BS in the academy that is still there.

[ken in texas]

Small world. I graduated in 1973 also.

[PROCON]

I remember FReepmailing you several years ago about my BIL and you graduating same year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: United States Air Force Academy, Colorado ~

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[CodeToad]

I live just a few miles north of the Academy.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Retired Chemist]

My son is a 2020 graduate and will be going into pilot training.

[Retired Chemist]

Should be my grandson!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you had a fruitful Monday.

[luvie]

Great road/air trip, lauren!
Hope you're doing well!

[luvie]

Howdy radu! Hope you had a cooler day like we did. 90 is soooo much nicer than 100!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Congratulations, Retired Chemist, on your grandson's graduation from the United States Air Force Academy!

We thank him for his service to our country.

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

I hope things didn’t get too wild in your area last night. It looked like some of the storms were pretty hefty.