Polaris 2019 USAF Academy Yearbook

"one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"

Neil Armstrong

The inspiration the yearbook staff and I had was from the journey we go through at the Academy. Each one of these small requirements we have to do is just one small step that gets us closer to our bigger dream of becoming Air Force officers. The challenges cadets face such as the stepping up on the footprints on I-Day to jumping out of planes to even passing core astro and more are just small events. However, all of them combined is like one giant leap in our life to making us courageous, thoughtful, leaders of our generation, just like 2019’s exemplar.

With the increased focus in space, there was no better person to look at than Neil Armstrong. As the first man on the moon, although he only took one small step, he took a giant leap for mankind as he was opening up another frontier. We believe that by going through the Academy, it opens up so many more choices and avenues for us cadets to achieve goals we once only dreamed of.

- C2C Anastasia Choi

ABOVE: Neil Armstrong, Class of 2019 Exemplar

RIGHT: C2C Anastasia Choi, 2019 Polaris editor

STRONG

Adjective.

1: emotional resilience 2: possessing physical power

3 : sturdy and robust 4 : healthy

5s something thriving 6: well defended

7s something effective or powerful at doing anything

8 : likely to succeed or do well

FIRSTIES

SQUADRONS

GRADUATION

CADET LIFE

FALL SPORTS

WINTER SPORTS

SPRING SPORTS

CLUBS

CONGRATS

INDEX

ADVERTISING

CLASS PHOTO

LT GEN JAY SILVERIA Superintendent

Class of 1985

BRIG GEN ANDREl/l/ ARMAC05T Dean of the Faculty

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C2C Kinlee Rix Sports Editor

C2C Anastasia Choi Editor-in-Chief

ClC Leo Tanja Cadet Life Editor

- Photo by Trevor Cokley

C2C Shanasty Mahi-Lyons Photographer

C4C Lily Selvaggi Writer / Photographer

C3C Elizabeth Shaffer Writer

C3C Jonathan Toussaint Clubs Editor

C3C Conor Wisentaner Photographer

Firsties

EXEMPLAR Neil A., Armstrong

the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.

After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in Cleveland, OH. Through the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. It was launched March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.

The flight plan called for a crew rest period before extravehicular activity, but Armstrong requested the EVA be moved to earlierin the evening, Houston time. When he and Buzz Aldrin were ready to go outside, Eagle was depressurized, the hatch was opened, and Armstrong made his way down the ladder. At the bottom of the ladder Armstrong said, “I’m going to step off the LM now.”

He turned and set his left boot on the lunar surface July 21, 1969, then spoke the now-famous words, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one

Neil Armstrong went where no one had gone before and did it with a sense of humility. We’re taught at USAFA to continuously reach for the sky and once we get there to keep going. However, you have to remember to pull-up those around you as well. Inspire yourself and better others, because you are never affecting yourself alone. Our exemplar surpassed reaching the sky, literally and brought all of mankind with him so that it could be a celebration of shared success, not just one man’s victory.

ClC Erica Barnett, Spring Cadet Wing Commander

The world is a tumultuous place, and with it comes a multitude of very new and unique challenges and threats for our country and our Air Force. Armstrong exemplifies the courage, humility, and tenacity that is required of the Class of 2019. It is our duty to bravely tackle the unknown challenges we will face as officers, and we have an excellent role model to look to as we do it.**

ClC John Bowes, Exemplar Selection Committee

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"Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit."

- Edgar Guest

"Your strength wilt carryyou anywhere."

- Grandpa Bobby

"Never

- Elan Solo

"Etappiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

- JK Rowling

Beau Woodward Billingsley Winnemucca, NV Acquisitions/Space Operations

Mom & Tiana We Made It! I love you!

tell me the odds."

“It happens."... "Sometimes."

- Forrest Gump

"You might be an aeronautical engineer, but I’m a business engineer!"

- Jake Volin

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he

stands

in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but where he

stands

at times of challenge and controversy.

-

If you re cooler than me, does that

Martin Luther King Jr make me hotter than you?

Anna Frick La Mirada, CA Intelligence

"We trend setters, not trend sweaters.”

- Takeoff

"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."

- Joshua 24:15

Our deepestfear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepestfear is that we are powerful beyond measure, it is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be?

- Marianne Williamson

“Ifeverything seems under control, you're not going fast enough."

- Mario Andretti

"A learning experience is one of those things that says, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don't do that."’

- Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt Spirit Airlines let's you roll

That wasn't like Cadet Kelly at all

“What man is happy? Tie who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature."

- Thales

the windows down

Andrew Luo Molique Houston, TX

No comment given.

"So remember to took up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don'tjust give up. Unleash your imagination. Shape the future."

N. - Stephen Hawking

"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

- DrSeuss

O’Shea Sylvan Schroedl Sturgeon Bay, Wl Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

“You don't concentrate on risks.

You concentrate on results"

- Chuck Yeager

Jack Woodrow Smith Richfield, OH

"They misunderestimated me." -former President George W Bush

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Aga Fail again. Fail better."

- Samuel Beckett

"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing?it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies."

- Jack Kerouac

Add life to your days, not days to your life.

“Just remember, wherever you go, there ya are" - My Dad

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

- Franklin D Roosevelt

"Puns are the highest form of literature."

- Alfred Hitchcock

ARE YOU IN?

I'd like to thank God, my family, friends, Naps, Crown Royal, Shiner Bock, Dr. Pepper from Dublin, Texas and the Academy for helping me get to this point.

"Any doubt I had got pounded out of me at the Academy." - Buzz Lightyear

"Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking.”' N. - President George W Bush

Jeremiah 29:11

ALL IN

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

- Joseph Campbell

"It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale."

- Retired General Iroh

Thank you to my friends and family for walk ing alongside me and helping me through most amazing and challenging four years here. I life my eyesup to the mountains

- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth."

"And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do."

- Michael Scott

“It

- Albus

“The Real Nice"

“Lemme get a NOYEAN"

When you look back, you're not going to remember the times you stayed back in your room and did homework, but you’ll remember the times you went out with the boys.

“Nave I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

-

Joshua L9

"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualifiedfor that which could have been their finest hour."

- Winston Churchill

Much love and thanks to my family and friends. It was a group effort.

is our choices Narry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

Dumbledore

No comment given.

"Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't"

- Jerry Rice

Thanks to my family, my friends, my roommate, and the Sailplane Racing Family for helping me through this “challenge". Deuce against the Rules!

“Nope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul, / And sings the tune without the words, / And never stops at all, / And sweetest in the gale is heard; / And sore must be the storm / That could abash the little bird / That kept so many warm. / I've heard it in the chillest land, / And on the strangest sea; / Yet, never, in extremity, / It asked a crumb of me." - Emily Dickinson

Thanks, Mom, for everything. All glory to God!

Perhaps there'll be an occasion, when hell look up from what he's doing and listen to the distant music of a calliope, and hear the voices and the laughter of the people and the places of his past. And perhaps across his mind there'll flit a little errant wish, that a man might not have to become old. And he'll smile then too, because he'll know it is just an errant wish, and nothing more.

Serling

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

- C.S. Lewis

Special thanks to all my loved ones for helping me get this far.

Charles Parker Jax Greenwood Village, .CO Lamar, CO Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Simon Kenith Lynn Anchorage, AK Pilot

Michael Edward Marsh Topeka, KS

Darren William Miller York, PA Cyberspace & Network Operations

Jessica Nicole Mucci Buffalo, NY Space Operations

"No Shade on the River"

-

-

"Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like

“I'm recommending you for removal from this...and totally redeem yourself!"

Basic Cadet Training" - C/C Gus Jenson, - Harry Dunn Aggressors Alpha, 1st BCT Flight Commander

"To love someone means to see them as God intended them."

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends."

Michael Scott

Special thanks to my parents, siblings, and friends who helped me through this place.

"Do you need a hug?” - Orisa

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

- Haruki Murakami

“How would I describe myself? Three words. Hard-working. Alpha-male. Jackhammer. Hlerciless. Insatiable.” - Dwight Schrute - Johny Williams

DOGS OF WAR

CS-03

“We must live and create. Live to the point of tears."

- Albert Camus

"At this point, I'm just slowly turning into a mad scientist.”

- Dr Ryan Cress

“But if I ran The Zoo," “It's not all about your marks, achievements, Said young Gerald McGrew, and successes, your legacy and the impact "I'd make a few changes, you leave on others is what matters most." That's just what I'd do..."

- Shanna Burns

- Dr Seuss

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

- Seneca

-

Care less

Extremely grateful to the many people and Adversity makes men, Prosperity makes monsters, experiences that have helped me get here.

Victor Hugo

That

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream ofyesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."

Robert Goddard

No comment given.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they

No comment given, may see your good works and glorify your I'll never forget who I was, who I am, Father in heaven." and who I want to become.

- Matthew 5:16

sounds like a future Ben problem.

“I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams are something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth toward anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."

- Monty Oum

James M2- Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial,

he has stood the

receive the

has promised to those who love him. Thanks to all of my loved ones who have helped me along the way. Special thanks to my family, as well as my family away from home, Nancy and Greg Jones. Another huge thanks to the AFLAX family. Couldn't have done it without y'all. 27

Learn to live above your circumstances

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

- Jeremiah 29J1

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his lifefor his friends."

- John 15J3

for when

test he will

crown oflife, which God

“Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right"

- l-ienry Ford

You gotta catch the sauce. Move with me... I'm dripping sauce.

- Future Flendrix

"The Lord will fightfor you; you need only to be still."

- Exodus 14:14

Alex Lesar booked my 21st birthday party in an old couple's basement. We didn't get the damage deposit back.

CS-04

No comment given.

"At this point, I honestly don’t think you’re ready for

-

Hot Tub, Cold Tub, Mitches...

"She is clothed with strength and dignity,

Isaiah 40:31 and she laughs without fear of the future."

- Proverbs 31:25

graduate school."

Col Kiziah

No comment given.

No comment given.

"You can't be common, the common man

The best way to predict the goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon." future is to create it

Abraham Lincoln

- Tterb Brooks

Everybody wants to be Feety Wap, but nobody wantsto loose an eyeball.

“May your choice in life reflect your hopes, not your fears."

- Nelson Mandela

Love you so much mom, dad, and Chris! God is good!

7 go to a lot of ceremonies like this and they are all a lot like this. Here you are a big fish in a little pond, but at the Academy you will be a smallfish in the ocean."

- Maj Jessica Dwyer

/ owe all of my time here to Mason Dean. I believe his exact words were, "GUYS, WE'RE AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY! JUST LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS!" No other words have lived deeper within me than those. Thank you, Mason.

"Life is a journey, not a destination." Four years later, I am finally at the end of this journey. And the end is meaningless without those four years. But now it's time for my next journey, and as Dr. Seuss inspirationally put it: "KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!" You're off to Great Places! / Today is your day! / Your Mountain is waiting!/ So... get "Where’s

the lime?"

on your way! - Oh, the Places You'll Go

"Its been a long hardjourney” "Phil 4:13"

"I think It is possible for normal ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary."

- Eton Musk

"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love."

- Mother Teresa

"Nothing is on my horizon except everything."

- Dwight Schrute

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love."

- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

"No matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets or how far you fall, you are never out of the fight."

- Marcus Luttrell

Love you Grandpa.

If no one comes from the future to stop you from doing it, then how bad of a decision can it really be?

"Would l rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."

"There

- Ronald Reagan

I am immeasurably gratefulfor my awesome family. Mom, Dad, Michael, Katherine... I love

Douglas

“Flell go on and rage Whatever you may say My G-d, He speaks for me And I'll not be ashamed Hell go on and rage You can't change a thing My G-d You speakfor me So I’ll not be ashamed"

"The moment you give up is the moment - "Memoir", My Epic you let someone else win."

"... I will never leave you nor forsake you

- Kobe Bryant - Hebrews 13:5

Alonjahnae Brooks

^ j San Jacinto, CA Civil Engineer

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where uou miqht be swept off to."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

May

Zachary Alexander Carreon

San Juan Capistrano, CA

tejf f

you in the palm of his hand

"To live is to risk it all; otherwise, you’rejust an inert chunk ofrandomly assembled molecules drifting wherever the universe blows you"

- Rick Sanchez

"We ain't come here to play SCHOOL."

- Cardale Jones

AFXC Forever. Ball is Lyfe

I

"If

-

"I think we've outgrown full-time education... Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?"

- Fred Weasley

"Our

- Confucius

Be someone you would be proud to know

literallyjust snacked all day.

Hannah Jane Hetzler Newberg, OR Space Operations

Blake David Lawrie Colorado Springs, CO

Sarah Nohemi Kreiser Gilbert; AZ

l was you I wouldn’t like me either."

Drake

Be the hot tamale

greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

It's all mental.

Ifyou aren’t humble, whatever empathy you claim is false. True empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

-Anand Mahindra

Becoming is better than being.

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7 don't tell people, ‘You're okay the way that you are.' That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‘You're way less than you could be. - Dr. Jordan Peterson

"Sleep, sleep is for those people who are

It is what it is, you know what I'm saying? It’s not about winning or losingbroke. I don't sleep. I might miss the opportu- it's about looking good nity to make a dream become a reality." - 50 cent

Kyle Leland Bossier City, LA Air Liaison Officer

Christine Masako Lew Ewa Beach, HI Civil Engineer

Charles Mowery IV Lithia. EL

tp5is Christopher G Nodland Jpy Bloomfield Hills, Ml A v Intelligence

Thankful and blessed to have gone through this place with all ofyou, my brothers and sisters. Gracias Mama y Papa, por todo su amor, carino y consejos. Gracias familia por el apoyo incondicional. Gracias amigos por su alegria y buenos deseos.

Va por usted tambien tio Raul, un abrazo de aqui hasta el cielo.

16 Nov 1974- 24 Nov 2018

Exodus 20:12

“How did we get this far?" - cadet *shows graph* “By all accounts, it doesn't make sense" - Kronk

Thank you to my family for your endless encouragement and support. I wouldn’t be “If this gets out, they won't let me scuba. If I where l am today without you. can't scuba, then what's this all been about?

1 Samuel 12:16

Elizabeth Stacey Pennington Roanoke, TX Pilot

Ryan Jaehyun Yoo Centreville, VA Pilot

“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."

- Ron Swanson

“Life only needs two things.- Attitude and Effort."

- Capt. Weisgarber

What am I working toward?"

- Creed Bratton

David

Elliott?

No, I am not going to be a pilot.... I just want to marry one!

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.

- Winston Churchill

“Whenever

-

I'm about to do something, 1 think ‘Would an idiot do that?'And if they would, 1 do not do that thing."

Even monkeys fallfrom trees.

Dwight K Schrute Keep thinking. Keep moving. Keep living. - Japanese proverb

Ryan?

No comment given.

"Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

- Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird"

You were not given this life to be average. Be great!

Thank you to my family, teachers, mentors, and friends for their support and making the last four years so rewarding.

"When we are young, the words are scattered around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape" \ - Louise Erdrich

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days, before you’ve actually left them." - Andy Bernard, The Office

I want to thank my friends and familyfor all the love and support over the pastfour years.

Blue Skies...

To my parents, thank you for always pushing me to be the best that I can be. I wouldn't be where I am without your constant love and support. I love you! To my six siblings, Sam, David, Robby, Erin, Adam, and Kelly, you are my very best friends. I am thankful we are stuck with each otherfor the rest of our lives! Sam and Erin, I love this USAFA bond that we will share forever.:)

Thank you to my family (mama, dad, juj), teachers, and mentors who gave me undying support and guided & allowed me to grow into the best version of me. To my friends, new & old, near & far, and to the ones who I see once in a blue moon but we never miss a beat. To my eyelash ladyfor enabling me to get up 10 minutes before my first class. I simply couldn't have done it without you. Colorado, you have my heart. Cheers to these good old years. Show a little love, shine a little light.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to tryjust one more time."

-

Thomas A Edison

“Ally, my sweet precious angel! You will always be my baby girl! I love you with all my heart. I will always be with you."

- Mommy

-

-

"In the end, you're measured not by 7 knew exactly what to do but in a much how much you undertake, but by more real sense, I had no idea what to do." what you finally accomplish"

- President Donald Trump (45)

Michael Scott

AFTFE

Yea, when this flesh and heart shallfail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the veil, A life ofjoy and peace.

John Newton

Glory to God. Pray for Peace. Be readyfor war.

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door"

- Milton Berle Blue Skies...559

Damn, time to become a salty old grad. To those I leave on the hill, good luck. Brett, Kane, Dustin, Davey, and Trev, you're my boys, and we made it that far. I'll miss the drinks, BBQs, movie nights, and blasting Anaconda, Shooting Stars, and Dixie. Love and thanks to my pals from home, church, Squadrons 4, 6, and 24, and Company 1-2.

Most grateful to Mom, Dad, and God.

Andre Dylan Vertucio Laguna Niguel, CA

Security Forces

SHADOW SEVEN

‘If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."

- Isaac Newton

“I owe everything to God, my family, friends, mentors, and teachers. Thank you is an understatement.

There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... And it's worth fighting for."

- Samwise Gamgee, LOTR

"Always remember to spread the knar butter with the shread bread. Now, let's yeet this wheat."- HBPB Luke 9:23, John 3:30, Titus 3:4-5

"In life, you're either the bug or you're the windshield"

- Frank Serratorre

I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. Heard a lot about ya

- Terry Lee DeBauche

Adrienne DeBauche Falcon, CO Pilot

And I plan on finding out what that is.

- Derek Zoolander

(verry

Yessah Blessah

“Ifat first you don’t succeed, find

The more you know, the less you don't know “Don’t count the days, make the days count" out if the loser gets anything" - Muhammad Ali - William Lyon Phelps (AFTFE)

"I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you've actually left them."

"Were, have a tortilla."

- Andy Bernard - Dom Vacanti

Collin Thomas Green f Redlands,

CA Pilot

Joseph Houston Irvine, CA

Cyberspace & Network Operations

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. This I did."

- T. E. Lawrence

"...we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that

Stay tradical and always spread the suffering produces endurance, and endurance gnar butter on the shred bread, produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame..."

- Romans 5:3-5

Before you act, ask yourself this: What is the most loving thing to say or do?

(R.O.KAFA, 1949)

“Ifyour actions inspire others to dream more,

learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

- John Quincy

Adams

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple really. Double your rate offailure. You are thinking offailure as the enemy, but it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can because remember, that's where you will find success.”

There can be no question ofholdingforth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules.

- Albert Camus

Unbreakable with Him

No comment given,

The business of America is business.

Thanks Mom, Dad, and the rest ofmy friends andfamilyfor supporting me through it all.

“Give a man a fish andfeed him for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish...andfeed yourself. Tie’s a grown man. Andfishing's not that hard.'

- Ron Swanson

"Those were the stories that stayed with you That meant something. Even ifyou were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots ofchances ofturning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fightingfor."

- Samwise Gamgee (J.R.R. Tolkien)

"Decisions determine Destiny - Thomas S Monson

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."

- Michael Scott

“Ifyou’re going through hell, keep going.

- Winston Churchill

CS-08

EAGLE EIGHT

“Be who you are and be that well."

- St Francis de Sales

Keep your eyes on the stars, and yourfeet on the ground.

- Teddy Roosevelt

If you are reading this, please know that you most certainly

CAN "make it thatfar"

'We each survive in our own way.”

- Sarah J Mass

has

transferredfrom maximum security

prison

to a longer, but more enjoyable sentence.

Time to unmatch USAFA! Should I also report it?

"There's always a biggerfish."

- Qui-Gon Jinn

“I'll

stay

awake /-/ ‘Cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight"

- Twenty One Pilots

Philippians 2J4-15

Very nice

"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."- Mark Twain Jimmy Buffett's Life Lessons:

5. You do not want to go to jail.

8. An indictment is not a conviction.

49. It is not the speed that kills; it's the sudden stop.

50. We are the people our parents warned us about.

To my Family and Friends that helped get me here, I would not have made it here without your love and support.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

- Edmund Burke

In prep school, they said "look to your left, look to your right, only one of you will graduate" but we graduated! Shout out to Joe and Brandon.

Thank you to my family for their unconditional love and support, and to my friends for making these past four years so unforgettable.

"Make

sure they remember you"

- Austin Richard Post

Just like moons and like suns with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still I rise.

- Maya Angelou

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."

- Robert Frost

To everyone who stuck with me, thank you. The best is yet to come.

BAG SECURED!!!

"Did everyone see that? Because I will *NOT* be doing that again."

- Captain Jack

Sparrow

Always remember don't ever play yourself, be smart about being stupid, stories over standards, and shooters shoot! Shout out to the Band of Birds and Preppies for helping me get through.

A huge thank you to my friends and family who made this four year endeavor bearable! I could not have done it without you.

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

- Winston Churchill

No comment given.

“Ifyou’re gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”

- JohnGrisham

Porque andamos por fe, e nao por vista.

- 2 Corintios 5.-7

Glad I took 4 years of Portuguese at the academy to understand this! Blue Skies...

“There’s no sensation to compare with this // Suspended animation, a state of bliss // Can't keep my mind from the circling skies // Tongue-tied and twistedjust an earth-bound misfit, I" - Pink Floyd, Learning To Fly

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hanq on."

- F.D.P.

These last four years have easily been the most challenging yet most developmental years of my life. I have changed so much since l first started on 1-Day and am excited to see where l am headed in my Air Force career and how I will apply the things I have learned throughout my life. Thank you to my teachers, mentors, friends, family, and God for allowing me to say "I've made it this far."

VIKING NINE

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

CS-09

"0 sun which clears all mist from troubled sight, Suchjoy attends your rising that I feel As grateful to the dark as to the light."

- Dante, The Inferno

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

- James 1:2-4

"Be water, my friend."

- Bruce Lee

Francis Cooper III Dallas, TX Acquisitions

To my momma, my dad, and my kid brothers, I cannot thank you all enough for your unconditional love and support through this time. This wouldn't be possible for me without each and every one of you.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

- Curtis LeMay

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

- Barack Obama

"Si las cosas que valen la pena se hicieran facilmente, cualquiera las haria."

- Anthony Quinn

"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life."

- Jack Kerouac, On The Road

If the mins weren't good enough they wouldn’t be the mins.

“You don’t have to be a farmer to be outstanding in your field."

- unknown

“Return, 0 my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling - Psalm 116:7-8 (ESV)

"Work

hard in silence, let success make the noise."

- Unknown

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

- John 3:16

We can't choose were we've come from, but we can choose where we go from here.

- Kyle Erich

"R-E-L-A-X, Relax."

- Aaron Rodgers

“If you stay ready, You ain’t gotta get ready"

- Andy Mineo but at the same time

“Due tomorrow? DO TOMORROW!”

- A.J. Miller

Kane Woods, Ml

“Do

- Charles Mossing

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer ofdeeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; who errs and comes up short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,

No discrepancies and spends himself in a worthy cause.

- Teddy Roosevelt

Mueller

Kevin Blake Patterson Alamogordo, NM Cyberspace & Network Operations

Garrett Scott Patnode Winchester, VA

The words that continuously help me get through each day and each hardship are those of my father: "Good morning my Warrior Princess, embrace this day with all

the enthusiasm it deserves as it has never been lived before. Think of three things you are gratefulfor and give thanks to God, for gratitude makes all the difference." That, and “If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullsh*t!" Thanks for that.

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“Don't ever let somebody tell you...you can't do something. You got a dream... You gotta protect it. When people can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell youyou can't do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.” - Christopher Gardner

We may not have it all together but together we have it all.

I would like to thank my parents, siblings, grandparents, and all those that have supported me.

Let’s just say I definitely wouldn't be here if the Physics classes weren't curved.

Step into your fears

CS-IO

In dedication to my dad: "This is America. You can do anything you want. You’ve just got to have thick skin."

- Dr Matt Barnett

I'Ve weren't here for a long time, but we definitely had a great time.

"Goodjudgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from badjudgment."

- Will Rogers

No comment given.

Michael Lee Bonneau

San Antonio, TX Pilot

You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."

- Davy Crockett

No comment given.

“To every man, there comes in his lifetime, that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him andfitted to his talents; What a tragedy if that moment should find him unprepared or unqualifiedfor the work which would be his finest hour."

- Sir Winston Churchill

"...and then the monkey said oooooooooo, did a few more hop n' schplops, learned some reschplect, and passed out, because he was schpleepy."

- Mr Monkey

Blue Skies...MF546

“You don't need a license to drive a sandwich."

Who at the best knows in the end the triumph - Spongebob ofhigh achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

"Good day sunshine."

- John, Paul, George, and Ringo

I’m sure I don't know

Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

- Proverbs 27:17

“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,... If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it. And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son!"

- Rudyard Kipling

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"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

- Jeremiah 29JI

Thanks to everyone who has supported me to this point. I especially have to thank my parents for always being there and telling me what I needed to hear. I could not have done this alone, and thankfully I did not have to.

Jonathan David Kaltenbaugh Winter Springs, FL

Theodore Stephen Jantscher Prior Lake, MN

Hunter Engelhardt Lunasin Wiesbaden, Germany Civil Engineer

'You know a lot ofpeople go to collegefor seven years, / know, they're called doctors".

- Tommy and Richard, Tommy Boy (1995)

"You sure that's enough icehouse?"

- Buschwackers 2017

"Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expectedfrom him, than the title."

- Gen George Washington

‘You are among the elite few who has resisted multiple attempts to collect your yearbook blurb submission. We have reached the point where you are holding up production of the book."

-

James Rush, Polaris Advisor

Thank you for everything Mom, R.I.P. Dad, you're the best role model I could ask for, and I won't give up. And to Alex, I can’t do it without you.

Just a Ski Bum making the first tracks through knee deep pow on my Armada TST skis.

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

- J.R.R Tolkien

"I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe."

- Jango Fett

7 know we got some ice cream that's melting, so we gotta get outta here.”

- Super Bowl Champion Coach Doug Pederson

Thank you to my family, friends, and Quaker Oats.

"Perhaps it is impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."

- Orson

"You can do anything, but not everything.

- David Allen

Per Aspera Ad Astra

Scott Card, Ender's Game

Jessica Lee Tobias Knoxville, TN Acquisitions

Jaci Brakelle Smith Edmond, OK Astronautical Engineer

Killian Martin Miller Valencia fppfi Indianapolis, IN Cyberspace & Network Operations

CS-11

"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days"

- Ray Wylie Tlubbard

"I

hope

I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."

- George Washington

7 stillfind each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends l want to see."

- John Burroughs

7 am completely independent and

"Wherever you go, there you are."

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

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“Be brave, be strong, be wild1 am happy that I have escaped the - CMSgt Lawrence Gray pedantry of the academic world and that I am free to live and rage!”

- Robert Guttmann

Isaiah 41JO

3^ Michael Lawrence Gray North Charleston, SC Special Investigations

"From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"

- Shakespeare

"When the wombat comes’a calling, the loaf

To the boys who got me through this place, of bread is done. This loafof bread is done." Slainte!

Vivez votre histoire. - Mike Fahey

‘Failure

is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing."

- Buzz Aldrin

"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."

- Gen George Patton

"As you get older things will seem more lame than before. Nothing will change but you, I promise."

‘You think you can win on talent alone? Gentlemen, you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone."

- Herb Brooks (Miracle)

tsaaat!

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

- Aristotle “And he looked me in the eye and said I'm the best decision this organization has ever made."’

- Robert Kraft

“For my family and friends, I am deeply grateful!hank you for your support, encouragement and most of all love.

God is good. Thank you to my family and friends who made this an incrediblejourney for me. I could not have done it without those people in my life.

“Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

- Vince Lombardi

John Sullivan Quinn Colorado Springs, CO Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, “Here am I. Send me!"

- Isaiah 6:8

"Give

At

-

"I mean, I know I'm gone get got, but I7n going to get mine more than I get got though."

- Marshawn Lynch

Seven years of college down the drain. Might as welljoin the Peace Corps - John "Bluto" Blutarsky

least l learned how to swim.

Attitude equals Altitude - Jon Shaffer

"Steel Sharpens Steel.” - unknown

the world the best you have anyway."

Dr Kent Keith

CS-12

1 2th SQUADRON

DIRTY DOZEN

Chase

"Put

Keith Batista Cypress, TX Scientist - Math. Ops. Research

‘You gotta learn to drive with the fear, and

Dez caught it there ain't nothing more G*d d**n frightening than driving with a live cougar in the car."

- Reese Bobby

“Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid."

-John Wayne

“I'll never date a Cadet."

- 3 Deg Carter Chaloupka

Life is a wild ride, and I'm so glad I was wrong.

Thank you to my family and friends. I’m so blessed and God is so good.

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

- Maya Angelou

This

It was the worst of times and the best of time. The five yearprogram takes a toll on man but did America give up when Germany bombed Pearl Harbor?Hell no and neither did I! Without the boys, Haps, and my doppelganger dad I wouldn’t have made it this far, but I like to think my stubbornness helped. Cheers!

Although I wasn't sure why I came and I sometimes ponder why I stayed, I know that I made the right decision.

“I'm not convinced I know how to read, I've just memorized a lot of words."

- Nick Miller

is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it - Psalm 118:24

In an ideal world, I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand couldjust be a fist for punching."

To everyone who believed in me.- thank you. The hummus tried to kill me and take my commission but it failed at both.

"Knowledge cannot replace friendship"

- Patrick Star

"You didn't sneak in."

No comment given.

"This too shall pass."

- C/C Sedacy Walden

No comment given.

- Dwight Schrute

The caliber ofpeople in this world never ceases to amaze me.

No comment given.

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ifyou're reading this, you most likely helped me though this place one way or another. Thank you. You’re awesome.

It was alright. What do I know though, I'm just a guy with a beard

“Love is never stationary. In the end, love Strength Over Technique doesn'tjust keep thinking about it or keep planningfor it. Simply put: love does."

- Bob Goff

Lauren Elisabeth Truax Parker, CO Medical School

“Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information."

- Michael Scott

BULLDOGS

CS-13

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God."

- Ronald Reagan

Matthew 6:53

Don't be second. Nobody let Buzz Aldrin forget about that.

"Well, I don't know how many years on this earth I've got left...I'm gonna get real weird with it."

- Frank Reynolds

"I know how to read and write, Ijust don’t like to read and write."

- Charlie Kelly

“And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do."

- Michael Scott

"There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip."

- Coach Cross

"Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!"

-John “Bluto" Blutarsky

"What these young bloods have to understand is that this game has always been, and will always be, about buckets."

- Bill Russell & Uncle Drew

“Be a dog. We don't need no meowwws, we “This too shall pass." don't need no cats. We need more dogs.”

anonymous - Bennett Presser, l-IC at Coastal Carolina

"Live Your Life Without Regrets."

- unknown

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will direct your paths."

- Proverbs 3:5-6

“Don’tjust pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good Love each other with genuine affection and take delight in honoring each other."

Romans

12: 9-/0

"All / ve done in life has been my own action-, to fail to mention the source of support, motivation and experience that I leveraged in that action is to rob not only myself, but also all those whove helped, of the past. I'm often told, Never forget where you came from.’ The reminder serves its purpose in the most condensed way I see possible: praise God, love family and friends, and stay humble."

- John 15-13 Proverb 3-5

"Life moves pretty fast. Ifyou don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

- Ferris Bueller

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me."

- Erma Bombeck

To

my beloved parents,

I couldn't have done this without your sacrifice. Thank you for everything you have given me. / did this for you. Los Amo Mucho, Luis A Martinez Jr

"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love."

- Hafiz

Graduatingfrom the Air Force Academy is only the beginning for me! All of current accomplishments, feats, and successes are only a foreshadowing of what is to come

- Kenny Osinloye

Don't ever ask someone for a senior quote. They'rejust as dumb as you are

"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're alljust floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time."

- Forrest Gump

“When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate Some people want it to happen, some wish don't know it and the rest don't care.' it would happen, others make it happen.

- Michael Jordan

- Medgar Evers

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^A> Jacksonville, FL czZz' Civil Engineer

Darelle Shevon Smith

Mary Catherine Vedra yjg Frisco, TX

▼ Pilot

CS-14

Do you like apples? Well, I graduated USAFA.

How do you like them apples? (paraphrasedfrom Good Will HuntingJ Blue Skies.,.552

Men go and come, but earthabides."

- George R Stewart

“I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth ofknowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I count them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him."

- Philippians 3:8-9, NIV

",A person’s a person, no matter how small."

- Dr Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!

"Now its...Jets, Designer clothes (flex). M.E.Tgala carpet. Walk it like I talk it."

- Quavious Marshall

Robert William Darren Bullard Covington, GA Cyberspace & Network Operations

"...Because only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."

-

"If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing."

- Coco Chanel

To my small army ofsupporters-, thank you for proving that family is the people who choose to stay when things get tough. And to my Mom and Bobo who, through every 'sfruggle, were the glue that held me and my dreams together.

"You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident."

- Alfred Pennyworth

Richard Nixon

No comment given.

Isaiah 6:8

No comment given.

No comment given.

To Ma, Pa, Shelb, and Ri -Thank you for making me whole, and for providing more support than I could have ever have asked for. To my beautifulfriends, AF Skyfall and the rest of the family down at the 98th thank you will never be enough.

"May the rest of our lives be thebest of our lives"

- Mamma Mia 2

No comment given.

We will soar on wings like eagles.

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

Blue Skies... 558

- Truman Capote

Fmetrius."

- Kelly

“Speed

-Jeremy Clarkson

“Sometimes science is more art than science."

- Pick Sanchez

“We could all havebeen killed or worse, expelled."

-

“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis."

- Malcolm Gladwell

No comment given.

"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.” - Immanuel Kant

never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

Austin Nelson Fort Myers, FL Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Matthew Scott Media Oviedo, FL Pilot

Jenna Michelle Petty Charlotte, NC Aircraft Maintenance

Hermione Jean Granger

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 500 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

XYXT Coral Springs, FL Pilot

WAR EAGLES

No comment given.

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."

- Abraham Lincoln

CS-15

"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Tlard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard"

- Herb Brooks, Miracle

Bradley Milan Stefanovic

No comment given.

"To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world."

- Dr Seuss

7 wandered empty streets

Down past the shop displays

I heard cathedral bells

Tapping

down the alley ways As I walked on"

- Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but where he stands at times ofchallenge and controversy."

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"I can think of no better way to confront my deathlyfear offlying."

- Gabe Lewis, The Office

“What a man can be-, he must be."

- Coach Tim Cross

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

I don't regret what I've been through. I’ve had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, "I wish this didn't happen." It's part of who I am.

- Jennifer Lopez

"But those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint."

- Isaiah 40:31

A big thanks to my parents, brothers, and fiancee for their tremendous love and support. I couldn't have done it without you!

Thank you to my family andfriends for all the support and love. I would not be where I am today without you all.

"Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn't let them down, because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasn't one more thing you could've done. Can you live that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart? Ifyou can do that gentlemen, then

you're perfect."

- Coach Gary Gaines

"Tie who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Live

No comment given.

For Everything there is a season, And a Time for purpose under eachheaven:

A timeto be bom and a timeto die-, A time for War and a time for peace,

The most important day is the day you decide you’re good enough for you. It's the day you set yourselffree.

Cole

Pilot

No comment given.

‘7 say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it."

- Eminem

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joseph Evan Redfearn Marshfield, MA Acquisitions

Mathew Schwaegel Freeburg, IL

"Welcome back to the bottom."

- Every Academy Grad

Just be a good dude. "...guiltyfeet have got no rhythm."

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

CS-16 CHICKEN HAWKS

"Be bold

Do good Confront evil"

- Dr Stu Turner

"Ain't this something? I told my pap and mam I was coming to the mountains to trap and be a mountain man. Acted like they was gut-shot. Says: ‘Son, make your life. Go here. Here’s where the peoples is. Them mountains is is for animals and savages.' I says ‘Mother Gue, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world.' And by God I was right."

- Jeremiah Johnson

“Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."

- Michael Scott

“Look Up. See Down"

"As soldiers, you will always have to cherish and live up to the three ideals of faithfulness, duty and sacrifice. Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible. Ifyou, too, want to be invincible, engrave these three ideals in the innermost core of your hearts."

- Subhash Chandra Bose

Joshua Fortes

\ 'ZJ&eify Parsippany,

"I thinkI'lljust go home now."

- Forrest Gump

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason."

-

Dr. Seuss

Thank you Dad, Mom, Connor, Lucas, and Chase for all your love and support. I would not behere today without you. Love you!

"Ifyou're not first, you’re last."

- Ricky Bobby

William Michael Griffin Wichita Falls, TX

NJ Intelligence

Jason Asbury Hightower Macon, GA Combat Systems Operator

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"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else"

- Yogi Berra

"Soft is Soft"

“It ain’t over ‘til it's over."

- Yogi Berra

"l knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, / had no idea what to do."

-Michael Scott

‘Out there things can happen / and frequently do / to people as brainy / and footsy as you. // And then things start to happen, / don't worry. Don't stew. / Just go right along. / You’ll start happening too. // OH! /THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!// You'll be on your way up! / You'll be seeing great sights! / You'lljoin the high fliers / who soar to high heights."

- Dr Seuss

Thank you to my family and friends for supporting me. Love you all

"Wait...what

"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."

- The Hobbit

"But if we are persuaded by me, holding that thesoul is immortaland capable ofbearing all evils and all goods, we shall always keep to the upper road and practicejustice with prudence in every way so that we shall be friends to ourselves and the qods..."

- Plato

Grateful to my family and the men of AFXC for improving my life and getting me through this place. Flea Trainer always

"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know; but when you listen, you may learn something new" - Dalai Lama

happened? I blacked out. Are we done yet?

Disappointed, But Not Surprised.

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.

If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away

- Alex Hitchens

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

- Jim Elliot

The only thing that matters is that you believe in yourself.”

- The Loch Ness Monster

"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details ofhow he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

- Ernest Hemingway

“There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me you can’t getfooled again."

- George W Bush

"Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday."

- John Wayne

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

- Romans 8:28

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

- Philippians 4:13

"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting."

- William Thatcher

"It is a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us."

- Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones

Ta-daa! I’m, I'm gone! Oh, and by the way, the suit? It wasn’t cheap.

Documentation Statement: Joker from The Dark Kn...nvm, don't need this anymore

Lionel Moyookh Gumireddy Pittsburgh, PA Acquisitions V

If in doubt, paddle out.

- Nat Young

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

- Henry Ford

.Y d Thompson Alexander Knox II Chandler, AZ Pilot

‘...we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."

- Romans 5:3-4

Natalie Monique Ketner Hershey, PA Electrical Engineer

Why So Serious? -The Joker

-

Running rewards consistency and resilience. So does life. KEEP SNOWING UP.

- Des Linden, 2018 Boston Marathon Winner

Victoria Maria Perez Lorton, VA Acquisitions

"This way oflife is worth defending" - George W Bush

Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in selfpity: 4:30, stare into the abyss,- 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one,- 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can't cancel that again,- ZOO, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked! Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I couldstill be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear!

Per aspera ad astra

Nicholas Gregory Pirovolidis Fallston, MD Pilot

"All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars."

Rush, The Pass

"Normality is a paved road: it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

- Vincent van Gogh

"All of us hope and pray that the time will come when we no longer need to dedicate memorials to men who died in battle-that we will dedicate memorials to those who live in peace-to all nations and all men."

- Senator Frank G Moss

‘Alright,

Thank you to all who helped me in the journey, your never-ending love and support made this possible.

Grow through what you go through.

I

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Thanks you to all my friends andfamily who supported me and believed in me.

Alright, Alright.

admit that twice two makes four is an exMatthew McConaughey cellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too."

The Underground Man

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“No man is free who is not master ofhimself."

- Epictetus

“Do more."

- Casey Neistat

This too shall pass.

Well done is better than well said.

- Benjamin Franklin

The support received from my faith, family, friends, mentors, SD delegation, and the community of Groton, SD on this journey has truly been humbling. Thank you for all the good you have brought to my life. While I may never be able to repay each of you, rest assured that you will get my best day in, day out.

“Some men see things as they are and say wlxf I dream things that never were and say why not.''

- Robert F Kennedy

‘‘Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light"

- Albus Dumbledore

Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.

- Anthony Bourdain

"Staples are cheap, time is expensive." - Kelly

Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it not that way.

- Michael Scott

In all seriousness, I'd like to thank my Mom, Dad, Ben, Kristina, Karbo and Helle for their endless support throughout my years at Academy. I couldn’t have done it without your support, wisdom and motivation. Espedally Mom’s care-packages with cookies. Love you guys.

"How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure."

- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

"Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf."

- Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

The

Be Strong When You Are Weak Be Brave When You Are Scared Be Humble When You Are Victorious Be Magnificent Everyday

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose"

- Jim Elliot

"Holdfast to dreams, for ifdreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

- Langston Hughes

"If it is not right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say it. For let your impulse be in your own power."

- Marcus Aurelius

Special

David Hull Louthan Colorado Springs, CO Pilot

Allan Sun Luk Spring, TX Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

sooner you fall behind the more time you have to catch up.

thanks to my family, friends, and the Bandits who made this dream possible!

“I will lift up my eyes to hills - from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." Keep your face always toward the sunshineand shadows will fall behind you Look mom, / made it!

- Walt Whitman

"Fairy tales aremore than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."

- G.K. Chesterton

"Talent is God given. Be Fumble. Fame is man given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

- John Wooden Mark 10:45

"Every

man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

- Ernest Hemingway

I want to thank all my friends and familyfor helping me get to where I am today. Without your support, I could not have achieved my dream of becoming a pilot.

If idiots could fly this would be the Air Force.

On my time over and under the hill...

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.

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"Make thebest use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

- Epictetus

A wise man once said to me, "Kyle, you are good at a lot ofthings but you are great at nothing". I'm still not great at anything, but at least I made it through here.

"You guys, I'm, like, really smart now. You don't even know."

- Kelly Kapoor

If one advances confidently in the direction “Surely what a man does when he is of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life taken off his guard is the best evidence which he has imagined, he will meet with a for what sort of man he is." success unexpected in common hours.

- C. 5. Lewis

Ad astra per aspera.

Thank you Mom, Dad, Sydney, Reagan, and Andrew. I love you guys so much!

Henry David Thoreau

“Take care of your people and the rest will take care ofitself.

- unknown

To my mother, father, and brothers, thank you for everything. It is because of you that I made it this far. I love you all very much.

Or... We couldjust snack all day.

La betise cest un type qui vit, et il se dit ga me suffit. Qa me suffit. Je vis.je vais bien, ga me suffit. Et il se botte pas le cul tous les matins en disant .■ c’est pas assez, tu ne sais pas assez de choses, tu ne vois pas assez de choses, tu ne fais pas assez de choses."

- Jacques Brel

Matthew Brooks Carter Macon, GA Pilot

"Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And—which is more—

“You don't lead by hitting people over the you'll be a Man, my son!" head - that's assault, not leadership."

-

-

Kipling I did it, Mom!

"Be

“Did everyone see that? Because I will NOT be doing it again."

-

Rudyard

Dwight D Eisenhower

Camille Leonard Lafayette, CO

Pilot

No Show, All Go

responsibly irresponsible" - MSgt Brianne Serra

Captain Jack Sparrow

No comment given.

"It is not in space that I must seek my human dignity, but in the ordering of my thought. It will do me no good to own land. Through space the universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck; through thought I grasp it."

- Blaise Pascal

"Ifyou're in a fairfight, you didn't plan it properly."

- Nick Lappos

"Go For Broke" 442nd Infantry Regiment

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require ofyou? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk

humbly with your God.

- Micah 6:8

If I had a dollar for every GR I've failed, I could pay for my disenrollment.

7 am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart."

- Vincent

"Tough times don't last, tough people do."

Know what they say about big wings?

"You cant be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon."

- Herb Brooks

The academy has challenged me mentally, physically, and emotionally. I'dlike to make a huge shout out to my friends and familyfor supporting me through this journey in its entirety, as it is not an easy one. I am honored to embark on such an opportunity that allows me to empower myself, and most importantly inspire others.

"You miss 100% of the shots you don'ttake."

- Wayne Gretzky

- Michael Scott

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himselffor me."

- Galatians 2:20

Pride that sticks. Roll Tide! 'Sko Talcs!

Van Gogh

Thomas Martin Stretch Arlington, WA Combat Systems Operator

Lauren Hunter Sides Westminster, CO Pilot

Logan Peter Taucher Jacksonville, FL Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Michelle Leona Thomp; San Ramon, CA Space Operations

Hunter Austin Zaniewski Dadeville, AL

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Just do it!

- Shia LaBeouf

I just want to say thank you to my family, my friends, and everyone who has helped me to get through the past 4 years here at USAFA! Thanks for all the great memories!! <3

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We only have today. Let us begin."

- Mother Teresa

“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."

- Edna Mode, The Incredibles

Laissez Le Bon Temps Fouler

ALRIGHT, OKAY

“I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is."

- Derek Zoolander

"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."

- Billy Graham

"Because he loves Me," says the LORD, 7 will rescue him; l will protect him, for he ackrxowledges My name. He will call on Me, and l will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

- Psalm 91

Thank you, Dad, for helping me chase my dreams; Nikki, for always being my best friend; and Mom, for making this possible by teaching me.

A huge thank you to all my family andfriends for the love and support every step of the way!

"Whether you think you can, or think you can't - either way you’re right. -

- Tlenry Ford

"Ifignorance is bliss and knowledge is power... how much bliss will I have to sacrifice?"

- Self Quote

You know why? Because I'm a cot damn Cowboy!

"Oh my god, my mind's going a mile an hour.”

"I

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."

- Idenry David Thoreau

- Psalm 121-.1-2

No comment given.

I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them."

-

Andy Bernard

To everyone who has been there for me all these years - thank you for helping write my story. 1 couldnt have done it without you. Psalms 37:4 - All Glory to God!

lift up my eyes to the mountainswhere does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth"

One day your life is going to flash before your eyes; make sure it’s worth watching.

- Gerard Way

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

- Ayn Rand

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."

- Aristotle

It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness.awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: This is water.

- David Foster Wallace

“We all get dealt cards. Some of us get better cards than others. And while it's easy to get hung up on our cards, andfeel we got screwed over, the real game lies in the choices we make with those cards, the risk we decide to take, and the consequences we choose to live with. People who consistently makethe best choices in the situations they're given are the ones who eventually come out ahead in poker, just as in life. And it's not necessarily the people with the best cards."

- Mark Manson

"I know it gets hard sometimes but you’ll get over it."

- Symere Woods

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books -

especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."

- John Wooden

We all know the age-old equation: Comedy equals Tragedy plus Time. So hopefully we can have some good laughs about this place in a few years!

Choose to be happy.

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Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way.

No comment given.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

of the house ofSijan, first of her name, the hydrated, Queen of H20 and those dehydrated, Khaleesi of the Catorade bottle, breaker of chains, and mother of water.

1 want to thank my parents, brother and sisterin-law, nephews, my dog and most importantly - chocolate for the constant support through this interesting and memorable 1,435 day experience. Thank u(safa), next.

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

- Master Oogway

"Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.”

- Drake

No comment given.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but where he stands at times ofchallenge and controversy.

All it takes is 20 seconds of courage, just 20 seconds ofembarrassing courage, and I promise something great will come of it. ...where no one has gone before.

Well that was awful.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King Jr

There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.

That's all folks.

Some people suppress their inner child. I got mine a bycycle.

- Yehuda Moon

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

- Thomas Aquinas

Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.

-

George W. Bush

Thank you Mom, Dad, Matney, and Chase for your support and love. I could not have made it without you.

“My deepest awareness ofmyself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it."

- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

Or we couldjust snack all day.

“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”

- John Lewis

‘Limits,

I am beyond grateful to all of the people who supported me along this journey. Espedally my coaches, mentors, teammates, and my Parents. I know it wasn't for you mom and dad.

If your friends get abducted...go with them.

'Max perform the gray area.

- Austin B Skelley

like fear, is often an illusion.

- Michael Jordan

Eva Maria Thomason Nashville, TN Space Operations

Jericho Al-Christopher Simmons Colorado Springs, CO Space Operations

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RAPTORS

“Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with ‘Yes, drill sergeant."'

- Forrest Gump

You find it hard to miss your family when everyday

you're part of one more.

“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."

- Jeremy Clarkson

“Get busy living or get busy dying." - Stephen King"

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

- Joshua J Marine

Maurice Glendon Appleton

Nicholas Zachary Bacogiannis Union City, CA Space Operations

Rafaella Eliza Bucur Laguna Hills, CA Space Operations

Dillon Christopher Browne Tampa, FL Cyberspace & Network Ops

Austin Christopher Box Boise, ID Pilot

No comment given.

I have alwaysfelt that if one person has breathedjust a little bit easier because ofmy existence, I have done myjob asa man. I am gratefulfor a loving Heavenly Father who has blessed me and divinely orchestrated my life. He is the reason for my success.

To everyone who has helped me get to 0where I am today: Thank you. I love you.

Alma 57:37

"I play for the United States of America."

- Mike Eruzione

Work hard, stay humble. And if you need to, kick the shit out ofplan B. Thank you to all of my family and friends who have given me so much to be gratefulfor; I could never thank you enough.

No comment given.

"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength."

- Teddy Roosevelt

Faire Face

"'Who are you and how did you get in here?’

‘I’m a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'" - Police Squad

do no harm but take no sh*t

7 will be cause I can, I can because I must." - unknown

Thanks to my parents and to the other physicists of 19; the few, the proud! I couldn’t have done it without you all!

“They don'tthink it belike it is, but it do.”

-

I would like to thank my friends and family for helping me achieve the dream!

“That’s the whole challenge oflife-to act with

Oscar Gamble honor and hope and generosity, no matter what you’ve drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die,- but you can-and you should-try to pass the days between as a good man...”

- Sam Damon

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

- Dolly Parton

Thank you to my incredible family and friends for the wisdom and love, Lord only

“El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.” knows where Id be without it! I love y'alll

- Benito Juarez Proverbs 22:6

Heron Lopez Jr

Saint Paul, MN

Pilot

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

- Sirius Black

This goes out to those who exemplified this to me.

“When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare beforefriend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith."

- Abraham Kuyper

No comment given.

“Dream Big. Work Hard."

- J.J. Watt

Thank you to my Mom and Dad for their unwavering love and support in pursuit of my big dreams. I love you so much and couldn't have made it without you. Also, thank you to my family and friends who have been so generous and supportive through this journey.

“Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other."

- Kanye West

BARNSTORMERS

7 don'tknow if Momma was right or if it’s Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're alljust floatin’ around accidental-like on a breeze. But I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time."

- Forrest Gump

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To Mom, Dad, David, and Sarah: Thanks for has been released from his 48 month sentence... everything, couldn't have made it without y’alL

Would you rather be feared or loved?

"Easy. Both. 1 want people to be afraid

"In crucial things, unity. In important things, of how much they love me." diversity. In all things, generosity."

- Michael Scott 2.5 too high... Demo or Die

“Hey, space cadet. It’s time to show them what you can do."

- Car Seat Headrest

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.

- St. Jerome

- George H.W. Bush

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

- Philippians 4J3

“Some colleges you have to apply to get out."

- Bill Wurtz

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

- Tupac

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

- Roald Dahl

Thanks Mom and Dad:)

“Never pet a burning dog, and make damn sure you never play dead with a vulture”

- Scott L. Highland

"You know, I've had my ups and downs" -Brett Favre.

Dad, mom thanks for making me TCB.

No man is fit to command another

-

Thank you to everyone that supported me and those that inspire me to continuously better myself I couldn't have done it without you all behind me.

that cannot command himself.

William Penn

Psalm 118:24

“I Like, Great Success" - Borat

“Happiness is the ability to adjust." ‘The society that separates its scholars from I want to thank my family and friends for its warriors will have its thinking done by motivating me to get through this place and cowards and its fighting by fools." reminding me that the toughest steel

- Thucydides is forged in the hottest fire.

- Krishna Not tub, cold tub...

“Whatever happened, is happening, and will happen shall be for good."

Almost all problems can be solved with grit, knowledge, or empathy. I strive to embody all three.

"All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see ifyou are willing to make the sacrifices.”

- Louis Zamperini

“And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter"

- Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven

“The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do, they'll also be the things that happen to you."

-Ted Mosby

P.S. Sorry mom, I'm not a doctor.

My knees are worse than the gingerbread man...he's always icing them anyways.

I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable ofcompassion and sacrifice and endurance.

- William Faulkner

No comment given.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

-Soren Kierkegaard

“God is good, Life is great."

- Grandma Lager

No comment given.

Curran Brandt San Mateo, CA Cyberspace Operations

"El que nace para tamal del cielo se caen las hojas”

Thank you to my family and friends for all of your love and support.

"If you leave it to the last minute, it only takes a minute."

- Inside of my ring and life motto

"If it was easy, everybody would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

- Mitchell RobertWillis

"Whenever I'm about to do something I think, ‘Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing.”

- Dwight K Schrute

"I think we can agree, the past is over.”

- George W Bush

Thank

you to Mom, Dad, Shelby, Emma, and to all my friends andfamily who love and support me .)

- Psalms 54

- Major Miller

"Here's to the early risers, go getters, and the should be sleepers; the ones who truly change the world are the ones who can't wait to get out in it.'

- Delta Airlines

No comment given.

No, more kickers

No comment given.

The 3 C's in life: Choices, Chances, Changes. You must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change."

- unknown

“You have to be odd to be number one"

- Dr Seuss

'They don't think it be like it is, but it do.'

- Oscar Gamble

I want to thank my parents always for always supporting me and being there when I needed them the most.

“You’ll never graduate with a mech degree, you should switch majors."

one teacher in particular

"For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If l were trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."

- Galatians 1:10

Yaereem Lee Broomfield, CO Cyberspace & Network Operations

Ethan Alexander Nichols Highland Village,TX

No comment given.

"Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever."

- Michael Scott - Demi Yurcisin

nsim so incredible thankfulfor my family and friends that have always supported me. I

faje

and appreciate you more than anything.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

- WillDurant

“Make a difference today for someone who's fighting for theirtomorrow"

- Jim Kelly

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REDEYE

"Life sucks and then you die'

- Kevin Cox

"if I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. Do what you love, and screw the rest."

- Little Miss Sunshine

Just because it's fake doesn't mean it's not real.

o'X Avery Francis Chatmon

o J Jacksonville, FL W Combat Systems Operator

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable I'm Just Here To Fly. ofmachinery- always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?"

- Virginia Woolf

/ thank God, family, friends, and DFENG.

I have truly foundparadise.

Thanks Mom, Dad, Harry, and Kim for all your support.

To Nana and Grandad, your support kept me going so thank you for all you do. To Zack, we made it bee, DFQ. And most importantly to Dad, Gee, and Chloe, I love you all so much and could not have done it without your harsh love. I know Mom would be proud of all of us.

"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.

- Jonathan Harnisch

Thank you Mom and Ashley for your everlasting love and support, couldn’t have done this without you.

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“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."

- Nelson Mandela

"Just

- Anonymous

Het Desai Middletown, MD

Pilot

The Office, Season 7, Episode 19, Minute 14:45

another day in paradise"

“Y'all need a DD?" -Me

“Don't be weak."

- Kevin Cox

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

The Office, season 7, episode 19, minute 14:45

I don'tknow anything about politics, but if you ask me what oppositely charged ions make, I can tell you Ionic bonding

Aim for the bushes.

"Start With Why."

- Simon Sinek

“Let happiness guide you through life."

- Anonymous

Loyalty is a two-way street. If I'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me.

"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.”

- Mother Teresa

"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved"

- George Sand

Thank you to my family, friends, and those Have I not commanded you? Be strong and whove left an everlasting impact on my life. courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be You have made this journey fulfill that happidiscouraged, for the Lord your God will be ness for me.

with you wherever you go.

I regret nothing. The end.

- Ron Swanson

Blue

Pilot

"The steadfast of mind You will keep in per-

"The important thing is to do good work, no

"All we have to decide is what to do feet peace because they trust in You. Trust in matter what medium you do it in." with the time that is given to us the Lord forever, for the Lord your God,

- Roy Scheider j p p Tolkien is an everlasting Rock."

- Isaiah 26:5-4

Joshua 1:9

Skies... 562

Cole Douglas Pautsch

Granite Bay, CA

"For

I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8: 38-39

Thanks for an awesome ride everyone. Sko Falcsl!

"Life is a game ofpoker, Happiness is the pot. Fate deals you four cards and a joker, And you play whether you like it or not."

- Forrest Fenn

"...He’s the fellow to pleasenever mind all the rest

For he's with you, clear to the end

And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test

If the man in the glass is your friend...."

- Peter Dale Wimbro Sr.

No comment given.

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"5 years or 5 stars whichever comes first."

- Dr Linster

“I don't win prizes, I construct them; I get

Don't run too long in one spot, more enjoyment out ofgiving an assist than scoring a goal.”

- Xavi Hernandez

I'd like to thank my family especially my parents for everything they have done for me that has allowed me to get where I am today.

7 say to the Lord, 'You are my Lord, apart from you I have no good thing.'"

- Psalm

16:2

“This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively, but, if sweetness can win, and it can, then I will be here tomorrow, to high-five you yesterday my friends... Peace."

- The Royal Tart Toter

“They don'tknow where I came from but they know where I'm goin."

- Lil Wayne

"I lovewhen people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised."

- Kim Kardashian West

“Our deepestfear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

- Marianne Williamson

“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm oflife and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?"

- Hunter S Thompson

“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm

out there playing chess."

- Kobe Bryant

are

-

"Act like you been there before!” - AD during my victory lap

“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

- Patches O’Noulihan

“Make it happen, make it better, make it last!"

- Michael B

“You're supposed to save the dummy, All publicity, is good publicity not drown him with you"

- Water Naze Instructor

worth more than many sparrows."

Matthew 10:31

McGinty

Sean Michael Patrick McGinty Belleville, IL Pilot

One time for the one time.

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

"I’m

all over this ice cream beat like sprinkles."

- Dwayne Michael Carter Jr

They never turn the lights off. SAD! I'm No comment given.

- William Arthur Ward

a big standards guy. Huge, Actually.

"Despite the constant negative press covfefe..."

- President Donald Trump

“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord."

- I Thessalonians 4:17

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

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I didn't ask for it to be easy.

"Well, that took a little longer than I thouqht it would."

-Me

"There is some good in this world and it's worth fighting for."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"What we do in life echoes in eternity."

- Maximus Decimus Meridius

Thanks for the laughs boys... and Reags UHCMB

No comment given. Do something difficult everyday.

No comment given.

Stupidity has its consequences.

I'd rather be dead than a loser.

- Lt Col Chad Senior

It onlu took half a decade. B's up!

“I

"Godindeed is my salvation; I am confident and unafraid.

For the LORD is my strength and my might, and he has been my salvation."

S

Endless thanks to the family and friends who supported me through the last four years. It's been a wild ride, and I am incredibly blessed!

USAFA gave me lemons, 1 made Kool-Aid.

No comment given.

“ELE! Everybody love everybody!"

- Jackie Moon

"That which is earned may never be taken" - unknown

Thank you to mom, dad, Leigha, and my friends. I wouldn't have made it without you.

“But be said to me, ‘My grace is sufficientfor you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I willboast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

“It's never been a simple thing, to see the world with a young man's brain with, an old man's heart, and a restless soul."

- Cody Jinks

"I think I'm quite ready for another adventure."

- Bilbo Baggins

No comment given.

Logan Wayne Morrison St Joseph, MO

Chaise Marshall Poland Abingdon, IL

Audrey Dianne Peed Bow, NH Cyberspace & Network Operations

Alexandra Reveles Round Rock, TX

"You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know."

- William Wilberforce

Landon Jacob Roddenberry Thomasville, NC

Scientist - Math. Ops. Research

"Iflife has any definition at all, it is the things that happen to us while we are making plans."

- James Alan McPherson

Thank you to God and my family! I’m beyond gratefulfor everyone that helped make me the man I am today. I could not have done it s alone and I would not have wanted to.

No comment given.

"The Lord is at hand, do not be worried about anything but in everything by prayer and petition and with thanksgiving present your request and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and mind in Christ Jesus."

- Philipp'tans 4:5b-7

No comment given.

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"Do the thing and you will have the power."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every single day, you must fight against

“If it’s not a competition, win it. the tendency ofhuman nature to slide

- Gary Eaton back down to mediocrity."

"Because a warrior helmet and breastplate for his own protection, but his shieldfor the safety of the whole line."

- Steven Pressfield

I wake up and see Nate Kuypers in the hallways and I think, if he can do it, I can do it.

"...and that, ladies and gentlemen, is precisely why time travel is not only possible, but may have already happened."

- Shawn Spencer

- Jennifer Eaton

- Matthew "Getty" McGettigan, Director of "Happy and Proud Strength and Conditioning, Air Force Football

"The best way to live in the present is to be too embarrassed to think about your past and too nervous to think about your future.”

-Me

I am gratefulfor my country, thankful for the amazing opportunities afforded me at USAFA, and honored by the opportunity to serve. I will never forget my four years at the Academy.

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable ofall titles, the character of an honest man."

- George Washington

No comment given.

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."

- Romans 8: 18-31

“There are only three sports-, bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering all the rest are merely games."

- Ernest Hemingway; "The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line ofdemarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fghting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards."

- Sir William Francis Butler; "Do-the thing and you will have the power."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

No comment given.

The 70s hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet."

- Steve Yzerman

“It doesn'tlook like you're going to graduate."

- My Sophomore year Ac Advisor.

Class Rank 1009/1012.

"Sometimes, you look around and realize you’re still fighting... I am grateful and thankfulfor all the friends "The ceiling is the roof." But the battle is already over." and family that have supported my journey

- Michael Jordan - Zavala throughout this Academy!

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“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you."

- Matthew 6:33

"Sometimes you have to sink, in order to understand what it means to rise... Go through hell in order to find your way to heaven."

- Eugene Nathaniel Butler

I just want to dedicate this to my mom, dad, family and anyone who was ever told you couldn't do something or you wouldn't amount to anything.

Philippians 4:13

God must have my back because sheesh, that was tough.

Nathaniel Pieter Kuypers San Diego, CA Pilot

Matthew Bradford Reeves Carthage, TX Combat Systems Operator'

Know who you are and know it's enough.

"Look, I know this all seems embarrassing right now but maybe one day, you’ll look on this time fondly and perhaps even make something beautiful out of it."

- Maurice "Maury" Hormone Monster

Thank you to all my family and friends that were there every step of the way, I couldn't '\have done it without all your support!

"Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome. You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die."

- CaptJames T Kirk

"In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.”

- Commander Spock

It is what it is. I couldn’t have done it without my mom.

"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about."

- Haruki Murakami

Can you figure out my secrets?

(hint: You have to know my name)

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"You can't be common. The common man goes nowhere. You have to be uncommon."

- Herb Brooks

"Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you."

- Tyrion Lannister

Scars

only show us where we have been. They do not dictate where we are going.

"Men are much the same, and he is greatest that is trained in the severest school."

- Thucydides

"Loyalty is a two-way street. If I'm asking it from you, then you're getting it from me."

- Harvey Specter

“Now listen... I know it ain't your fault, but it is your flippin problem"

- Kettlebell Mike

“You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight."

- Neil Peart

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

"Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect."

- Norman Maclean

Mom and Dad, thank you for the unwavering support these last four years. Joe, see you in the skies.

Blue Skies.,.555

"l know you’re tired. / know you re hurtin. And I wish I could say something that was classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn’t be our style. Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory...lasts forever."

- Shane Falco

Note to Self Stop freaking out. It isn’t helping you and it sure as hell isn't helping the situation.

"You guys I'm like really smart now. You don't even know"

- Kelly Kapoor, The Office

"To the C students, I say you too can be president of the United States" - President George W Bush

"No pasa nada"

Bro, I'm straight up not having a good time.

"They misunderestimated me."

- George Bush

Huge thanks to Haps. Good luck Ian.

Thanks mom, dad, and everyone else who helped me swerve late grad since day O of BCT

“Life is a storm, my young friend You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes."

- Alexandre Dumas

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

-

Galatians 6:9

Thank you Kanye, very cool!

I would like to dedicate all my hard work to the friends and family who continue to support me through everything. Mom and Dad, thank you for being the pillars you are in every aspect of my life. Jonah and Rachel, you guys keep me smiling and looking forward. Neath, you're the best future brother-in-law a guy could ask for. And lastly, Geoff, ljust can't thank you enough for being my best friend. I love you all so much.

No comment given.

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

- John F Kennedy

"Don't underestimate me. I know more than I say, think more than I speak, & notice more than you realize."

- unknown

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“Have I not commanded you? Be strong

and

of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

- Joshua 1:9

Thanks for the memories, USAFA. Onto the next adventure!

“Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."

- Drake

I don't care if I'm remembered, I care if I made a difference.

Thanks to all the friends and family who have supported me throughout this journey! #HBPB

Kill them with kindness. The possibilities are truly endless.

Thank you Mom & Dad

“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don’t. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, ‘No, you move."

- Agent Margaret “Peggy" Carter, Co-founder of S.H.l.E.L.D.

Samantha Ryann Fondacaro

Hills, NY

“Don't ever expect it to be given to you. You have to make sacrifices for anything that's going to have a real impact. What are you willing to sacrifice?"

- Mathew (Getty) McGettigan

“Don’t go easy into the night"

- Mathew (Getty) McGettigan

Parker James Hammond Colorado Springs, C.O Munitions & Missile Maintenance

“There's no reason to become alarmed and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

- Airplane! (1980)

Dix

Jared Patrick Henderson York, PA Special Investigations

Nicolas Ricardo Hillmann Apex, NC

"What luck!"

A mis amigos y familia-. no podria haber

1 LON, 240 demerits, 240 tours later..

- Matthew Christ hecho esto sin ti. Mama y papa, me criaron a ser alguien que cree en el sueho. “It is a rough road that leads to Gracias por todo. the heights ofgreatness."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The more a man learns the more he realizes how little he knows.

Thanks for all the memories and Momentum Mori

No comment given. more to come 6D72 + guest

Jack Fuller Kulp Charleston, SC Cyberspace & Network Operations

George Bryce Millard Jr La Puente, CA Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy

"You know what's over those mountains?

No comment given, the beauty ofbecoming. When nothing is certain, More mountains. Mhk? anything is possible. Thank you to all my friends - Troy Calhoun and family who have stood by me the last four years- 1 wouldn't be where I am today without you! I love you all!

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

- Jimi Hendrix

Dane Axel Norman San Diego, CA

Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

“It is only those who tame their weaknesses that win in battle."

- Ad Victoriam

Thomas Robert Plasay Tallahassee, FL Security Forces

“It is not for me to judge another man's life.

No comment given. I must judge, I must choose, l must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone."

- Hermann Hesse, Siddartha

“The key to happiness is low expectations.

- Bruce Linster

“Long you live and high you’llfly, and smiles you'll give, tears you’ll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

- Pink Floyd

“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

- Jack Ma

Thank you so much to my whole family for always believing in me and supporting me. I will keep making you proud in the skies! Here's to the next chapter.

Do sharks complain about Monday? No!

They're up early, biting stuff, chasing crap, being scary reminding everyone they're a freakin shark.

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must first turn his back on the crowd."

-James Crook

To those who know who they are, from the deepest levels ofgratitude, humility, love, and a regrettable lack ofeloquence to express it, thank you. Decerto sed supero my friends. Such is ours, and we will do it well.

My element leader was awesome.

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"For you see, the character that takes command in moments ofcrucial choices has already been determined. It has been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. Because when life does get tough, and the crisis is undeniably at hand, we willfind nothing in ourselves that we have not already put there."

- Ronald Reagan

“No rap cap

- Sergio Giavanni Kitchens

Dreams won't come true from letting life happen. Write your own story. Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something. Prove the haters wrong and the believers right. Life is about finding true friends and making memories together. Without my boys l wouldn’t be here today. I owe everything to them. Special thanks to my family for their love and support over the years. This one is for you Uncle Keith!

"Everything matters."

- Coach Getty

Id rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done."

- Lucille Ball

"Hold

Big

-

“If you find a turtle on a fence post, you know someone put it there"

- Frank Serratore

"There is no ‘good

- CMSgt of the

Kaleth O Wright

jua-j John Charles Dabagian

Milton, VT

Air Liaison Officer

"I'll

-

fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

Langston Hughes

thanks to my familyfor their constant support - they're the reason I stay motivated!

enough.'"

Air Force

Momma I made it!

Be Back."

Terminator. Jk

"Now let that be a lesson for the lot ofya! NO CHICKEN ESCAPES FROM TWEEDY'S FARM!"

- Mr. Tweedy, Chicken Run

"It’s

- Emma Watson

"There's bound to be rough waters, and I know I’ll take some falls, but with the good Lord as my captain, I can make it through them all."

-

I

came in at mach Jesus.

Garth Brooks

not the absence offear, it's overcoming

No comment given.

Phillipians 4:6-7 it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith."

“I know that You can do everything, Andthat no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what l did not understand, Things too wonderfulfor me, which I did not know."

Job 42:2-3, NKJV

"Being alive is great. You can eat at Denny's, you can wear a hat whenever you want to. It's wonderful."

- Norm Macdonald

"Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream"

- Jack Kerouac

Thank you to my family andfriendsfor your unconditional love and support. Your presence in my life is what made this dream possible. I love you all more than you could know.

“You can't test courage cautiously"

- Annie Dillard

“It isn't the burdens oftoday that drive men mad. Rather, it is regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieveswho would rob us oftoday."

- Robert Hastings

"So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act."

-Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Anthony Jackson Thomas Kernersville, NC' Intelligence

ROAD RUNNERS

Jacob Steele Yarnell

Michael David Bastian

Samuel James Brenner

For my grandfather who even at the end of his life dreamed ofsoaring in the skies.

"The world goes on being awash in wickedness, arrogance, and mediocrity... but the business of living may be accomplished with goodness, with modesty, and with nobility."

- John Steinbeck

"They don't think it be like it is, but it do"

- Oscar Gamble

"Make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious andfantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here."

- Neil Gaiman

I'm just happy to be here.

T?"i}5 Ronald Allen Cleveland Nashville, TN

Cyberspace & Network Operations

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Life is hard; it's harder when you're stupid.

"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

- Pink Floyd

"Stay

- Fred

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you withtheir ingenuity."

- Gen George Patton

",Hibernation must mean the

ofbeauty sleep."

- Patrick Star

No

7 think we've outgrown full-time education...

Time to test our talents in the real world d'you reckon?"

Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

"Wubba lubba dub dub!" - Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty

Jacqueline Brooks Goodwin Atlanta, GA Weather

Marie Elise Guerrero Chestnut Ridge, NY Pilot

Martin Edward Gilligan Edmond, OK Pilot

Nicholaz Ross Rookard Fleming North Pole. AK

gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."

comment given - S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders opposite

Without

“Too Few To Mention."

- Frank Sinatra

Be

"You'll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to."

- Robin Williams

“If you sleep twelve hours a day, technically you're only a cadet for 2 years."

-Me

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

- President John F. Kennedy

Isaiah Thomas Honable Tacoma, WA Logistics Readiness

John Rider Jordan Glenwood, MD

Christopher Lowe Las Vegas, NV

Andrew James Kinzinger-Petroski Honesdale, PA Acquisitions

Michael Edward Kemper Marietta, GA Munitions & Missile Maintenance

BE THE KIND OF WOMAN THAT WHEN YOUR FEET HIT THE FLOOR EACH MORNING THE DEVIL SAYS, "OH CRAP, SHE'S UP!"

- Unknown

Still haven'tbeen gassed. ZAMP STRONG

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take"

- Wayne Gretzky

To all the friends andfamily that have loved, supported and prayedfor me to get where I am today, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You make it worth every day.

"You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon... everything's different"

- Calvin, from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes

/ don't want to leave a legacy I don't care if they remember me Only Jesus

And I, I’ve only got one life to live I'll let every second point to Him Only Jesus

- Casting Crowns

Tyler Scott Stout Mishawaka, IN Civil Engineer

"May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows."

-Shawn Carter

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"l had no talent for science. What was infinitely worse: all of my friends were engineers."

-Kurt Vonnegut

No comment given.

Blackest Black Waterproof

“I said....he said....I said, 'Are you strong?' They said, I’m strong if you strong.' I said, ‘We strong then.'"

-‘...and he laughed, a long clear laugh from his heart. Such a sound had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth. To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. But Frodo did not heed them; he laughed again."

- J.R.Q. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Nam Mater Mea

Jameis Winston

No comment given. "Give those mountains a few thousand years and they'll grow legs and walk off."

- Branson Taheri

No comment given.

“The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember."

- Lucius Seneca

"If we gon do it we gon do it big den"

- Jameis Winston

No

"’For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord"

- Jeremiah 29:11

"Or, we couldjust snack all day - John 3:16 Bailey Flansburg" - Kevin Mendez

Nicholas McDaniel Kernersville, NC' Space Operations

comment given.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming allthat we can be.

- Zig Ziglar

The beauty of a life is in service to others. No comment given.

"There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry."

- George Armstrong Custer

Life's a garden, dig it.

- Joe Dirt

Don't take life too seriously. You will never get out if it alive."

- Elbert Hubbard

“God honors a beautiful blend ofgift and grit. Tie gives the gift, and Tie expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively."

- Beth Moor

"Alex Lesar is blacklisted on VPBO and AirBnB under 3 different names, Alex, Alexander, and Xander...we never get the damage deposit back."

“Champions don't show up to get everything they want; they show up to give everything they have."

- Alexander den Tleijer

LOOSE HAWGS

To those who stay put, the world is but an imaginary place. But to the movers, the makers, and the shakers, the world is all around, an endless invitation.

I go with passion for tomorrow in my heart and a smile for you in my hand

Zoe Aubrey Barnette Kings Mountain, NC Aircraft Maintenance

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“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

- Isaiah 40:31

I came, I saw, I conquered.

- Julius Ceasar

To my family: Grandmother told me to “Be Good" and that I was. I love you and thank you allfor your love and support.

Once you find your center, you are sure to win

- Captain Li Shang

Nicholas Andrew Caban Colorado Springs, CO

Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

Dustin Allan Dumat-ol Daleno

Guam

Cyberspace & Network Operations

I'd like to thank my family, my friends from home, my team from Osan, my friends from here, and all my mentors for helping me get to where / am today. I love you guys.

"The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem"

- Jack Sparrow

Remotely-Piloted Aircraft

"But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me."

- 2 Cor 12:9

"I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this. So I had to grind like that to shine like this"

- Meek Mill

Munitions & Missile Maintenance

If not now, then when? If not us, then who?"

- Anonymous.

Thank you to my family and teammates who have been there every step of the way. I couldn’t have done this without you. Fly the Cone!

Jonathan Daniel Gizinski Tumwater, WA

Martae LeMon Coleman / ' Los Angeles, CA

"Not

-

"Just when we think we figured things out, the universe throws us a curveball. So, we have to improvise. We find happiness in unexpected places. We find ourselves back to the things that matter the most. The universe is funny that way. Sometimes it just has a way ofmaking sure we wind up exactly where we belong."

- Meredith Grey

"Don't be a fragile flower"

- Mom

"The

- Neil Barringham

Five

years ago, I told myself I would never go to this school. Thank goodness I don't listen to myself.

“Cherish these nights, cherish these people. Life is a movie, but there'll never be a sequel."

- Nicki Minaj

all treasure is silver and gold, mate.”

Captain Jack Sparrow

grass is greener where you water it"

Hail to the King

"I'm only here so I don't get fined."

- Marshawn Lynch

Thank

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I needed to be."

- Douglas Adams

"You win some, you lose some, but you live... you live to fight another day!"

- Mr Jones, Friday

“Faith.

Courage. Strength."#J Dad

Thanks to my friends and family who helped me over the past four years. And to my TJAG, I couldn't have done it without you.

“I’m just ‘bout that action, boss."

- Marshawn Lynch

"The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

- Back to the Future

Matthew William Moshea

Stefanie Poliyka El Dorado Hills, CA Pilot

Abraham Nuno Moreno Valley, CA Acquisitions

Nicholas Paul Cosimo Ready Dallas, TX Logistics Readiness

you to those whohave helped me along myjourney.

“That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed, without a doubt,

a real superhero."

- Stan Lee

Earth

is not flat and Evolution is real. Change my mind.

The first lesson the Academy taught mewas when I asked to be placed in Portuguese and they gave me Chinese.... Armedand Ready

"Yeah actually you can just go ahead and look serious."

- Lifetouch Photographer

3 Secrets to Success at USAFA:

1) "Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, "Would an idiot do that?” And if they

would,

I do not do that thing.”

- Dwight K Schrute,

2) Efforts to Results Curve, "Life moves pretty fast. Ifyou don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” y

- Ferris Bueller \

3) Don't Stress, Dilly Dilly / Squadron 34

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No comment given.

"The key to happiness is low expectations"

- Dr Linster

No comment given.

"If another person's words can knock you off balance, then you need to check your foundation and see what you're built on"

- Damian Lillard

"And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do."

- Michael Scott

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

-

Philippians 4:13 KJV

Mom, Dad, and Wayne thanks for all the love and supports. It's been a good run boys.

"The only disability in life is a badattitude."

- Dabo Swinney

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

“We shall not cease from exploration

Mom & Dad: Getting to this point in my life And the end ofall our exploring couldn't have happened without the two of you. Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time."

-

“Anything in life worth doing, is worth overdoing.

T. S. Elliot Moderation is for cowards."

- Shane Patton

“Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget the ones who don't. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it; if it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy. “Goodbye, everyone. I ll remember If you wait until the last minute to do something, it will only take you a minute to do it.

They promise it would be worth it."

- Eleanor Roosevelt you all in therapy.

- Plankton

"They say that the best weapon is the one that you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree! I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it... and it’s worked out pretty well so far."

-Tony Stark

No comment given.

“Such a long, long time to be gone / and a short time to be there."

- Robert Tlunter, "Box of Rain," American Beauty, 1970

Nicholas Mark Marron Missoula, MT

Marissa Lynn Jacobs-Hofmann Colorado Springs, C.O Intelligence

Michelle McGee University Place, WA Scientist - Math. Ops. Research

To my friends, family, and mentors - I couldn’t have made it here without you!

“Life is to be entered upon with courage”

- Alexis de Tocqueville

“The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I’d rather fly."

- Len Morgan

“Comfort is the enemy ofprogress"

Prove

or disprove the following:

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. “Once you’ve wrestled, everything Live the life you have imagined." else in life is easy."

- Dan Gable

Proof: We will proceed bu contradiction. USAFA. QED.

I'm not weird; I'm excessively unique.

- Tlenry David Thoreau

Ain't

no thing but a chicken wing

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"It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop."

- Confucius

Don't cry to quit; cry to keep going. You’re already in pain; you’re already hurt. Get a reward for it."

- Eric Thomas

"Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Live for something rather than die for nothing"

- Gen George S Patton Jr

"But you want to remember that below the sea of clouds lies eternity."

- Antoine de Saint Exupery

"There is no going back, but onlyforward. Rather than dwelling on the past, we should makethe most oftoday, of the here and now."

- Ezra Taft Benson

"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."

- Jordan Peterson

7 wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you’re doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you’re lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky."

- Bill Watterson

‘You hustle, but me, I hustle harder."

- Curtis James Jackson III

You can do anything if you try

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations

Brett Tyler Decker Warner Robins, GA Civil Engineer

Christiaan David Frost Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Nuclear & Missile Operations

Ijk J® Johnny Griffith Naples,'EL Pilot

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.’

Leave no doubt that you “stood a good watch. Thank you to my family and friends, AFlax, Thank you to my family, friends - Jerry Tinkey and of course, Nan and Greg. Later and Godfor everything!

Brandon Jones Columbus, OH Pilot

Thank you, God, for this opportunity andfor your mercy.

To my family: Thank you for always supporting me. I love you all very much.

"Flight, try SCE to Aux" - John Aaron

They say that good things take time, but really great things happen in the blink of an eye.

I want to thank my family for their support through the years.

“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside ofyourself to make you happy in the future."

- Earl Nightingale Joshua 1:9

‘‘Great moments are born from great opportunity.”

- Herb Brooks

You can't have a nightmare, if you never dream.

"We're one offour ways. Inch by Inch or Ifyou’re gonna go to the dance, dance. Bit by Bit or Inch by Bit or Bit by Inch."

- Troy Calhoun

There/ore,

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That’s home. That’s us... There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

- Carl Sagan

"Don't count the days. Make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors the same."

- Rudyard Kipling

Tadhg Matthew Collins Houston, TX Pilot

“The noblest art is that of making others happy."

- P.T. Barnum

“Find the enemy that wants to end this expertmeat (ofAmerican democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact."

- Gen Mad Dog Mattis

“Remover who you are and whose you are."

- Thank you mom. dad, Bri, grams and gramps for everything you’ve done and all your support for helping me get through these last four years, I’ll always love you to the moon and back. I'd also like to thank my friends for everything you've done and every memory we've made.

"Be carefulfor nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."

- Philippians 4:6 f

I can not say thanks to my God, family, or the Band of Birds enough for guiding me through this experience and preparing me for all that is yet to come.

If the music is good, dance; Keep your head high; And always have an alibi.

Id like to thank my parents for all their love and support they’ve given me my entire life, my brother and sister for teaching me the desire to be the best at anything that I do, and my lifelong friends from USAFA for teaching me perseverance and courage. Also, Littering Bad Karma.

Work for a cause not for applause, live life to express not to impress, work not to make your presence noticed but to make your absence felt

- Unknown

Although life may through difficult obstacles your way, nothing in this world is impossible. Even the word itself says I'M POSSIBLE.

"I'd wish you the best of luck but I believe luck is a concept created by the weak to explain their failures."

- Ron Swanson

“Now that we’ve graduated, we can finally lie, cheat, and steal; so, lie to the enemy, cheat death, and steal the heart of the one you love"

- Anonymous

Proverbs 16:9

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

- Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne

"Be somebody nobody thought you could be"

*mustbe37 - Anonymous

“Lead me not into temptation. / can find it myself"

- My aunt’s senior quote.

Thanks mom & dad ttmustbe37

Aurora, CO Electrical Engineer

The roof is not my son, but I will raise it.

Luke James Pobinson

"There is always one option that is completely within your control: the ability to work harder than anybody else."

- Mark Sanborn

Id like to thank my family for their unwavering love and support over the past 4 years. Their letters, phone calls, and care packages made my time at the academyfly by.

Conquer Mind, Conquer All! Psalm 23:4

"When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead" - Ernest Hemingway

going to be the best.I'm just trying to

IHTFP improve myself every day.

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Today, destiny is our friend. I know it." - Uncle Iroh

Thanks for the wild ride to everyone who made each day here better than the last. Truly a time I ll never forget and can’t wait to see all of you guys out there in the world!

Thank you Mom, Dad and Spencerfor the support, could not have done it without ya love ya, got ya!

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

- General George Washington M/so thank you Naps!

Zachary Ryan Zeltmann Adams Center, NY Pilot

ALL-STARS

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I would really like to thank the cadet clinic for all our wonderful times together.

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

- 2 Corinthians 12:9

"I graduated. It's over. I did it. I know most of you are saying, Ney any idiot could do that.' Well, it was really tough for me SO BACK OFF!"

- Billy Madison

Thank you Mom and Dad, you guys rock. I "No matter how small an act of kindness or 7 have come here to chew bubblegum and couldnt have done it without you. generosity or simple positivity you put out kick ass...and I'm all out ofbubblegum."

ir*to the world, it will make a difference.

- Nada Love, Graden - Wonder Woman

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Joey LaPiana Charlotte, NC Cyberspace & Network Operations

"I suppose 1 ought to eat or drink something Calm down everyone got a pilot slot.

- Terry Lee Jr. or other; but the great question is ‘What?’"

- Alice, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Sucking at something is the first step by Lewis Carroll to being sorta good at something - Jake the Dog

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"Stop that rhyming, I mean it!”

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“I'm pretty tired... I think I’ll go home now."

- Forrest Gump

Pass

"It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

- Rocky Balboa

“Sorry I'm late, I didn't want to come.”

- Lt Cot Kaczmarczyk

The Princess Bride

can't spell legendary without leg day.

the AUX cordfam. We outta here!

“Had to have high, high hopes for a living Didn't know how but I always had a feeling l was gonna be that one in a million Always had high, high hopes"

- Brendon Urie

Always let yourfaith be bigger than your fears. Ifyou're reading this, it worked out

Elianna Ryan Bellingham, WA Pilot

Anthony Gerald Shea yyy Leechburg, PA Pilot

"You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game."

- Marshall Mathers S.O.C.K.S.

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“I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really, really well"

- Andy Dwyer

Christa Alexandra Young Reno, NV Logistics Readiness

Claire Elizabeth Badger Zionsville, IN Cyberspace & Network Operations

Dyllan Almeida New Bedford, MA

“We are more fulfilled when we are involved in something bigger than ourselves."

- John Glenn

"Don't be a doctor. Be a pilot instead—not enough people get to fly planes. I'd try to be a pilot if I were in your shoes."

- Fernando “Ting" Carios

“Some things are important, no matter how small. Saltines and peanut butter definitely fall into that category."

- Bill Botterbusch Jr

I wouldn't be the man I am today without my parents: John Bowes Jr and Peggy Bowes. They got me where I am today with there unconditional support, love, and dedication to my success. I couldn’t have done it without them.

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

- Helen Keller

“The man that follows in the footsteps of others leaves no footprints of his own."

- Proverb

It will all make sense one day... but today's not that day

Oh, listen here, mister. We got no way of understands this world. But we got about as much sense of this bird flyin' in the sky. There is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I'm tryin to say is, is that the course ofyour life, well it is changing, and you don't even see it.

"Only

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"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders ofgiants."

- Isaac Newton

Michael de Jong Grieg Arlington, VA Scientist - Math. Ops. Research

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- Tony Robbins

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want

take the island you need to burn the boats."

Thank you to everyone who was there through it all. Your love, patience, and spirit showed me the way through all the darkest of times. I couldn't have done this without you. That being said, I think Fred Weasley has the right idea with, "I think we've outgrown full-time education... Time to test our

talents in the real world,

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"For I know the plans I have for you...

d'you reckon?" plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."

- Jeremiah 29J1

love you all, here's to us.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the

All glory to God

"Please don't put anything stupid for your senior quote."

"I regret nothing. The end."

- Ron Swanson greatest accomplishment."

-Mom

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I thought college was supposed to be all about free time."

- Wylie Skidmore

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"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart."

- Tecumseh

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

- Paulo Coelho

Nunca lo pudiera haber hecho sem a minha mae e pai, Joe e Tiago, and of course the rest of my friends and family who were there throughout the journey.

Philippians 4-.13 God, thanks for the manna for today.

"Humanity is won by continuing to wplay in the face of certain defeat."

- Ralph Ellison

“Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too."

- Unknown

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"Anybody want a peanut?"

- The Princess

"Everything not saved will be lost" -

Surviving isn't about just getting through.. Its about embracing the "suck" without changing your values

"Somebody, somewhere said Something worth repeating, that’s for sure. Who or what that is I don’t know."

- Jackson George

only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

Bride

Nintendo

Stephen Edward Beresford Phoenix, AZ Cyberspace & Network Operations

Emily Caroline Benston Dunwoody, GA

Jason Thomas Byers Modesto, CA Cyberspace & Network Operations

you

family and friends for the endless support. I couldn't do it without you.

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."

- James 1:2-5

Loose Limits: A State of Mind

Mom, Dad, Caitlyn, and Doug, you guys made this possible. #FlyTheCone

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men shoulddo nothing."

- Edmund Burke

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave theirfuture in someone else’s hands, but not you."

- Jim Rohn

Tengo recuerdos de nino en que los vela como gigantes, hoy que soy adulto los veo aun mas grandes. Gracias a los sacrifices de mis padres y hermana Angelina soy alguien en esta vida.

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the pathetic story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”

- Jordan Belfort

"And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed. 99 and 3/4 percent guranteed."

- Dr. Seuss

Thanks Mom, Dad, Lizzy, and Josh. Shoutout to 24,33, and Whiskey Flightfor the ride!

The only thing that follows work is results.

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."

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Veni Vidi Vici

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didn’t much wanna do anything else"

- J.B. Mauney

"We gotta play 'em one day at a time. I'm just happy to be here. Ijust want to give it my best shot, and the Good Lord willing, things will work out."

- Crash Davis

"I've spoken my piece and counted to three."

- Penny Wharvey McGill, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

"Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"Oh my god, I might actually graduate..."

- Gregory Chaput

"/-Zeroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you can never go wrong."

- Babe Ruth, The Sandlot

I'm just a big, hairy, American winning machine."

- Ricky Bobby

"There will never be a reallyfree and enlightened state until state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived."

- Henry David Thoreau

All gun laws are an infringement.

RECOGNITION: C4C

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Abigail Costea receives her prop and wings in 2016. Photos by Arnie Spencer

RING DANCE: C2C R.J. Jackson and his date, Rachel Honrine, are all smiles as she prepares to give him his l-DAY: Basic Cadet Quinton Coleman gets his class ring. initial Basic Cadet Training haircut.

Photo by Trevor Cokley

Diploma in hand means it’s almost time for CiC Pervis Louder and his classmates to celebrate. - Photo by Darcie Ibidapo

ClC James Brahm responds to the President after being singled out for earning a Rhodes Scholarship. - Courtesy of Lifetouch Photography

President Donald Trump poses with the gift given to him by Class of 2019 leaders ClCs Matthew Moawed, Madison Froebe and Erica Barnett.

Photo by Trevor Cokley

Second Lt Quin’Shay Perkins secures a friend’s butter bar epaulets.

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SMSgt Jared Rinderer SUPERINTENDENT

MSgt Jose Sanchez

Maj Nicole Blecha

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Maj Sean Muss

Maj Ben Fowler

Maj Justin Brockhoff

TSgt David Melonja

OFFICER COMMANDING

Maj Laura Easton

Maj Dominique Haig

Maj Christopher High

Maj Matthew Hatt

MSgt Jared Flores

MSgt Stephanie Tognotti

MSgt Jessica Pendergraph

TSgt Cameron Cochran

Lt Col James Gherdovich Lt Col Robert Waider

SMSgt William Newcomb

MSgt Jeffrey Campbell

Lt Col John Barry

Lt (USN) Ryan Krady

Maj Shannon Antonson

Maj Dylan Monaghan

TSgt Megan Morales

MSgt Clarissa Pruismann

TSgt Brian Kelsey

Maj Robert Switzer

Maj Peter Dowling

Maj Drew Bures

TSgt Michael Hinojosa

Lt Col Gail Smicklas

MSgt Brianne Serra

Lt Col Johana Hernandez

TSgt Dylan Johnson

Group Chain of Command

Col Nelson Rouleau

Col Ryan Funkhouser

MSgt Rosa Monreal

MSgt Franklin Yawn

TSgt Michael Farmer

MSgt Timothy Damar

Maj Nicholas Lee

MILITARY TRAINER

TSgt Max Soto

TSgt Benjamin Putnam

Maj Emily Ladd

TSgt Cory Laflamme

TSgt Phillip Mullins

Capt (USA) Brian Weaver

TSgt Benjamin Vega

MSgt Vincent Quevedo

Maj Carolyn Winn

Maj Ian Haig

Lt Col Benjamin Washburn

MSgt Michael Finley

MSgt Jonathan Phillips

TSgt Lindsey Holt

TSgt Matthew Smart

TSgt Cal Rogers

Maj Erin Walker

MSgt Roman Morey

MSgt Steven Broussard

Maj Hudson Graham

MSgt Angela Gammage

TSgt Joshua Holder

MSgt Jessica Pinner

TOP AOC & AMT of the YEAR

Permanent party leaders from Cadet Squadrons 11 and 10 have earned the top awards for air officers commanding and Academy military trainers during the 2018-2019 school year.

Lt Col John Barry, CS11, and TSgt William Cochran, CS10, are tops among their peers in the Cadet Wing earning the Gen Jerome O’Malley Memorial Leadership Award and the SMSgt William H Coltrin Leadership Award respectively.

Colonel Barry is the AOC in charge of CS11. He led the Rebels of 11 to the top spot in the Cadet Wing for fitness and also took second place overall in the wing for Warrior Weekend challenges. He was hand-selected to lead the Academy’s first-ever Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program’s “Denim Day” observance resulting in more than 5,500 attendees.

Jt “This award means a

lot to me because it represents the incrediblework that came from the young men and women of ‘Rebeleven’ (CS11),” the colonel said. “There is absolutely no way that I would have been given this opportunity without this great team of cadets. I’m proud of each and every one of them. Without a doubt, their attitude, passion, and determination inspired new life in my leadership experience, and I cannot thank them enough.”

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TSgt Cameron Cochran

Lessons learned from previous leadership opportunities and assignments is something Colonel Barry said he hopes he’s given to his cadets during his time here.

“What differed from my previous command was the fact that I now had time to focus 100 percent on the people front. In the world of aircraft maintenance that can be hard to do,” Colonel Barry said. “However, here I was afforded that great chance. It’s been awesome getting to know all of them and playing a role in their officer development. I hope that I've modeled what being a good officer is all about. If I’ve done that, then I feel like I’ve done my job.”

Sergeant Cochran is the AMT for CS10. He oversaw and instilled a culture of excellence with his squadron, resulting in CS10 earning top honors in the Cadet Wing for

both academics and military training for the fall semester. Those efforts also resulted in individual cadets within his squadron earning 50 percent of the Truman Scholarship nominations for the entire wing. Also, Sergeant Cochran is the Prior-Enlisted Cadet Assembly NCOIC and was the cornerstone to providing support for more than 300 prior-enlisted cadets with none lost to attrition over his two years in charge. Away from the Academy, he volunteered more than 140 hours of his personal time to assist at local rescue mission providing shelter, food and safety for more that 200 homeless members of the community.

“For me it is an honor to be recognized among the best of the Academy’s Wing. This job gives me the privilege of working with and learning from some of the best officers and enlisted professionals in our Air Force. I am grateful lor the influence they have had

CADET IA/IN6 LEADERSHIP

Fall Wing 2018

Staff Officers: Cody Jones, Jake Saucedo, Maddy Tung, Kishan Patel, Jordan Peterson, Whitney Hoermann, Jacob Ehrenstrom, Tommy Sanchez, Bella Farrell, Eve Fowler, Esther Song, Andrea Hilario, Ashton Haythorne, Juan Duque, Lauren Buras, Mary Vedra, Jacob Rice, Sean Konomos, Quincy Prack, Kayla St. Pierre, Anthony Vaccaro, Jake Whitteker, Garrett Patnode, Jacob Fleydinger, James Brahm, Sears Schulz, Isaac Perez, Tara DeGeorge, Conrad McCarthy, Cole Edwards, Logan Frost, Kyle Daley, Thomas Sherwood, Stan Ocheskey, David Rochester, Thomas Oh, Youseff Abubaker, Tyler Vaught, Jacqueline Flamby, Rachel Kester, Emily Roeder, Jon Novak, Cristian Brunenkant, Zach Warren, Kayla Grainger, Liz Mahoney

Spring Wing 2019

Staff Officers: Mikaela Vega, Harry McMahon, Sean Jolley, Christabel Chai, Michael Grindle, Andrew Voydat, Justin Waligora, Taylor Lee, Josh Giorgio, Garrett O’Shea, Isaac Kasten, Josephine Suss, Rebekah Bryant, Graden Gribble, Rachel Smith, Kaileb Williamson, Aaron Brooks, Han Zhang, Jesse Haggerty, Bryant Ashe, Brody Bagnall, Jacob Caparella, Will Tatum, Curtis Smith, James Brahm, Ryan Ramseyer, Sears Schulz, Emily Graves, Meghan Guinee, Luke Dekker, Aidan Smith, Kyle Daley, Michael Crotts, Thomas Sherwood, Stanley Ocheskey, David Rochester, Thomas Oh, Youssef Abubaker, Tyler Vaught, Jacqueline Hamby, Rachel Kester, Sean Harvey, Kendall Thomas, Madeleine Morlino, Kyle Bundesmann, Zachary Warren, Cristian Brunenkant, Elizabeth Mahoney, Kayla Grainger

C/Col Matthew Moawad Wing Commander

C/Col Hillary Kiele Director of Operations

C/Col Lucas Beissne Vice Wing Commander

C/CMSgt Justin Bowen Wing Command Chief

C/Col Erica Barnett Wing Commander

C/Col Joshua Wilhite Director of Operations

C/Col Eric Menser Vice Wing Commander

C/CMSgt Christopher Romero Wing Command Chief

CADET WING LEADERSHIP

Group 1

Staff Officers: Lauren Stroud, Hannah Wyatt, Jared Flowers, Trevor Pratt, Hunter Ahlquist, Anna Mendenhall, Matt Ghering, Jacob Cole, Nick Khaler, Erin Nistler, Jake Kurzhals, Emmie Swize, Erica Lee, Shanleigh Conlan, Angel Zelaya, Charles Orahood, Garett Scheer, Brian Guerrero, Heather Zimmie, Luke Pontzer, Julia Pack, John Gnan, Patrick Ohanlon, Kayla Beale, Jess Tobias, Christopher Hoppe, Janel Valerio, Connor Allen, Hsin Hsueh Liu, Michael Fantini, Nicholas Jasper, Camila Quintero

Group 3

Staff Officers: Luke Nimmo, Kevin Puri, Daniel Kure, Carl Loida, Juan Dejesus, Robyn Cully, Mikayla Polivka, Sean McGinty, Olivia Davis, Brett Stell, John Cerda, Brian Milla, Luke Dekker, Ashton Easley, Ashton Barnes, Brooke Kunzelman, Christina Lundy, Marissa Sligh, Gabrielle McClelland, Kaileb Williamson, Shanon Teicher, Bret Crew, Natalie Hawthorne, Megan Getlinger, Eddie Smet, Eric Jaeger, Terrell Bradford, Gabe Mendez, Eli Sanchez, Kaitlyn Benton, Preston Semenuk

Group 2

Staff Officers: Ally Anderson, Darby Glaab, Thomas Osheka, Matthew Quarderer, Jake Gilbert, Josie Suss, Kaylee Eskeli, Carter Chaloupka, Lavelle Scottie, Dillon Hari, Rori Robertson, Brian Yoo, Jacob Boswell, James Sims, Victoria Nojaim, Gaby Miller, Jiyoung Yi, Seo Ko, Tabby Herzig, Lauren Truax, Jess Tuttle, Jack Allen, Garrett Potts, Kendall Thomas, Madeline Schultz, Allison Wong, Mack Galvin, Austin Dewing, Aryemis Brown, Moira Casey

Group 4

Staff Officers: Kinlee Rix, Marissa Hofmann, David Warfel, Jarrett Damewood, Stephen Moore, Turner Howe, Samuel Legarreta, Daniel Jones, Olivia Gillingham, Justin Waligora, Josh Bombero, Christy Thorstenson, Aidan Smith, Molly Laatsch, Tricia Dang, Jake Yarnell, Megan Simpson, Jack Howe, Sierra Ernst, Steven Moyer, Garrett Loitz, Corey Gutierrez, Alex Lopouchanski, Steve Rumsey, Julia Corton, Matthew Pulver, Jason Byers, Charles Carr, Rylan Haag, Salmaan Noorani, Chad Hill, Jefferson Sesler, Taylor Cobb, Esther Lee, Cate Cavanaugh, Benjamin Diruggiero

Spring Group2019

Group 1

Staff Officers: Kishan Patel, Rodrigo Orellana, RJ Jackson, Kevin Khampoumanivong, Joseph Ernst, Mohamed Ferchiou, Tristyn Hanson, Sara Hill, Bella Farrell, Rebecca Kholos, Sarah Kreiser, Audrey Hornsby, Garrett Kauppila, Kyle Johnson, Charles Leano, Timothy Lloyd, Venessannah Itugbu, Logan Nelson, Q. Eugene Coleman, Kristen McKinney, John Gnan, Patrick O’Hanlon, Hannan Abdul, Kayla Beale, Jess Tobias, Chris Hoppe, Maverick Wilhite, Ryan McDermott, Christopher Do, Zach Arns, Luke Andres, Colin Etinger, Anthony Ajao

Group 3

Staff Officers: Gabby McClleland, Brett Stell, Bobby Mallinak, Austin Alexander, Chloe Fleck, Scott Bennett, Benjamin Shu, Derek Greenwald, Sarina Wyrick, Justin Bishop, Steven Griffin, Brian Milla, Logan Feasline, Elizabeth Frakes, Kaitlyn Enright, Erik Van Hegewald, Mitchell Hollman, Christina Lundy, Celeste Trevino, Devin Doyle, Daniel Highland, Chris Mussleman, Jonathan Bartlett, Keith Billiot, Brendan Wood, Natalie Hawthorne, Manzi Masozera, Ethan Nichols, Eddie Smet, Terrell Bradford, Erich Jaeger, Avery Chatmon, Brian Milla, Garret Gwozdz, Rob Warner, Jess Wierzbicki

Group 2

Staff Officers: Kathrine Emanuel, Paige Lusk, Ryan Gill, McKenna Cox, Cole Schwagel, Caitlin Bitting, Cody Donald, Jim Roberts, Anthony Vaccaro, Jeb Wilson, Anthony Vaccaro, Jeb Wilson, Riley Clarke, Mackenzie Hockensmith, Tori Perez, Conner Stevens, Alex Hess, Nick Nash, Avery Evans, Due Pham, Lauren Traux,, Garrett Potts, Jack Allen, Nathan Courtney, Douglas Gutierrez, Avery Evans, Sara Burton, Moira Hufalton, Kevin Lutz, Jack Quinn, Jordan Daniels, Thomas O’Brien, Matt Quarderer, Ashley Cameron

Group 4

StaffOfficers: Andrew Jekkel, Molly Laatsch, Alex McLaughlin, Justin Zimmermann, Coen Williams, Vinoe Tarray, Rosalyn Mikel, Cage Campbell, Michael Bastian, Lily Swope, Victor Lee, Hayes Cloninger, Ronald Cleveland, Geraud Sanders, Charlie Barton, Gordon McCulloh, Ralph Carios, Khanh Nguyen, Quin’Shay Perkins, Collin Gwaltney, John Dargle, Ellie Ryan, Abigail Anderson, Zach Othon, Corey Gutierrez, Alex Lopouhanski, Ryan Dyson, Steve Rumsey, Michael Triner, Jason Byers, Charles Carr, Brandon Webster, Morgan Robinson, Jefferson Sesler, Eric Rossillon, Austin Cavallin, Josh Lambert

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Jacob Deresky

Kayla Beale-Vickers Amanda Berry Nicholas Boesiger Jacob Campbell Peemmawit Chimmee

Nicholas Gemhard

Carson Jax

Kyle Johnson

Nicholas Kahler Kendall Kilgore

Andrew Grove Benjamin Hauser

Sarah Himmelberg

Matthew Jones Bradley Kim

Michaela McFalls

Adam Morris Joseph Ortiz

Ian Peterson Armani Resto Ethan Richards Sierra Salemi

Isaiah Sampson Aidan Sams Brandon Smyth Benjamin Taylor

Gabrielle Topacio RhiannonTownsend

Patryk Dela Cruz Derek Ditto Cole Dudley

Elton Duncan

Molly Ellinger

Luke Gwin

Blake Harrison Christopher Herrera

Mackenzie Kimmel Kellsie Knoerzer Nathaniel Kolligs

Trina Lewis

Dillon Massey

Andrew Misdary

Luke Nolley

Seth Orson

Austin Patel

Audrey Phillips Taylor Posey

Michael Scully

Cameron Shideler Averi Stegeman Nathaniel Suess

Shelby Turner

Nicholas Blessing Daniel Carpenter Conner Cosgrove

Brad Ellis Ifeoma Emeka Anne Ewbank

Alison Kruse Joe Laniado

Timothy Lloyd Jr Clarke McCollum

Michael Miller

Grace Orahood

Kaytlin Rogers Joseph Saucier

Jerry Severn Andrew Weiss

Mark Wojcik Lucy Zimmerman

Matthew Hanlon Natalie

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Bailey Hopkins

William Irons IV Erik Kazmierowicz

Joshua Sayers Liam Serota

Alexis Sherwin Tynisha Spencer Nathan Thompson Nicholas Timpe

Collin Kubista Victoria Lambos Thomas McCloskey

Jarod Pankau

CS-03 Dogs of War LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj John Delobel Academy Military Trainer TSgt Nissi Scholl

Matthew Chang Chandler Claterbaugh

Dominique Crisostomo- Jessica Fernandez Aislinn Fitzgerald Rose Fredericks Fetui

Colton Hayes Erica Lee Renato-John Leon Ryan Martin Noah Miller Ludvig Oliver

Ben Thompson Trevor Whiteside

Adam Wilmer

Steven Kelley Peter Liu

Patrick Mahoney

Emily Munn

Luke Ostrander

David Ott

John Cottam Luke Del Pinto Chet Dunstan Steven Gardner Jr Samantha Gaumer

Sara Hill Joe Houston

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Christopher Mitchell Tony Needham

Jonathan Nicholson Daniel Pagano Kevin Puhek

Jeffrey Gerlica

Mayra Rodriguez

Kira Sikora Grant Steffens Elliott Weiler D'morea Wicks

Jacob Wilbers

Justin Couty

Rodney Higdon Nathan Holloway Ryan loanidis

Wade Lawrie

Abigail Loesch

Angelina Lopez

James Mannette Eamon McHugh

Tanner Michie

Terence Peavy

Don Piasecki Kaitlin Roberts

Grant Schlichting Zachary Shelley

Sabrina Taylor Charles Trafford William Umpaiboon Jarrett Van Dyke

CS-05 Wolf Pack V.

LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Ben Fowler Academy Military Trainer TSgt David Melonja

Jack Bell Melissa Brunkal

Rebekah Bryant Malik Dawkins Mohamed Ferchiou Matthew Ghet'ing

David Mottice Jonathan Novak

Benjamin Oldemeyer Reagan Pittman Cooper Ramos

Maya Slavin

Cameron Barber David Bearden

Harrison Booth

Samuel Butler

Thomas Carmack Jordan De Garay

Grant Donaldson Alexander Falconer Beck Fosberg

Hanna-Lee Harjono

Andrew Helms Harrell Henderson

Aric Kedge Alexandra King

Nathanael Kreiser Lynley Mainous Timothy O’Dorisio Nathan Oh

Lisa Oswald

Regan Heppe

Andrew Pecha

Alex Pham

Roman Philson

Russell Seymour

Kyle Spencer

Brayden Dragoo Leonard Espinoza III

Carl Gallo Peter Gehrls

Celina Guan

Joseph Harms

Brooke Martin

Alex Hwang

Zane Mechalke

Caleb Jackson

Nicholas Jennis

Jordan Kaplan

Jake Lee

Jordan Melendez William Mitchell Hayes Platt Isaac Quarterman

Matthew Vafides Jacob Vieira

Ryan Sabol Tommy Shaw

Harlan Steffensmeier Justin Wilmoth

Monique Burgess Rocco Caputo

Nicole DeMoret Alexander Duppstadt Michael Fantini Jr. Aimee Guillot

Hunter Hayden Koby Hinnant Christopher Hoppe Kevin Khamphoumanivong Amanda Madrid Anna Mendenhall

Logan Nelson William Newman

Patricia Nieves Rosich Luke Pontzer Jonathan Quiros Robert Rauff

Kerrilee Berger Liam Boudreault

Jamal Braxton Maximilian Carson Mia Chabanne

Patrick Dillon William Durocher

Kaitlyn Elliott Jacob Frye

Jazmyne Garza Demani Hansford

Joseph Sladek III

Nathan Styles

Calista Torbenson

Nicholas Volpe Jelani Washington

CLASS OF

Nicole Coukart Nathan DeStefano

Sidney Flores

Nicholas Gestring

Madison Hofmann

Ryan Johnston Elston Joyner II Daniel Kim Griffin Levi

Brooke Howell

Maxwell McKinnon Alexander Milham

Jacob Millis James Nuhfer

Kayla Perez Drew Priest Nicolas Rene Anna Selchow

Jeremiah Smith Brendan Tscheme

Jacob Waltermire Jim Wang

LEADERSHIP

Air Officer Commanding

Maj Dominique Haig

Academy Military Trainer

TSgt Kevin Czarnecki

TSgt Lily Pak

Reed Lamy

Eugeniu Cemenchi John Mark Connolly

Kyle Cox

Nodar Dvali Grant Fogle Michael Glasgow

William Gorczynski Cassandra Hahn Andrea Hilario Bailey Ishler Adonis Johnson Thomas Krzyzanowski

Matthew Lovetri Brett Martin Ryan McDermott Kennedy Milliron Madeleine Morlino

Matthew Pryor

George Rittenhouse Angelina Robledo Anthony Sanders-Oseguera

Anna Tuma

Orland Esval

Jeffrey LaCoste Olivia Lane

Dominique Leano Peter Lochmaier

Michael McCullough Jonathan McGregor

Maxwell Di Lalla Gabriel Garcia

Grady Gills Josiah Hoege

Brice Honaker

Emily Huber

CS-08 Eagle Eight

Dennis Callaghan Kristen Cianfaglione Joseph Crisostomo Michael Higgins

Rebecca Hetrick

Benjamin Pagel Joseph Scott

Rachel Smith Parker Spearman

Noralisa Steiner

Jaide Bradshaw Brandon Bzoskie

Samuel Cho

Christopher Collins

Sierra Crawford

Adda Lantigua Kasey Ludwig Scott McMurray Christopher Meno Joseph Murphy IV

Ashley Nimmo

Joseph Thornton

Michael Armijo II

Breven Engelson

Dylan Langan

Omena Mushale

Erin Morrison Charleen Muyot Alexander Pup Kadin Rascoe Rachel Sonczalla

Dylan Stanley

C5-09 Viking N ine LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj ChrisSherwood Academy Military Trainer MSgt Jessica Pendergraph

Christen Dahl Christopher Doerr

Andrew Duggan Tamara Fumagalli Jordan Garivay Chandler Gerhold

Adam Munekata Julia Pack Trevor Pratt Garett Scheer Vance Thompson Connor Vikupitz

Jason Brenholdt Mollie Bushelman Ryan Clendening Thomas Earp-Pitkins Colin Entinger ChristopherGoldtrap

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Jessica Groen Tyler Gurchiek Andrew Hong Keaton Hyke Jacqueline Mace Richard Miles

Garrett Miyaoka Elizabeth Nguyen

Kaleb Nunez

Camryn Olhausen

Julie Padilla

Nicholas Parham

Jack Calkins

Gregory Capelle Christopher Chwa

Olufolahan Daudu

Jack Dillon

Michaela Donahue Sean Geither

Christian Grauberger Deanna Guzman Joshua Henriques Daniel Hughes

Ellie Ison William Kitzhaber

Sean Maine Michele Mason Gregory May

Alec Meyer

Alec Moonier Lance Nichols

Maria Norman Patrick Regan

Mark Reyes Jr.

Benjamin Schell

Lily Selvaggi

Cameo Stapleton

Haeley Deeney Cole Delgado

Alexander Dye Adam Forbes Juanita Garcia Scott Hattok

Kishan Patel Lauren Ramey

Benjamin Roberts Cameron Smith

John Sponaugle Brady Tomlak

Robert Lewis Colin Lilya

Vito Marchino Sarah Masinter

Darrell Miller

Cole Mooty

Erik Orr Jonathan Petree Camila Quintero Hilsaca Adrian Robinson Jr

Spencer Rohlwing Roselen Rotello

Heidi Sand Angelica Schumacher Natalie Sieber

Maximilian Stolle William Trawick

Kevin Vazquez Andujar

David Cormier Zachary Couper

BrendenCrouse Colin Deleon Jared Dove Erin Durak

David Gray II Spencer Guenther

George Guzman Albani Johnson-Benton

Elle Kienitz Tanner Koch

Evan Marrone James Miranda Ian Mullins Turner Nims James Norkosky Elisabeth Oberlin

Aaron Pang

Harris Cannon

David Mazza Brock McArdle

Dustin Priaulx Matthew Quarderer Rori Robertson Rocco Sangataldo

Benjamin Smith Jane Stamenov Preston Tippett Sean Underhill McCabe Wartick

Andrew Crites Nathan Fairhurst Kaalakaiopono Faurot Oscar Ferrara Hedman

Kyle Gruszka Rhett Flarms

Nicholas Hauser Shannon Hockman Ryan Jones Brian Kim Trent Litjes Ruby McKain

Ryan Cramer

Casey Drovdlic

Nikolai Fadairo Omar Fattah

Corey Friedenbach Mitchell Garvin

Brooks McCarvel Kenny Ngaima Brian Palumbo Caleb Price Grace Proesch Ian Reger

CS-12 Dirty Dozen

12th SQUADRON

Military Trainer TSgt Megan Morales

Michael Andrews Jr. Dionisio Bautista Caitlin Bitting

Nicholas Capella Sean Chieves Patrick Connell

Vanessa Davila

Frank Duvall III Madison Fagan

Lavelle Scottie Garrett O’Shea Jacqueline Pepper Joseph Puglisi

Cassandra Sartain Justin Saylor

Morgan Cisna Hannah Compton

Lorie Coyne

Nathan Cundiff

Kristina Dean Carson Fetting

Mark Schell Alexis Shirley Franklin Solorzano Suarez Lawrence Spicer

Keaton VanSoelen Luca Zeitvogel

Lydia Knutson

Madeline Schultz

Spence Chanthavane Deion Crisostomo-Fetui Cole Edwards

Alexander LaVille

Payton Lafrentz

Daniel Mcllhenny III

Michael Moxness Nicholas Nash

Michael A. Smith

Denise Ssozi

Grace Biagetti Emma Bonner

Mariah Forde Eve Fowler

Yi-Cheng Lee Gianna Lescas

Logan Ogden Patricia Patterson

Connor Stevens Eric Ward

Tessa Barbosa

Cade Cavanagh

William Hanlen

Barrett McDonald

Colton Priest

Tyler Wiederholt *

Adam Barrie

CLASS OF

Christopher Dornak

Britton Beasley Justin Blasius

Matthew Cahill

Jordan Daniels

Terrell Davis

Matthew Knoedler Akshay Kumar

Joseph Landis

Sarah Leslie Hunter Manter

Jacob DeLange

Stephen Kimatian

Fintan Nakada

Austin Upton Callie Wolfenbarger

Andrew Baratz Carter Blunden

Graham Vandersteen Cierra Winters

Caroline Wittich Joshua Young

CS-15 War Eagles

V.

LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Dylan Monaghan Academy Military Trainer TSgt Brian Kelsey

Rosalie Bruns McKenna Cox

Timothy DeFazio James DeTommaso Kyler Ehm

Jayden Glover

Casey Miller Kenneth Oberlin Kevin Perez Ortega Pierce Pluemer Allison Raines James Rice

Braden Smith Erin Speer

Amanda Beach

Joel Bernal John Byrne Jazmine DelValle Zachary Dicken Alexandra DuChene

Chase Bradley

Matthew DeMaso

CS-16 Chicken Hawks

Myles Arenson Ryan Born Sara Burton

Hayle Carlile Sean Castillo

Ethan Compton Katherine Emanuel Elijah Evers Kevin Fagan

Matthew Fleckenstein Fernanda Gonzalez Jordan Griffith

Meghan Guinee Andrew Hammond Joseph Heard

Benjamin Hofmann Yoon Chan Kim Daniel Linso

Spencer Martin Rose Middleton William Rehbock

Michael Rhoads James Roberts Julian Sanabria Josephine Suss

Sage Belcher Victoria Bernabei James Briggs Jr.

Matthew Cooper

Nathan Smith Cody Surratt

FaithVanHavel John Wagner III

Bracy Webb II

Robert Devlin Carter Ekberg Juan Fuentes Daniel Gidaro

Kenady Horne

Evelyn Johnson

CS-17 Stalag 17 LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Peter Dowling Academy Military Trainer MSgt Angela Robinson )

Howard Bermudez Aaron Brooks Cayne Cardwell

Luke Ruan Maxwell Sole

Dustin Wagner Joseph Way Andrea Wieman Joshua Williamson

Haley Donovan Luke Edgerly Andreas Garcia Zachary Hand McKennaIzzi Caleb Kelley

Jackson Kenney Benjamin Kuhn Dawson Lee

Andrew Limpert Ethan Lukow Thomas Morgan

Kaitlin Nats Ji Oh

Payton Rawson John Ritchey Reese Searcy-Lee Savannah Spearin

Nathaniel Steward Brandon Van Norman Jacob Whited Jonathan Wilkey Christopher Wu Jensen Zerban

Anna Nicholson Zachary Rail Devon Smith

Jenna Suid Kyra Traino Tate Troxell

Andres Vaughan Shelby Watson Robert Wilson

Zachary Allen Charles Boyette

Brooke Bruder Yujun Chow Tyler Christensen Cole Crisp Tyler Dunn Trent Gengler

Kaura Gomall

Megan Lopez

Campbell Harris

Zachary Hunt

Trisha King

Zhivko Kolevski Andrew Langston

Kaila Lusson Francisco Martinez Matthew Mickey Rebecca Miller Connor Neal

Prince Njoku Cole Phelps

Sierra Rains Brendan Reese Christian Song Maxwell Stangl

Wyatt Foote Kainoa Gnos

Trinity Good

Cody Hartman Alii Kearns David Kivisto

Michael Lawrence Jr. Patrick Lopez

Gage Maki Robert Martin Benjamin Mercer Ranzell Nickelson

Kelly Nugent Owen Possick Clayton Register Sidney Shimomura Kayla Steiner Chance Stevenson

Abigail Davenport Abby Devarennes Jeremy Fejedelem Joshua Gonzales

Makiyah Gorman Megan Howard

Lauren Miller Colton Mitchell

Brady Moll

Nicholas Muse Oberon-Coltrane Peter Carol Ramos Tricoli

Emily Rickman Brady Rinehard

Holden Rushing Sarah Sawicki

Jittiwat Sermsripong Timothy Stephens

Quentin Carlile Yulong Cheng

Jake Cooley

Jocelynn Cooper

Timothy Crosby

Eli Deroon

John Evans Caelynn Ferguson Thomas Gillman

Harmont Grenier

Jasmine Hall Sean Heelen

Samantha Kigin Phillip Koenig

Zeyon Lyons

Vincent Martin Parker Mascarenhas Brian Michael

Aidan O’Connor McKenly O’Neal

Olivia Orahood Luis Quintero II Cole Resnik David Stump

C5-20- Trolls LEADERSHIP

Air Officer Commanding Lt Col Johana Hernandez

Academy Military Trainer TSgt Dylan Johnson

Kale Leisey Aaron Moore

Joshua Morris Jacob Rice

Rene Collias Gomez Daniel Gilmartin

Samantha Herman Anthony Lieto III

Camryn Mathis HarleyMorgan

Annie Rutter Brooke Schumacher Rishe Seenath Jeffery Silvin Xavier Vega Richard Worthy

Brian D'Souza Brandon Yun

Nadeem Ahmad

Damanhuri

Alyson Bragg Hailie Burton

CS-21 Blackjacks

Benjamin Blessing

Jonathan Kordes

Ryan-Aris Ramil

Troy Slatkavitz

Shadrin Andres

Shinryu Aoyama

Bellas Hannah Bergman

Nicole Campbell Hannah Canales Tristan Dunbar Kristin Eslinger John Evalle

Logan Davis David Eure

Patrick Fitzgerald

Rachel Goehring Ryan Habeck

Carlos Hinojosa

Noah Hoisington Matthew Kuczajda

Lillian Landis Samuel McCollum

Gary Mossop Shaun Parcher

Boreth Pech Alexandra Prusak Nathaniel Reed Benjamin Rollison Kyle Samuels Emiliano Segura

CS-22 Raptors LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Sarah Bulinski Academy Military Trainer MSgt Timothy Damar

Raily Blankley William Boyd Jr Teague Bredl Riley Carson Cenada Clifton Smith Jacintha Dillemuth

Emily Fanning Chloe Fleck

Makayla Gilliam

Connor Golden

David Kaminski Madison Lampkins

Eric Long Ryan Lynch

Robert Maxwell Trenton Pohl Katherine Scheibner

Matthew Schwartz

Benjamin Shu Curtis Smith

Romel Spight

Anne Ahlquist

Luke Bohenek Caleb Boone

Chloe Camello

Lelyand Cathey

Erin Cope Matthew Cuoco

James Duffy Isaac Finley

Andres Frausto

Jennifer Gallaher Stephen Harold Helen Homola

James Keating Daniel Kuneli Alexander La Rue Harper Lee

John Lyons

Lawrence Barrett Jackson Boutte

Alicia Campbell

Kyle Capogna

Anthony Cruz

Saif

Dabash

Elexus Oliver Mitchel Ryder Reid Scarborough Casper Schadler James Pennington III

Megan Reisch

CS-23 Barnstormers

LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Daniel Moore

Academy Military Trainer

MSgt Amanda Lovelady TSgt Juan RamirezSanchez

Connor Spencer Albert Thieu

Gabriel Watkins Amanda Whitley Brendan Wood

Rachel Jung Keegan Kerkman

Zechariah LaRocque Brody Lambert Louis Lee Rayce Main

Noelle Tomes Cole Turner James Weaver

Kyler Wedgeworth Keeth Williams

Sam Delacruz Maisha Farjana Kazuya Gavin Brandon Gooding Lauren Hazlett Bjorn Holm

David Jackson Jr. Colton Layman

Alan Linares Lindsey Lucas

Serena Macias Carson McLaughlin

Wayne Overman III Shane Pierson

Monique Roche Joshua Schmidt Devin Schwindt Maya Solomon-Messier

Katelyn Balke Joshua Block

Dane Brautigam Todd Campo

Ariana Clemente-Hunter Sierra DeHart

William Decker

Thomas Koons

William Ashley

Colin Douglas

Ryan Flynn

Donald Hammond

Shirley Hao

Jonathan Hedgpeth Rebekah

Joy

Sokhalita Mam

Jacob Margraf

Michael Matarazzo

Alexander Nguyen

Emily Norat

Garrett Blenkush

Elijah Brockman

Walker Carroll

Abigail Collins

Garrett Dean

Jacob Echevarria

Ethan Gharst

Armel Guiam

Yassim Harouna Kouassi Christine Hess

Alan Manzo

Katherine Martin Christopher Meixsell

Tayler Miranda

Gabriel Pizzuti Evan Pomfret Katherine Sawyer

Marshall Shults Andrew Sillhart

Dario Titus Christopher Voegele Richard Von Brandt Keeley Wrabetz

4 <4

Ladd

Colby Brown Angela Buch William Easley

Nolan Eriksen Noah Faurot

Kelly Grier Logan Grizzle Thomas Hazelwood Ryan Holec

Derrick Jochmans Colin Jonasen

Benjamin Jury Kyle Kauffman Haydn Lewis

Irene Liew

Gabrielle McClelland Hannah Michitsch

Colton Parton

Maximillian Philson Kerry Powers Juan Ramos

Daniel Shemon Konrad Steck

Alissa Till Ryan Van Riper

Briana

Autrey

James Baggett III

Kaden Cook

Catherine Crow William Dirubbio

Diego Favela Bryson Fraelich

Tyler Gantz Andrew Goldtrap Jakob Hauser Isabella Homing Seychelle Ibrahim Kaleb Jackson

Austin Jones Zane Kam Shane Kelly

Jack Lewis Emma McHenry Ty Miller

LEADERSHIP

Air Officer Commanding

Maj Emily Harris

Academy Military Trainer

TSgt Max Soto

Youssef Abubaker

William Walker III Nicholas Wesolek

Zachary Divers Peter Dobrowolski Brynn Feighery Esther Gonzalez Rios Garrison Hill Andrew Hoffmann

Jordan Maldonado Alec McGahee

Jamie Moul Lauren Peterson

Thomas Phan Saideep Reddy

Matthew Kim Dalton King

Heidi Kwock

Zachary Legg

Vincent LoPiccolo

Spencer Miller

Graham Kermis Jedd Lebrilla

Robert Lubisco David Miller

Parrish Murphy

Laura Na

Luke Nimmo Jestyn Roberts

Isabela Salazar William Sasser Charles Scott Daniel Smith

Elijah Edwards

Matthew Kiesel

Brady Morrissey

Tanisha Elbourne Stevan Fairburn Jr Francisco Garcia

Luke Hardy

Jakob Kinsey

Jae Young Lee

Alexander Luedeke Weston Lusinski

Alyssa Naused Roman Ocampo William Rayner Xiomara Roberge

Cooper Smith

Cameo Spiegel-Saegert

CS-28 Blackbirds

Hunter Werts

Bartschi

Cyril Yalung

Jessica Jacobs

Keegan Mantaro

Alfred Shuford 111

Cayden Zimmerman

Jaren Boykin Bailey Compton

Bret Crew Jordan Dobranski Austin Faulkner Julian Flores

Whitney Hoermann Zane Lew

Nolan Brandt Olga Budke

Ryan Clancy Isaac Coolidge

Anthony DeCesare

Nathaniel Dyer

Henry Gilchrist Camryn Gostel Matthew Hageman Clayton Hurd Adam Jewell Jacob Larson

Mai Le Alexander Mehnert Grace Metzger Cameron Miclette Mohamed Mili Matthew Morales

CS-29

Roderick Adams Jr Abigail Aldecoa Keith Billiot II

Terrell Bradford David Ciaramella Olivia Davis Isaac Fettig Marshall Foster Evan Gabrielsen

Garret Gwozdz Taylor Howe

Trey Lervick Nicholas Lindblad Manzi Masozera Alexander Nguyen

Samuel Overpeck Abigail Perkins David Peterson Cory Philpott Loriann Santos Donald Szlachetka

Cody Brophy

Patrick Gorman

Alexander Miller

Bridget Calvert Briana Carter Enrique Castellanos Noah Cohen

Charles Goss

Regan Harrison Noah Jensen

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Nathan Lervold

Daniel Morris

Gianni Orlando Minjung Park

Andrew Ehler

Grace Marchant

Madeline Pautsch Aubrey Ridgeway

Pierce Risinger Keelia Rogers Julio Rosales Noah Schwab Michael Sobczyk Branden Stewan

Sean Adams William Allen Giles Beebe

Conor Wisentaner Darren Wone

Jenna Kill David Kohler

Reginald Maffett

Kyle Martin

Patrick McKinney

Eric O'Connor

Orion Rodgers

Cambria Galloway Matthew Goode

Hayden Grant Alexander Hamilton IVLillian Hess

Colin Kennedy Daniel Lindsey

Mary Maystrovich Jack Morgan Kestrel Pon

Clint Rossi Elizabeth Ryan Wendy Samayoa George Silvanic

Adelaide Smallidge Eric Wunsch

Keyen Zahid

Luke Zuluaga

Andrea Almodovar Shayla Bratton Adam Broshkevitch Jacob Cushatt Nora Dachota

Charles Dimnwaobi Seth Finley Dia Gawronski Cole Grindberg Ethan Haley

Raymund Punzalan

Parker Simington

Yazeed Alfaraj

Giuliano Daniel

Michael Herrington

Anastasia Choi Tricia Dang

Jesse DeMarsh

Kyle Gericke

Steven Goodpaster Jr

Samuel Legarreta

Ryan Swan-Ford

Hunter Haggestad

Rye Julson

Johnathan Casoni

Mackenzie Clay Reece Cooke

Jodi Dalton

Patrick Fenton

II Kim

Zachery Lorch

Kathleen Medill Hunter Myszka Neil Reynolds

Ian Sarrazin Elizabeth Shaffer

Calvin Smith

David Szpara

Jonathan Thomas Kiersten Winfrey

George Biery IV

Alexa Butera

Raymond Davis III

Mike Eziuloh

Jonathan Farmer Thomas Fleming

Jacob Foster Piper Gray

Natalia Gutierrez Carter Holbrook

Dustin Hover Krystal Irwin

Michael Sanford Tanner Todd

Samuel Vance Abigail Warner

Maj

MSgt Jonathan Phillips

Lindsey Blanks Acierto Cabigas III

Mitchell Brunke Cassidy Canaday Winifred Chen Camron Ciggs Megan Cordone Fernando Cortez Sifuent

Nicholas Curtis Jonathan Enriquez Eamon Fitzpatrick

Jeremiah Harp Rheagan Home Ryan Johnston

Casey Jumps Peter Keller Dakota Lancaster

Samuel Lee

Clay Madson Tarra Moore

Matthew Olsen Julia Rochester

Ryan Schneider

Alec Schrank Shaina Smidt Joshua Stoner

Edward Burns Alexander Carey

Allyson Carlin Cameron Cubra Kendal Davis Lucas Florendo

Damon Frost Jacob Fuller Matthew Gauert Sydney Hansen Mark Humphries Stefan Koss

CS-33 King Ratz LEADERSHIP

Air Officer Commanding Maj Louis Nolting Academy Military Trainer TSgt Lindsey Holt

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Clayton Hankins Patrick Joosten

Casey Kowalski Nadeen Lieberman

Kelsey Linzmeyer

Maxamillian Morales

Morgan Robinson Jefferson Sesler Crimson Shoemake Samuel Spangler Hunter Street Connell Swenson

Alex Wang Jake Whitteker Nathaniel Young

Itzel Chan Topete Abigail Crosier Tyler Daily

Randy Faulk

Spencer Flint Anthony Gomez

/ James Lambert Jeremy Leondires Colin Maloney Brett Miller Thomas Paladino

Erik Tumquist Gage Weil Lakota Wills

Kyle Dentmon Alexis Ford

Nicholas Garbinski Noah Genovese Jordan Graham Therese Hein

Kayne Hutchison Andrew Jariga Austin Layne

Daniel Leitzinger

Daniel Lisle Paige Luebbering

Adelina Martinez Thomas McLean III

Jakeem Patrick Luca Pisani Julia Rosenfeld Andrew Sellon

Garhett Shaw James Stefo III

Daija Stevenson

Juan Uribe Timothy Vanbeek Erika Willis

CS-34 Loose Hawgs

Zane Kessler Esther Lee

Kendall Lewis

Jenna Maratea

Morgan McGirl

Rhett Myers

Zachary Othon Matthew Pelton Anna Salamone

Mark Simpson

William Metcalf

Megan Simpson

Antonino Del Rossa

Nicholas Noyen Dhruv Odedra Caroline Osborne

Elijah Palm Christopher Patterson

Connor Settle

Taylor Cotton Daniel Deschane Jacob Ellison Jack Erwin Alexander He Helen Hitt

Caleb Humphrey Tyler Jutting Luke Leon Christian Marshall Taylor Marzolf Adam Masters 11

Benjamin Brockman

Lauren Buras

LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Lt Col Benjamin Washburn Academy Military Trainer TSgt Cal Rogers

Brandon Malone Celine McNabb

Rosalyn Mikel Patrick Moso Samuel Pisney

Christopher Spaid

Joshua Yauney

Christian Busuttil

Hanna Guckenberg

Matthew Pulver

Jose Rocha Kasey Stavig

Patrick Timmons

Maria Viviano

Dusten Ault

Joseph Castro Benjamin Diruggiero

Isabel Eicher Tyler Friend

Tia Gaumont Ronald Guillory

Hunter Herbert Jordan Jackson

Clarissa Jolley Logan Konst

Kathryn Koonz Alexander Krupp

Nakai Lake Mark Mackenzie

Caleb McCann Allison McGrath

Shiv Patel Elizabeth Patterson

Wyatt Perry Caleb Richardson Michael Shumate Alexander Strickland Addison Toney Jack Vander Voort

Leila Bebley

William Duma

William Jordan

Benjamin Miller

Jared Bachman

Jacob Dietrich

Charotom Jongsukhathawom

Mckenzie Mercer

Kyle Smith

Benjamin A. Waters

Stephen Claud

Shanna Hoven

Sean Lewis

Colby Raphiel

Scott Adler

Hannah Daly

Kelly Jackson

Timothy Medina

Catherine Shepherd

Daniel Villanueva

Jacob Thompson

Noah Bettner

Dallas Felch

Paul Khang

Caitlyn Provenzano

Jacob Boone

Luke Gorham

Brandon Konecny

Andrew Puseman

Trace Carello Austin Cavallin Charlotte Foden-Vencil Zachary Gabert Einari Hill Vance Holub

Kavindu Jayawardana Jenna Kuperberg

Coby Kurtz

Jacob Levin

Joe Martinez III

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Adama Mbaye

Kenneth McKnight Callan Medeiros

Jace Miller

Muriah Murray Samuel Pepper

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Peyton Plummer Daniel Reinfurt

Gabriel Silva Micah Vannatta

Mark Watson

Abbigayle Weaver

Carter Kuehl

Caden Wolfson

CS-37 Animalistic Skyraiders LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Erin Walker Academy Military Trainer MSgt Steven Broussard

Nadia Chreno Adam Diaz Daniel Dodson Paul Dudunakis Ryan Dyson Thomas Forrester

Jacob Funk

Regan Hefner

Andrew Jekel

Steven Knight Daniel Laird

Shanasty Mahi-Lyons

Ian Moffett Ashlyn Newman Swathi Samuel Owen Sedej Thomas Tapia Houston Tarwater

Olga Boukhvalova

Jackson Ayers

Alexandria Beckett

Joseph Carlson

Matthew Chmiel Craig Coleman

Bennett Drummond James Edwards

Jesse Galloway

Jacqueline Girardin Jacob Hughes

Serena Kim Conner Kirkegaard

/ Lindsey Licciardi Lorena Longoria

Caleb Melinosky Raymond Metzger Phillip Mott

Joshua Lambert Brianna Norris

Chase Chandler

Aaron Craig Abbey Duncan Kirk Eiguren

Peter Fiori

Natalie Fontenot

David Garcia

Johnathan Harris Kellie Jones Scott Kinross Jamal Kuku Andrew Lee Wei Lin

Jacob Redlawski Rowyn Schollmeyer

Matthew Simmons Meredith St. John Ellard Stolze Will Witherow

C5-38 All-Stars

V.

LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Ashley Housley Academy Military Trainer MSgt Angela Gammage

Salmaan Noorani Cassidy Osgood Marco Pirozzoli Kristen Press Michael H. Smith Trevor Stone

Joseph Moore Luke Nordheim

Rachel O’Connor Joseph Prasek

Collin Renegar

Abby Stout

CS-39 Jedi Knights LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Lauren Hale Academy Military Trainer TSgt Joshua Holder

LeSean Brown Dominic Calhoon Cage Campbell

Tara DeGeorge Jett Dulac Sierra Ernst

Chandler Howe Cody Jones

Garrett Loitz Gordon McCulloh Khanh Nguyen Olivia Pittman

Mason Royse Liam Smith

LucasCastro Jason Cohrs Sana Daley Jared Erickson

Jack Faron Charles Galloway

Tobin Mills

Brianna Roberson

Michael Brooks III

Matthew O’Rourk

HannahPark

Leonard Petersen

Lindsay Powley

Skylar Rose

Luc Scott

Nathan Stieren

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William Stover

Ian Chun

Francesco Cico

Mikayla Crone

Emily Foley

Martin Rizov

Franklin Valentin

Carter Herman Sydney Hutcherson

Haley Jones

Courtney Kirkpatrick Calen Kollars

Julian Guthrie

Logan Mann

Aditya Mhaskar Colin Mone

Nicholas Orie

Constance Oswald

Guillermo Piris

CS-40 Warhawks LEADERSHIP Air Officer Commanding Maj Hudson Graham Academy Military Trainer MSgt Jessica Pinner

Athaliah Abriel Abigail Anderson Bradlee Ang

Alexander Hubbert William Jones Alexander Knox Jake Koehnke Sean Konomos Samuel Petrovitch

John Ayres Kelby Bailey

Catherine Cavanaugh Michael Chiasson

Casey Cooper

Jeffrey Ditlevson Jr.

Alyssa Tamburo Alexander Tarbet

Joseph Woodring

Charles Atkinson Jameson Barnard

Thomas Dutton Isadora Germain

Isaac Gwin Frederick Heidt

John Kropp Alicia Kwasny

Abigail Price Ted Reed

Gavin Ross Austin Ruetsche

Malachi Ruf Jacob Szymanski

GRADUATION m PARADE

C2C

ClC Eric Leverenz fires a cannon volley during the National Anthem. -

Photo by Trevor Cokley

ABOVE: Color guard and flag bearers march to their plaqe on the parade field. - Photo by Josh Armstrong

RIGHT: Academy Superintendent Lt Gen Jay Sit the assembled Cadet Wing.' 5 Photo by Da salutes

COMMISSIONING THE OATH

“I, (state your name), having been appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the office upon which am about to enter.

So help me God.”

Second lieutenant epaulets wait to be pinned on a shoulder.

Uncle and retired Col Mark Fassi and mother Maureen Fassi pin second lieutenant bars on Zack Krieger.

CS07 seniors wait their turn to swear (or affirm) the oath.

AWARD

Outstanding Group - Group 3

Outstanding Squadron - Cadet Squadron 7

Military Proficiency - Cadet Squadron 16

Drill and Ceremonies - Cadet Squadron 16

Core Values - Cadet Squadron 10

Academic Achievement - Cadet Squadron 7

Leadership and ScholarshipCadet Squadron 19

Intercollegiate - Cadet Squadron IO

Intramural - Cadet Squadron 7

Athletic Excellence - Cadet Squadron 16

Summer Wing CommanderMadison Froebe

Fall Wing Commander - Matthew Moawad

Spring Wing Commander - Erica Barnett

Group Commander - Michael Bastian

Squadron Commander - Jena Johns

Flight Commander - Alexander Goirigolzarri

Loyalty, Integrity, CourageLucas Van Epps

Honor Chairperson - Stanley Ocheskey

Character - Rachel Kester

Citizenship - Austin McDaniel

Parachuting - Austin McDaniel

Soaring - Vincent Sabin

Powered Flight - Matthew Robbins

Airmanship - Reece Clingenpeel

Remotely Piloted AircraftShanon Teicher

Basic Sciences - Benjamin Jakeman

Engineering - James Brahm

Humanities - Samantha Potter

Social Sciences - Samantha Potter

Male Athlete - Tucker Bone

Female Athlete - Jaci Smith

Athletic AchievementWilliam Christopoulos

Athletic Excellence - Nicholas Ready

Scholar Athlete - Kyle Haak

Military Performance - Jena Johns

Academic Performance - Kyle Leland

Order of Graduation - Trey Arnold

ClC Kyle Haak and a fellow senior pose for a photo after being honored at the graduation awards ceremony. - Photo by Darcie Ibidapo

Spring Wing Commander ClC Erica Barnett leads the Cadet Wing during parade.

- Photo by Arnie Spencer

Fall Wing Commander ClC Matthew Moawad (center) oversees integration of basics into the Cadet Wing at the Acceptance Parade.

Photo by Arnie Spencer

PRE-DIPLOMA

ABOVE: The Class of 2019 halts and waits at attention to be seated. - Photos by Bill Evans

LEFT: CiC Esther Song and the senior class march in at the start of the graduation ceremony.

W ClCs Camer- ^ on Hoover and Lauren Truax salute during arrival of the official party, to include President Donald Trump. - Photo by k Josh Armstrong A

THE PRESIDENT'S

You just like all thosebrand new, beautiful airplanes that were buying. (Laughter.)

Hello, Air Force Academy. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. And what a place. What a place it is. At ease, everybody. (Laughter.)

I’m thrilled to be here with all of you as we celebrate the incredible Class of 2019-

AUDIENCE: Strong!

THE PRESIDENT: And you truly make America proud. You make us all proud. Thank you very much. Great job. Really great job. (Applause.)

And want to thank Secretary Wilson for the introduction and for her two years of service as the first graduate of the Academy to be the very important Secretary of the Air Force at a time when we’ve really expanded out the Air Force and bought equipment like you’ve never seen before. So, congratulations. Thank you very much, Heather. Beautiful job. (Applause.)

And I want to thank three other truly remarkable former cadets: your superintendent, Lt Gen Jay Silvaria. (Applause.) Class of 1985. Jay, thought you were a littlebit younger than that. (Laughter.) Gen David Goldfein, Class of 1983. Thank you, general. (Applause.) Great job. Does a great job; respected by everybody. And NORTHCOM commander, Gen Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Class of 1986. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, General.

We’re also grateful to be joined by Commander of US Strategic Command, Gen John Hyten. General, thank you very much. (Applause.) Spent a lot of time together talking about things. (Laughter.)

And Commander of Air Force Space Command, Gen Jay Raymond. Thank you, general. (Applause.) Space Command.

And to all of the distinguished faculty, coaches, and staff, thank you for forging and refining a new generation of American warriors.

We’re also joined by many distinguished Air Force veterans and Academy graduates. We applaud and salute you all. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here. (Applause.)

And to the thousands of moms and dads and grandparents and family members beaming with joy - and that’s what they’re doing; they are beaming with joy - thank you for raising rock-ribbed American patriots. (Applause.)

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International cadet ClC Edmund Wong Jing Yi proudly displays the Taiwanese colors. - Photo by Bill Evans

ClC Erica Barnett proudly shakes hands with her commander-in-chief. - Photo by Josh Armstrong

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America is stronger thanks to your love and your support for these incredible people these incredible graduates. Cadets, join me in paying tribute to your amazing Air Force families. Go ahead, pay tribute. (Applause.)

That’s beautiful. That’s beautiful. Without them, you wouldn’t be here, and that’s the way it is. (Laughter.) That’s the way it is. (Laughter.)

Most of all, to the nearly 1,000 cadets who have agreed to shake every single hand (applause) they gave me a choice. They said, “Sir, you don’t have to shake any hands.” Some people do that. Those are the smart ones. They’re out of here. (Laughter.) You can shake one hand to the one person, top of the class. You could shake TO, 50, or TOO, and you could also stay for 1,000. And I’m staying for 1,000. Okay? (Applause.)

And I know we’re all going to make it. (Laughter.) There’s no doubt about it, right? There’s no doubt about it.

To the nearly 1,000 cadets who will soon become second lieutenants in the US Air Force: You could have chosen any school, any career you wanted, but you chose a harder path and a higher calling: to protect and defend the United States of America. I know what you’ve been through, and it’s tougher. But you know what? In the end, it’s better. You're going see. You’ll see. (Laughter.) You’ll see.

Today, you take your place as officers in the most powerful Air Force in the history of our country and, frankly and very easily, in the history of the world. (Applause.) America commends the integrity, devotion, and commitment of the Class of 2019- (Applause.)

When you choose the Air Force, you choose the noble road of service and duty and devotion. You choose to break old boundaries, and unlock new frontiers, andlive life on the cutting edge.

The first air combat happened just one century ago. You are the ones who will invent and define the next generation of air warfare. And you are the ones who will secure American victory all the time. Victory. To dominate the future, America must rule the skies. (Applause.)

And that is what your time at this great academy has been all about: preparing you to do whatever it takes to learn, to adapt, and to win, win, win. You’re going to win so much. You’re going to get so tired of winning, but not

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POST-DIPLOMA

ClC Jen-Liz Maldonado picks out a friend from the Class of 2019 after leaving the graduation stage. - Photo by Bill Evans

ClC Madison Tung accepts congratulations from the Honorable Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson.

- Photo by Josh Armstrong

Proud family members wildly cheer as ClC Zack Krieger crosses the stage. - Photo by Brad hhilliman

ClCs Logan Pethtel and Elisa Nelson celebrate with their classmates as the last cadet squadron approaches the stage. - Photo by Darcie Ibidapo

ClC Avery Chatmon is briefly overcome by the moment.

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Cadets swing their arms in unison as they march onto the field at Falcon Stadium. Photo by Trevor Cokley

ClC Mafalda Brancal hugs a family member after the graduation parade. Photo by Darcie Ibidapo

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ABOVE: ClC Nicholas Kundrat accepts a fellow classmates celebratory handshake after receiving his diploma. - Photos by Darcie Ibidapo

RIGHT: ClC Trey Arnold salutes the Class of 2019 under the scrutiny of President Donald Trump.

THE PRESIDENT'S

continued from pg. 318 really. (Laughter and applause.) Not really. We never get tired of winning, do we?

AUDIENCE: No!

THE PRESIDENT:No.

Over the past four years, that’s just what you’ve done. You’ve worked. You’ve preserved persevered. You've excelled. You’ve done so many things that nobody else can do. And, in the end, you’ve come out on top.

It took years of focus and discipline to get here, starting long before “Beast.” Right? Beast. You all know what “Beast” is, right? (Laughter.) Just being admitted to the Academy is a monumental achievement. Only l out of every lO applicants makes the cut. And don’t forget: Out of those lO applicants, there are hundreds that think about it, but they know they don’t even have a chance. So remember that. (Laughter and applause.) It’s true, actually. It’s actually actually true. For those who are accepted, another 20 percent don’t make it to graduation, sadly.

Only the best survive to the very end. And here, under the majestic peaks of the Rockies, you have risen to every challenge, overcome every single obstacle, and proven yourselves worthy of the bars that will soon adorn your uniform. (Applause.)

You survived BCT, made it to Recognition, and earned your Prop and Wings. (Applause.) You soared in gliders, piloted aircraft, and launched satellites that are now orbiting way, way above us, looking down on us. You performed advanced research, developed new technol - techniques. You honed your skills as cyber operators, and jumped out of planes thousands of feet above the Earth. Not easy. (Applause.) For America’s Airmen, the sky is never, ever the limit.

That being said, even the best cadets can sometimes get a little bit carried away. Lieutenant General Silvaria has informed me that a few cadets are still on restriction for pranks and other fairly bad mischief. (Laughter.) You know what I’m talking about, right? And you all know who you are. (Laughter.)

So, keeping with tradition, and as your commander-in-chief, I hereby absolve and pardon all cadets serving restrictions and confinements. (Applause.) And that, you earned. You earned it. So you're all on continued

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328 RECOGNITION

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336 ; FINALS WEEK

338 j 100s NIGHT

340 j RING DINNER

342 j ARNOLD HALL EVENTS

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WARRIOR WEEKENDS

Throughout a typical Academy career, cadets have many different military tasks that allow them to grow and integrate into the Air Force after graduation.

SAMIs, PAIs, Culmination, Recognition, and many other events test our military strength and this year, warrior weekends were added. These four special events introduced cadets to different aspect of military life. Two were briefing-style and two presented outdoor physical challenges.

All four classes had the opportunity to listen and learn from Academy graduates and faculty members for two of the four Warrior Weekends. The first briefing style was a life skills session, where cadets learned about different aspects of military life (marriage, security forces, life as an air officer commanding, etc.). The second briefing informed cadets about the current situation of the United States and its security. These allowed cadets to start to look into their future as Air Force officers and become more informed about the world they will enter upon graduation.

“My favorite part of warrior weekend were the fireside chats that we had to kick it off. We had a B-2 pilot come one weekend to talk about his experience ejecting during an emergency,” C3C Matt Cooper said. “It was so cool to hear a real-life emergency situation, and it makes you really think about what you are going to be getting into once you graduate from the Academy.”

At the second briefing style warrior weekend, cadets had the opportunity to listen to Gen Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command. General Raymond explained how important space capabilities are in order to gather reliable information and target enemy forces without them knowing. Cadets gained command-level insight

Cadet Squadron 35 works together to pull a vehicle down the road in a Warrior Weekend team-building exercise.

Briefings, physica chal enges add new opportunities for cadet development

on how air and space are going to work hand-in-hand in the future with emerging technology.

One of the outdoor challenges included the 40 squadrons competing in Critical Thinking and Reaction Courses. This weekend was focused on developing military training. In order to test these skills, cadets completed an obstacle course, a confidence course and a leadership reaction course. These were used to promote teamwork and warrior ethos within the squadron.

Each squadron worked together on every course to complete a task, whether it be getting everyone across a pit of water, running a relay with a fire hose or completing a puzzle with a group of fellow squadron members.

“This was my favorite warrior weekend, by far,” C2C Daniel Linso said. “We were able to laugh and just have fun, but also be competitive and work towards a common goal.”

The second outdoor challenge included the squadrons using land navigation skills to work their way around a section of woods within the Academy grounds. At each checkpoint, there was a small challenge, which included Tactical Combat Casualty Care skills, fitness competitions or memory challenges. This allowed the squadron to pick their top performers within a certain area, and they were able to excel at a certain aspect of the weekend. If no one in the squadron

was good at a needed skill, it led to some challenges. For example, no one in one of Cadet Squadron 31 ’s groups knew how to do land navigation, so they got lost and ended up having to use a phone GPS to find out where their next point was.

“Warrior weekends definitely helped us learn skills that we will use later in our Air Force careers. You never know when we will be in a combat situation overseas or in a training environment in the operational Air Force that requires us to use the tactics we were taught during these training weekends,” C3C Kiersten Winfrey said. - C3C Elizabeth Shaffer

Cadets team up to compete in the fire hose relay.

RIGHT: Cadets from CS39 assist a squad mate across a water hazard on thethe Obstacle Course in Jacks Valley.

BELOW: C4C James Stefo guts his way through log crunches.

f A B-2 pilot ^ talks at a briefing in the Arnold Hall Theater about the emergency situation he faced during a mission.

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RECOGNITION

Entire Cadet Wing joins forces for freshman training milestone

A typical sunrise in an ordinary clear sky greets cadets as they hustle to morning classes March 7 for what appears to be a normal day. A three-day storm of activity called “Recognition” is coming however and it will leave the Class of 2022 drenched in sweat, exhausted, but also triumphant.

The upper three classes know exactly what the next three days entail for the four degrees. Doolies take to their marble Terazzo strips just like any other Thursday but some striking and obviousdifferences are soon evident. Upperclassmen, usually casual and friendly while roaming the hallways throughout the semesters, now have rolled sleeves, darkened sunglasses, and stern expressions. Little do the Doolies know, it is just the beginning.

Recognition Weekend events are some of the best held secrets from the fourth classmen. C4C Madison

Varnier from Cadet Squadron 40 even rejected advance intel on the weekend explaining, “I didn’t want anyone to tell me so I could be surprised.” From poignant lessons in theme rooms within the squadrons to inspiring workouts on Stillman Field, the Class of 2022 learns on the fly ensuring they remain vigilant and ready to step up to the challenges.

A technical description of Recognition calls it a three-day challenge structured to assess the officership of all four classes with respect to each class’s developmental objectives. Fourth class cadets are challenged in areas such as attitude, competency, effort, and teamwork while the upperclass cadets are assessed on their abilities to execute purposeful and professional training.

Successfully completing Recognition, to most fourth classmen, means finally earning the privilege of wearing civilian clothes again,

but there is more to it as the years pass by. The Class of 2021has the opportunity to see what truly goes into the Recognition production and to lead the underclassmen for their first time through the challenges they themselves are not far removed from. As C3C Danielle Katz from CS34 points out, there is an excitement in “seefingj the other side of arguably one of the most meaningful memories in my cadet career.”

Juniors and seniors, who have seen two or more Recognitions, know this three-day challenge to be a test of their development and leadership in times of exhaustion, chaos, and uncertainty.

So as the sun sets westward beyond Eagle Peak on the evening of March 9, Recognition festivities and ceremonies come to a close. The Class of 2022 now has another Academy memory to add to their collection. This time, however, it is one that carries on a significant tradition: donning the silver or gold Prop and Wings like Long Blue Line of cadets and graduates who have come before them. - C2C Kinlee Rix

C4CS John Nitz and Bailey Keith exchange a quick hand slap to encourage each other during Recognition training.

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ABOVE: C4C Henry Pyzdrowski proudly stands at attention while C2C Brett Martin pins on the coveted prop and wings.

RIGHT: A king-sized tire is butanother challenge to overcome for C4C Ethan Haley who is determined to be Recognized.

COMMANDANT'S CHALLENGE ..

RPAs crank up for wing annua

Commandant’s Challenge has tested Academy cadets annually for more than a decade now. Within each of the 40 squadrons, all four classes work together to complete a series of tasks using military skills and knowledge in areas like intelligence, security and air support.

This year’s Challenge incorporated a new wrinkle with the use of remotelypiloted aircraft. Teams of cadets had to navigate through the Academy’s wilderness training area while trying to avoid detection by the RPA team.

“We [provided] a challenging atmosphere of simulated aerial surveillance using both Electro-Optical (color camera),

difficulty level training event

and infrared capabilities of the RQ-20 ‘Puma’,” C2C Garrett Gwozdz, a member of the RPA squadron, said. “If an evading flight was spotted on the Electro-Optical camera for more than five seconds, then it counted as a ‘kill.” This was extremely successful and provided cadets with a unique experience of aerial surveillance. It also allowed cadets to see what RPAs are about.”

If a cadet was spotted by the drone, their squadron lost points, which correlated to a larger point system to decide who won Commandant’s Challenge. While a good idea in practice, there were many things that were not necessarily smooth throughout the process.

Several squadrons struggled with remaining hidden from the eyes in the sky during the forest trek.

“You don’t realize how effective air power and technology are until you see it in action,” C3C Karl Boerwinkle said.

RPA capabilities are continuously evolving with the expansion of technology. This Commandant’s Challenge allowed the cadets to see how the equipment operates and just how effective they can be in a surveillance role.

People, Mission and Pride were the priorities presented to the Cadet Wing this year by Commandant of Cadets Brig Gen Kristen Goodwin. Her Challenge reinforced this mindset by developing teamwork and a warrior ethos via training and competition.

- CSC Elizabeth Shaffer

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BCT

Cadet training sets foundation for successful military careers

Every summer, a new group of about 1,200 bright young faces arrive at the Air Force Academy for basic cadet training. They get yelled at, do a lot of physical training, wear clothes that look the same all as part of the process which molds them into Air Force officer material.

Whether these basic cadets come straight from high school, the enlisted force, or a prep school, what they face on In-Processing Day up on the hill and everything that ensues for the next six weeks is a shock to them all.

BCT united the Class of 2022 as a unit under their red class color hats, the next generation of proud RedTagged B@#%&*!~s. C4C Muyot Muyot is a prior [enlisted Airman] who attended the Academy’s Preparatory School. She’s been through her fair share of basic trainings now with such experiences. Booking back on what she went through before starting her doolie year, she recalls fond memories of teamwork and comradery.

“Everyone was encouraging all the time even though in their heads they were all thinking 'this stuff sucks,’ but they weren’t gonna say that out loud when their teammates were counting on them,” Cadet Muyot said. “That was the difference between this place and Fackland [AFB, TX],” where she went through enlisted basic training.

Muyot loved how her squad mates in Eagle 8 never left anyone behind and said that one time, her friend literally picked her up and carried her after suffering from an injury. Now that’s a wingman.

Cadre in charge of turning clueless basics into functioning cadets noticed the bonds 22ers were forming throughout the experience. Cadet Squadron 8’s C1C Megan Langas, a flight commander during BCT, said her favorite part of her job was “watching [the basics] get to know each other” and grow as a class.

“I love my friends from my freshman squad to death, and it was awesome to see those friendships forming among [the basics],” Cadet Langas said feeling nostalgia from her own freshman year.

These feelings of family are not unique to these two ladies, but shared across the Cadet Wing as class after class comes in to meet strangers, go through hell with them, and form bonds that will last a lifetime. It’s unlikely many would want to crawl through the assault course mud pits, suffer through Jacks’ hack, hold front leaning “rest” for so long shoulders wanted to cry, or eat another meal at attention ever again. Most would agree though, basic training made for priceless memories no cadet at the Air Force Academy will soon forget.

- C4C Staci Davis

C2C Lauren Benedict waits for the bus to depart Clune Arena so she can greet the Class of 2022. - Photo by C3C

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Christopher Hecht grips his rifle as he crawls under barbed wire on the Assault Course.

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ABOVE: Basic Cadet Micah Larkin emerges from tear gas training gasping for fresh air a bit startled, but otherwise unharmed. Photo by 2nd Lt Ryan Manning

LEFT: Basic Cadet Sean Bidwell eyes the long drop from atop a log ladder obstacle on the Confidence Course in Jacks Valley.

- Photo by ClC Liam Caplan

SQUADRON

The Outstanding Cadet Squadron for 2018-2019, CS07, began the year focused on building comradery and implementing teamwork.

Rising to #1 after finishing 37th last year was a byproduct of the chain of successes that grew from this approach, according to the Shadows.

It was certainly evident in intramurals, one of three areas where CS07 was best in the Cadet Wing. In particular, the addition of cross country as a spring intramural, something initially unpopular, was an opportunity and challenge accepted by the Shadows who tackled the sport head-on. Thanks to the speed and perseverance of C3C Cody Sparrow, C2C John-Mark Connolly, C1C Jacob Ehrenstrom and C1C Libby Read, the squadron had no problem leaving the rest of the competition behind in order to claim the championship race.

“We had a group of people that were dedicated to helping each other succeed as well as ensuring their own personal success,” spring Squadron Commander C1C Libby Read said.

This blueprint brought additional acclaim as the top Academic and Athletic squadron as well and the Shadows made a habit of showing up elsewhere in the Wing.

C1C Venessannah Itugbu left her heart and talent on the court as team captain of the Academy women’s basketball team, and hockey athletes C1C Billy Christopoulos and C1C Evan Giesler always kept the fans on their feet during intense matches. Men’s track and field team saw C2C Bailey Ishler reach new heights and distances in the javelin throw.

Acts of selflessness were on display when C3C Alec Watson and his father aided a distraught driver who crashed into a guardrail

on the road leading to Pikes Peak International Railway. “When we pulled up to the scene the car was dead in the middle of the road,” Cadet Watson said. However, he had no hesitation in turning his car around and tending to the driver until paramedics showed up.

The Shadows send off newlychristened second lieutenants into the Big Blue and lose their threedegrees to the Academy’s squadron swap, but those who remain can look forward to what the new batch of two-degrees and four-degrees have to offer. Maj Dominique Haig, TSgt Kevin Czarnecki and TSgt Lily Pak continue to provide permanent party leadership into the next year as well. To build on this year’s success, C2C Kyle Cox claims the Shadows simply have to “keep focusing on each other and becoming closer as a unit,” much like they already do. - C2C Angelina Robledo

CS07 Freshmen work together to push through Recognition training. - Courtesy photo

LEFT: Fall Squadron Commander CiC Zachary Arns accepts the award for excellence in intramural sports on behalf of CS07. - Photos by Darcie Ibidapo

BELOW: Dean of the Faculty Brig Gen Andrew Armacost affixes a banner proclaiming CS07 is best in academies for 2018-2019 as squadron leaders and guide-on proudly stand by.

f Cadets \ from Squadron 7 salute on the graduation stage, a privilege gained as the Cadet Wing’s top squadron.

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W ClCs Peyton ^ Cooper, Zach Krieger, Anthony Cabri and Lt Col Chris High celebrate the end ofthe finals by jumping into the fountain.

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ClCs Esther Kim and liana Nakamoto embrace in celebration as another chapter in their cadet lives comes to a close.

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A cadet uses a white board in the McDermott Library to prepare for one of his final exams. - Photo by Arnie Spencer

FINALS

Students celebrate completion of exams

The most dreaded time of the academic year is Spring finals week. A crucial time in every cadet’s life that will decide whether or not they will have to retake Calc 2 next semester, or even worse, if they will face the infamous late grad.

Everyone has their own ways of coping with the stressors and challenges finals bring into their lives. Some choose to fill their bloodstreams with Red Bull U and Monster to get them through thelate nights spent studying. Some capitalize on nap time since they have no classes to attend. But in the end, once the last answer sheet bubble is filled and the last paper is turned in, everyone shares in the same feeling of bliss as they can finally see summer starting to shine through their windows.

Firsties have the most to celebrate out of all the classes. This is the last set of final exams they will take in their Academy careers, so they rejoice by jumping in the fountains on the terrazzo, a well-earned experience they’ve worked four looooong years for. For many seniors, this means digging through their drawers to retrieve their class-colored hats, breaking out their best floaties and donut-shaped water rafts, grabbing their best friends who havebeen by their side since the beginning (and some underclassmen to document the occasion with their cameras), and diving right into the crystal blue waters for everyone to see.

“Jumping was such a relief. I was like, wow, I’m actually done!” C1C Q Eugene “El Eug” Coleman said. The buildup from seeing three previous classes leap into the fountain makes it special he explained. “It’s a tradition you’ve been watching as you grow over the years. Seeing it is one thing but doing it is another.”

Freshmen have three more years before officially graduating and joining the Long Blue Line. However, completing finals earns them an all-to-brief 96-hour

WEEK

break when they can relax. For C4C Ryan Chen, that meant unwinding and playing “hours and hours of Red Dead Redemption” with some classmates...with Doolie year finally over, there was finally time to play video games without feeling guilty about procrastinating on homework.

The three-day pass extends to sophomores and juniors as well who are quite ready to sit back, relax, and wait to see how much professors curve their students’ final grades, and be thankful that the next graded review season is still many months away.

- C4C Staci Davis

C3C Connor Loftus carries a bundle of books back to the McDermott Library. - Photo by Arnie Spencer

It’s safety first for ClC Monica Mammah who inflates her floaties before jumping in the water. Photo by Arnie Spencer

ClCs Anthony Cabri and Zach Krieger don’t appear unnerved by the spider infestation in their room caused by CS08 freshmen celebrating lOOs Weekend.

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V Freshman ^ hang streamers and foil in a firstie room to welcome them after a weekend spent marking lOO days until graduation. - Photo k by Jim Rush i

IOOsINJIGHT

With seniors away, freshmen play to celebrate nearing of grad day

Every year, the four degrees anticipate the one time before Recognition when they have a relaxed set of rules. That time is 100s Weekend. Immediately after 100s Night on Friday, seniors are off to celebrate the last 100 days before they graduate. Similar to leaving milk and cookies out on Christmas, they place $20.19 and snacks on their valets for freshmen within their squadrons. Each room will be decorated by the freshmen and the money not only serves a “bribe”of sorts but also helps defer the costs of decorating the rooms.

“As it began on Friday after the retreat, everybody just started screaming and running around,” C4C Brock Miles said, “After retreat, they played the purge siren. We all waited on the strips and then everybody flooded onto the tzo. It was pretty cool.”

The following day, freshmen used whatever resources they could find to start the process of creating uniquely decorated rooms for the soon-to-bedeparting seniors. Most had to borrow cars from upperclassmen and pool their efforts to get everything they need to

“On Saturday a lot of us went off base and got sand for the room we were decorating,” Cadet Miles said. “The room was a beach theme for the firstie so we got sand, palm tree cutouts, flamingoes, and beach house

stuff. Getting the sand up was pretty tough so we had to get one of the roller dollies for our trunks, put it all on there to bring up.”

Once the Firsties return, the doolies stand in wait by their door to proudly present the fruits of their labor.

“I ended up going to Fas Vegas and went with a few buddies of mine. We flew out Friday night, stayed all weekend and came back on Monday morning. It was a fantastic time,” C1C Spencer Thompson said. “My room was locked when I got back and I did not have the key because I gave it to one of the freshman that wasn't there at the moment.”

By the time the freshman had returned with the senior’s key there was a huge crowd of doolies around the hallway outside the room smiling and giggling.

“I opened the door, I realized the freshmen had created some sort of closet they had constructed out of plywood and drywall,” Cadet Thompson said. “I was really confused and I had to take everything out of this ‘fake room’ and had to bust through the wall which created a huge mess. When I got in my room it was decorated with a bunch of clouds on the ceiling, airplanes hanging down, different aviation related stuff; they had thrown congratulations or flags everywhere. It was just really cool. They put a lot of effort and a lot of thought into it and a really nice room to come back to.”

Hundred’s Weekend is a milestone that will remain one of the most beloved traditions of doolies and firsties alike, forging a bond between the class almost recognized and the class almost graduated; and giving both a chance to create memories that will stay with them forever.

- C1C Leo Tanja

C4C Eric Walter hangs rulers from the ceiling in a CSl5 firstie’s room. Photo by Brad Milliman create a proper send off.

Firsties from CSl9 raise their glasses in a toast during the lOOs Night dinner in Mitchell Hall.

- Photo by Trevor Cokley

RING DINNER Traditional symbols

indicate Long Blue Line membership, trigger meaningful memories for 2020

Ring Dance is a long-standing tradition and a (seemingly as long to arrive) celebration. May 24, the Class of 2020 received our class rings. We looked upon those rings for the first time that evening and saw our pasts. Some of us recalled memories from anywhere between five weeks to 100 days of a variation of three basic trainings. Some of us associated it with the hardships, defeats, and victories of our three years here. Some saw six semesters of hard work and sleepless nights while others saw three years of blood, sweat, and tears on the fields or courts of intercollegiate athletics. Yet to some, those rings signify the opportunities they were so close to losing at one point.

But even though we all will gaze upon those shiny rings and

see our memories and experiences that are inevitably woven into their meanings, we all will cherish them as our one unifying factor as hopeful graduates of our Academy. We shared this experience with the 62 classes before us, with our parents and mentors, and with our closest friends and classmates. A lot of effort and pride went into earning our rings, but a whole lot more dedication and passion will be required after we depart as lieutenants. As we throw our parade caps in the air on that momentous day, may we all remember what it took to get us to that point and may we all wear our class rings with high-held heads and a desire to represent our Academy with the rest of the “Long Blue Line.” - C2C Kinlee Rix

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W Lewis and her date C3C Josh Stoner admire the ju nior's new class ring at I presentation dinner, k - Photos by Arnie Spencer

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The Class of 2020 expected Gen David Goldfein to approach the podium as our guest speaker, but little did we expect Mrs Dawn Goldfein to approach it first. She began with a story about Cadet Goldfein's and her ring dance experience. She so proudly stated that her future

husband did not purchase a class ring because he was more interested and invested in buying an engagement ring. Then, with even more pride, she shared that he would finally receive his class ring when the Class of 2020 received ours. It is a distinct honor to receive our class rings the same night

that our Chief of Staff of the Air Force received his. It is even more humbling that he will commission our class next May and retire shortly thereafter, expressing to us that our graduation will be one of his last contributions to the Air \ Force as the Chief of y Staff.

RIGHT: C2C John Guisinger and his date practice dance moves on the terazzo before the ring dinner in Mitchell Hall.

- Photo by Josh Armstrong

BELOW: C2C Jestyn Roberts and C3C Chloe Camello take the obligatory selfie before heading in to eat dinner. - Photo by Arnie Spencer

A-HALL EVENTS

A-Hall offers entertainment outlet that fits Academy cadets' budgets

Could it really be possible for a single space to function as a casino, street fair, performance center, winter wonderland, and spooky haunted house? Arnold Hall says yes. Along with the help of cadet-run club Cadet Entertainment, the ballroom, patio area, and auditorium are transformed about once a month to give the cadets a night to unwind and forget about the struggles of cadet life.

“They are kind of an escape from the Academy life, especially as a doolie. It allows you to live a little and forget about doolie stuff,” C4C Preston Albury said.

Arnold Hall events provide interesting experiences, such as the escape room and magician that came for Halloween or cookie decorating and stuffed animal making that happened around Christmastime. Mardi Gras even payed USAFA a visit when Cadet Entertainment hosted a casino night, a favorite for gamblers like Cadet Albury. “Even though it’sfake money, you get to win real prizes which was cool,” he said remembering a fun-filled night of gambling with his buddies.

A new member of Cadet Entertainment, C4C Victor Ryne Rae, was inspired to join the club with hopes of “growing the musical culture at the Academy.” He brought his vision to life by hosting the first Open Mic Night towards the end of the school year, a tradition that will continue on in years to come. Giving cadets the chance to “express themselves musically and enjoy the company of other music lovers” is important to Cadet Rae along with all

ClC Jennifer Chan poses for a ghoulish photo at the Halloween celebration in Arnold Hall.

the other music lovers who have been living in the shadows until this A-Hall event gave them the opportunity to shine.

The musical culture isn’t the only one that makes an appearance in A-Hall though. The foreign language department and Pacific Rim Club both hosted multicultural food nights where they blessed the Academy with delectable food from across the world while showing pride in their roots.

Once a year, the main auditorium holds a concert for a popular artist and this year, A-Hall was honored to host Andy Grammar. The list of events goes on and on and even includes bringing in therapy dogs and food trucks right before finals start, but overall, cadets are really just grateful for any sort of activity the world brings to them when they are isolated up in the mountains. It is especially great for the three and four degrees who are looking to have some fun without having to pester a two degree or Firstie for their car. - C4C

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DENIMDAY

Cadets swap ABUs for jeans to stand against sexual assault

Twenty years ago, in Italy, a 45-yearold driving instructor was convicted of forcibly raping his 18-year-old student. He was sentenced to jail. However, upon appeal, the chief justice overturned his conviction arguing that “because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape but consensual sex.” The next day, in an act of solidarity with the victim, the women in the Italian Parliament wore jeans to work. Since then. Denim Day has spread and become an international day of awareness.

The Air Force Academy observed its first Denim Day April 24 to visibly show a symbol of USAFA’s stance against sexual assault and as a show of support for all survivors of this crime. The action coincided with Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Month.

Faculty and cadets alike volunteered to wear blue jeans along with a black t-shirt with the phrase “Stand Up USAFA” written in teal. The message was selected to showcase the Academy’s unwillingness to sit around and let this

issue go unchecked in a time when it needs to be fought against to the fullest extent. Thus, the image of several hundred cadets forming a teal rope on the terrazzo with an aerial demonstration by the Wings of Blue Parachute Teamhad a profound impact on all those who were in attendance.

“It is such an important issue that to see USAFA embrace and participate in Denim Day made me proud to be a part of this institution,” C3C Brian Waschak said.

In addition to the physical show of support. Denim Day served as a day of education and a way to start a dialogue across the Cadet Wing about sexual assault impact and on its prevention. Faculty was encouraged to take the first five minutes of

Academy Superintendent Lt Gen Jay Silveria sports jeans during a tandem jump to the terazzo during noon meal formation on Denim Day. - Photo by Trevor Cokley

i“Denim Day represents unity and serves as a visual representation of support for survivors of assault,” C3Class Kiana Brantley said. “It is a day in which hundreds of people get together and wear jeans to say that victim blaming is unacceptable and will no longer be tolerated among us.”

Cadets did infact stand up on April 24; stood up and made the declaration that they will not sit on the sidelines any longer, they have a voice and they will use it to speak out against victim blaming and sexualassault. - C2C Meaghan Raab

Cadets unite to make a stand against sexual assault forming a giant teal ribbon on the terazzo during noon meal formation for Denim Day April 24-

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class time to let cadets discuss the purpose of the day and why it has importance to them.

Cadets were authorized to replce their uniforms with jeans and Denim Day-themed shirt. - Courtesy photo

The limited supply of Denim Day t-shirts was quickly exhausted, however the Cadet Wing stands together in support in Mitchell Hall. - Photo by Trevor Cokley

Dean of the Faculty Brig Gen Andrew Armacost stands with Wings of Blue narrator C2C Luke Nimmo to show leadership support for the Denim Day theme.

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Cadets team up to provide a unified front, er back, against sexual assault.

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DAY CADET Q A

Special kids take an up close look at Academy cadet life

Eight-year old Ryleigh Messmer joined the Cadet Wing Cadet Squadron 40 Oct 26-27 to briefly live the life of Air Force Academy cadets as part of the Cadet 4 A Day program. Ryleigh marched the Cadet Wing to lunch on the terrazzo, flew among the clouds down at the airfield, and to led the football team into Falcon Stadium.

C2C Jack Dargle and C2C Zack Bailey of Cadet Squadron 40 worked with C1C Jordan Peterson, C1C Jake Volin, C2C Julia Pack, and C2C Bobby Sood on the Cadet for a Day team to coordinate with the Make-AWish Foundation to make one of Ryleigh’s dreams come true. Ryleigh, supported by her parents and brother Cole, are bravely battling cystic fibrosis.

“Ryleigh’s and Cole’s happiness never faded throughout the day. You could see the pure joy that emanated from their smiles in every activity that was planned -"'Xfor them,” C2C Kinlee Rix / of CS40 said. The cadet

drew inspiration from her young squadmate. “She was so lively and so happy. She was the most joyous kid I’ve even seen. It showed me that no matter how big or small your problems are, you’ve got to keep living your life. I wish every squadron could go through [Cadet 4 A Day].”

The Cadet for a Day team first treated Ryleigh to a royalty dinner at Red Robin to start the weekend off right, presenting her with a flight suit and an appropriately pink skirt to match it. The little princess’s Friday took off with a flight over the Academy’s 17 spires. Then, a bright red chariot full of firefighters picked her up and brought her up to the Hill. Princess Ryleigh was then taken for thrill ride in the security forces ATV, following a demonstration by the K-9 Unit.

For noon meal formation, the cadets of Squadron 40 donned their own princess attire and followed their fearless leader to Mitchell Hall. The October

afternoon was full of pumpkin carving contests and jump castle parties for Ryleigh and her family. The majestic day wrapped up with Ryleigh’s brother Cole receiving some Air Force sports gear for the game the next day.

After parading around the Cadet Wing’s tailgate with the cheer squad, Ryleigh lead the charge through the fog in the raving tunnel onto the football field. Air Force lost the football game that day to Boise State, 38-48, but the smile on Ryleigh’s face as she stood on the field was a memorable highlight for all who saw it.

“It was awesome seeing that something my squad did for a day probably changed Ryleigh for a lifetime,” said C4C Madison Varnier, who presented a painting of the island princess Muana in a flight suit to Ryleigh earlier in the weekend.

Most years four squadrons host a Cadet 4 A Day, two per semester. The whole Cadet Wing comes together however to accomplish these missions, and it made sure Ryleigh’s visit was “friendly and good, good.” - C2C Zack Bailey

Ryleigh Messmer settles in to the cockpit of a TG-16 glider at the Academy Airfield. - Photo by Trevor Cokley

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Jaci Smith, men's team qualify for NCAA meet

Cross country ended its season with solo honors for a woman and team accomplishment for the men Nov. 11 on a cold, snow-covered Thomas Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, WI.

Senior Jaci Smith capped a stellar year becoming just thesecond Air Force female to ever earn AllAmerica honors at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. The men also wrapped up their season claiming a 20th-place finish in the team standings.

With a 6K time of 20:27.7, Smith finished 27th out of 255 runners - posting the second-highest finish ever by a member of the Air Force women’s team at the Division I championships. Smith is the first female Falcon to make three appearances at the national meet. She is also just thesecond female All-American at that level and 13th overall All-American in the program’s combined Division I history.

“For the last four years, Air Force cross country has been the most fun and rewarding part of my life,” Smith said after the race. “My goal today was to leave it all on the course, running for the teammates, coaches, family and supporters who have made it such an amazing ride. I am so proud of what the guys and gals of Air Force cross country have accomplished this season, and of the challenges we have overcome. So to finish with a bang was not only the fulfillment of a personal goal, but also a tribute to the people who have been running by my side throughout the journey.”

On the men’s side, Mickey Davey and Nathan Thomas captured top-75 finishes to pace the Falcons to a 20th-place finish in the team standings - a

team placement that equaled the program's secondhighest team finish in the last 14 years. Trevor Siniscalchi (128th), Alec Schrank (164th) and Scott Johnson (179th) rounded out the Falcons’ scoring lineup.

Smith and Davey captured team most valuable players honors when the program handed out its annual end-of-the-season awards Dec. 3.

Sinischali and Thomas earned Most improved and AFXC Character awards respectively. Senior Eric McMillan was Newcomer of the Year.

“Joining the team as a firstie was a bit of a unique experience. The only challenge that I had to overcome was convincing the rest of the guys, the ones who didn’t know me very well, that I belonged...which you can’t do with words,” McMillan said. “You have to do that with your workethic.”

On the women’s side, sophomore Maria Mettler was Most Improved, while freshman Jenna Kill was Newcomer of the Year and junior Swathi Samuel earned the AFXC Character Award. End of season award apart, with the women’s team falling short of qualifying for NCAAs, Samuel feels like the ladies have some unfinished business and that’s motivating them for next year.

“Falling short of the team’s goals after running anywhere from 60 -lOOmi a week for at least 48/52 weeks in the year, pouring hours into workouts, weekly long runs, recovery and rehabilitation, and doing all the ‘right’ things...it really hurts,” she said. “It’s not every day you find people who enjoy that grind as much as you do, whose victories and losses are yours too. They help you enjoy every part of the process (even the ugly ones), and are the reason to come back next year tostart knocking at the door to nationals again.” - Athletic Media Relations

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FOOTBALL

-alcons top Navy, fall eaving CINC trophy short versus Army with Black Knights

Pummeling Navy 35-7 at Falcon Stadium Oct.6 was a ray of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy season for Air Force football.

“I expected a really intense environment because of the known rivalry between us and Navy, and how much cadets really get into these weeks,” Falcons quarterback Donald Hammond said. “I was a little nervous because it was my first collegiate start, but once I got settled in, I realized it is the same sport I have been playing my entire life and I relaxed and played my game.”

The visitors scored first, but Air Force responded with 35 unanswered points for the largest margin of victory over the midshipmen since a 48-7 win in 2002. The Falcons amassed 399 yards of total offense in Hammond’s first start as the Air Force signal caller.The sophomore totaled 142 yards rushing, 60 more passing and four touchdowns. Leading the defense was senior linebacker Brody Bagnall with a team-best 13 tackles, one for loss.

“The stadium was packed and loud, and the team was hyped up, so I was ready to go,” sophomore defensive lineman Jordan Jacksonsaid.

“I remember like the first few plays came right to me and I made the tackles and jumped up and looked right at our student section and did my celebration and they were going crazy.”

The win meant Air Force was halfway to

another Commander-in-Chief Trophy when it travelled to Army Nov. 3. Unfortunately, the Falcons final drive stalled around the 50-yard line and the Black Knights prevailed 17-14.

Air Force opened the season versus an overmatched Stony Brook for 38-0 win in Falcon Stadium. Navy was next to fall and then Air Force’s only road win came at Las Vegas against the Runnin’ Rebels. Two more conference wins against Colorado State and New Mexico were earned at home.

Air Force senior offensive lineman Griffin Landrum and Jackson were each named to the second-team all-Mountain West football team. Junior defensive back Jeremy Fejedelem was an honorable mention selection.

“It is an honor honestly, but also shows that there is room for improvement,” Jackson said. “Getting second team is easily the biggest achievement of my college football career so far. It always feels good to know that the things you are doing are not going unnoticed, but it was something that I would not hadbeen able to do without my great coaches and teammates.

Air Force junior defensive back Garrett Kauppila was been named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-American first team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. - Athletic Media Relations

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MEN'S SOCCER

Men’s soccer brought home a lot of Western Athletic Conference hardware this season: offensive and defensive players of the year, 10 all-conference awards and the regular season championship. The team’s 17 wins set a single-season program record and senior midfielder Tucker Bone was selected 20th overall by the Seattle Sounders FC, on the first day of the 2019 Major League Soccer draft. The WAC crown was awarded following a Senior Day game cancelled due to field conditions. Ranked 12th at the time, Air Force honored nine players and two managers: Jack Cannata, Luis Martinez, Klint Parker, Tucker Bone, Austin Guererro, Danny Han, Austin Dewing, James Sims, David Louthan, Zane Moxley and PierceKassmeier. The Class of 2019 is the most-winning class in program history, tallying 50 victories through their four-year term. The Falcons are a perfect 9-0 at home this season. Air Force is 20-1 when playing at home in thelast two seasons and have had three-straight 14+ win seasons; a feat accomplished only by No. 1 Wake

Forest and the Falcons.

“The team was led by a strong group of 11 seniors who gave everything they possibly could to help this team win,” Parker said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better group of guys to be around and share the game I love with. This was a very special, talented and goodlooking group of men that I am lucky to call my best friends...HCMB!”

WAC coaches named Bone and Falcon teammate Andrea Seazzu Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year respectively.

Bone was second in the WAC with eight goals and 18 points in conference play. Overall, he was also second in points with 30 and third in goals scored with 12. His five game winning goals this season are the WAC best. His 24 career goals are tied for seventh in WAC men’s soccer history and his 22 career assists rank four in the WAC record book.

Seazzu, a junior goalkeeper, led the WAC with a 0.73 goals against average in conference play and a 0.68 goals against average overall. He was secondthe league in least goals

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season ever allowed in WAC play with seven and was tops overall with just 12. The cadet finished the regular season with five shutouts, also combining on two others.

Bone andSeazzu were joined by teammate and co-team captain Austin Dewing as first-team all-conference selections. Senior defender David Louthan was added to the allconference second-team, while teammates Danny Han, Luis Martinez, Zane Moxley, Joe Ortiz, Klint Parker and James Sims received honorable mention nods. Freshman forward JT D’Emidio was selected to represent the Falcons on the AllFreshman team. The 10 conference honorees mark a program-high for Air Force.

Bone is the ninth Falcon in program history to be drafted into the MLS. He started 67 of 81 appearances over his four-year career at the Academy, recording 25 goals and 22 assists. He is a three-time First Team AllWAC selection and a two-time United Soccer Coaches First Team AllAmerican. - Athletic Media Relations

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PLAYOFFS shot downs tournament

An 2-1 win over ninth-ranked University of Denver in the second round of the NCAA national tournament, Nov. 18, in Denver, CO, highlighted the best season ever for men’s soccer.

In the 29th minute, a Denver defenseman fouled a Falcon in the box yielding Air Force a penalty kick opportunity. Team captain and Colorado Springs native Austin Dewing took the line and finished with a rocket into the right center for his 12th goal of the season and a 2-0 lead.

“I wanted that shot,” Dewing said. “I know any one of our guys could have [taken] the shot and got it done, but I knew inside, that if I got the chance to take it, it’s going in.”

A defensive miscue between the Pioneers’ keeper and defender yielded a wide-open goal to Klint Parker in full stride, punching the ball in from a yard out for the opening goal in the 13th minute.

The goal marked Parker’s eighth of the season.

Just over a minute into the second half Denver battled back into the match with their first goal. The remainder of second half turned into a Wild West shootout as both teams relentlessly fired shots on frame, but it was Air Force’s defense that came out on top as they held the high-powered Pioneer offense off for the remainder of the match.

Parker led the Falcons’ offense with three shots and a goal. Andrea Seazzu recorded three saves in the victory which left him holding the single-season win record with 17.

“It is a great accomplishment that this group of guys achieved that was build on hard work and a genuine love of the game,” Seazzu said. “It has been my honor to be a part of a team that did things right and because of that was something special.”

The Falcons hosted the University of Central Arkansas in the first round of the national tournament, Nov. 15, at Cadet Soccer Stadium, winning 4-0. The team’s record-breaking season ended on the road against No.2-seed Indiana, with a two-nil loss in the round of 16, Nov. 25.

“I'm happy for our seniors,” Head Coach Doug Hill said. “Watching this team grow and become a force in the college soccer has been a great privilege and opportunity and I'm proud of everything they have accomplished.

“These guys didn’t only build a great program, they are quality individuals off the pitch and I really enjoyed coaching them. I’ll be remembering this season for a long time. We're going to have to rebuild, but for now, we want to enjoy this moment and celebrate the great season and how far we’ve come.” - Athletic Media Relations

WOMEN'S SOCCER

The rivalry between Air Force and Army did not exist inwomen’s soccer prior to 2017. Some claim Army wouldn’t come out and play the Falcons, but the truth isn’t really known. Two scoreless overtimes and a 0-0 finish this year though while trying to avenge a 0-1 home loss the previous season and a rivalry is born.

This year the game was held West Point, NY.

“Weall wanted to win and get revenge for last year’s result at home,” senior goaltender Jennifer Hiddink said. “I visualized myself making big saves, and I knew the team would go out on the field and battle for 90 minutes...which actually turned into 110 minutes due to overtime.”

The game began on a crisp fall night. Both teams came out with a lot of energy and excitement to battle against each other for 90 minutes. Shot after shot, save after save, the end of regulation ended with a 0-0 tie.

“The rivalry I felt was huge. I wanted to win in front of their fans and do my absolute best,” Hiddink said. “The fans, especially the Army cadets behind my goal were respectfully ruthless with their comments and chants for the entire game.”

Unfortunately, the game had a different plan. After double overtime, the game ended scoreless and with a feeling that things were not settled between two fierce opponents.

“There were a lot of nerves and excitement and while the result was not what any of us wanted, it was an incredible experience to

be at West Point playing one of the only other soccer teams that can relate to our day-to-day lives,” senior forward Taylor Cobb said. “It was inevitable that emotions ran high during the game...but I was pleasantly surprised that while everyone left everything they had on the field, both teams still held themselves to high standards as far as respect and sportsmanship.”

With the game finished, both teams took half field for the playing of the third verse and Army’s alma mater and the emotions that fueled competition changed.

“After the game, we realized that in a few short months, especially for myself and the other seniors, we could be working alongside these women and that was truly humbling,” Hiddink said. “At that point is was more than a game. We would have loved to have won, but at that moment the future was bigger than soccer.”

The game began a string of games that were long on effort but short on scoring for Air Force. Contests against Houston (2-2), Gonzaga (0-0) and Fresno State (11) all resulted in ties after double overtime. Air Force finished the season 2-9-6 with wins over Creighton (3-0) and Utah State (1-0) and ties against UNLV (0-0) and Wyoming (1-1).

Senior goalkeeper Jennifer Hiddink and freshman defender Keelyn Osoba earned AllMountain West Conference awards. Hiddink was allconference second team and Osoba was selected for the newcomer team. -C2C Kasey Stavig

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VOLLEYBALL

Landmark season includes two wins vs Power 5 teams Maryland, Wake Forest

Air Force volleyball broke new ground with its first-ever victory over a Big 10 team capturing a thrilling 3-2 victory over Maryland Aug. 25 at the Spartan-Demon Deacon Classic in Winston-Salem, NC. The Falcons defeated the Terrapins 21-25, 2522,25-21,24-26, 15-12.

Elizabeth Pennington put down the opening point of the deciding set, while four attacking errors by the Terps and a pair of kills by Denize Ssozi had the Falcons leading 8-5 when the squads switched sides. Maryland pulled within one (9-8) and the teams traded the next several points, with Pennington and Ssozi each recording a pair ofkills for Air Force. Air Force forced Maryland into an attacking error (14-11) and Abigail Miksch put down the final kill to secure the 15-12 victory for the Falcons.

“I will forever miss the feeling of the start of that final point of the match when you are confident in your team’s ability to finish it,” senior Sarah Heilman said of that matchpoint. “[That] moment was an unbeatable feeling. Having my teammates rush the court, coming together with tears in our eyes after such a big win, will forever be etched into my brain as one of the most amazing moments of my life.”

Ssozi (17), Miksch (16) and Pennington (15)

combined for 48 of the team’s 63 kills, while Miranda Ahlers added three service aces and a career-best 32 assists. Defensively, Alex King registered 21 digs and Ssozi earned a doubledouble with 12 more. Lauren Heldt and Kathleen Medill paced the team with three blocks (one solo, two assisted for Medill; three assisted for Heldt).

The team tallied 19 match wins, tied with the 1999 squad for most in a single season since moving to Division I. In addition to topping Maryland, Air Force enjoyed another win over a Power 5 conference opponent beating Wake Forest 21-35, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20. Home (11-6) was definitely where the heart was, but the Falcons were 3-0 at neutral sites also. Conference opponents San Diego State, Las Vegas, Nevada, Boise State and Utah State all went home from Colorado Springs with a stinging loss. It all makes a nice springboard for returning players looking to take another step forward next season.

“As a team, we put an emphasis on training on and off the court to better our play. It was awesome to see our hard work pay off in the end,” Ssozi said. “Our team culture is amazing and we’re all working hard in the weight room and during practice to prepare for the next season. Expect big things!”

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Cadet water polo players focused intensely on developing as a team this season with the ultimate goal of reaching the WWPA championship game. Outside of pool they bonded during activities like paintball and a visit to Knotts Berry Farm between competitions in California. In the pool, they worked together to overcome grueling workouts. Most memorable were “gauntlets,” an intense, aggressive drill that punished their legs.

These start by treading with a weight ball for 10 seconds then transition to hand fighting with another player. After hand fighting, players swim and set guard on another player for 10 seconds. Then they resist being guarded for another 10 seconds.

“The final ten seconds would be spent trying to leg out the final player before getting a rest,” junior Jacob Roberts said. “[Guantlets] pushed us to fight

even when we did not think we had anything left in the tank.”

All of this paid off when Air Force upset 11th ranked Cal Baptist 6-5 to earn a semi-final berth in the WWPA playoffs in Fresno, CA, Nov. 16.

Air Force senior Justin Harrison opened the scoring from Luke Andres, but the Lancers tied the game with two seconds left in the first quarter. Jason Hires gave the Falcons a 2-1 lead, but CBU scored a pair for a 3-2 lead. Falcon freshman Gavin Jones tied the game at 3-3 with 30 seconds left in the second quarter.

Back-to-back goals by Harrison and Edward Smet gave the Falcons a 5-3 lead early in the third quarter. After a Lancer goal, Pittman scored on the powerplay, from Andres with 47 seconds left in the third.

Goaltender James Burke made 11 saves in the

game and kept the Lancers off the board until late in the fourth. CBU finally scored to cut the Falcon lead to 6-5 with 2:10 left. CBU had a possession late in the game, but the Falcons forced a turnover with 22 seconds left to preserve the victory. A loss to the top seed, UC San Diego, the next day ended Air Force’s plans to make the championship though.

“Even though we fell short of this goal, we gave it our all every day in the weight room and in the water,” Roberts said. “We have the saying, ‘leave itin the pool,’ meaning that if you have a problem with someone, work it out during practice and have it be over afterwards. This kept our team close throughout the entirety of the season and built a strong bond with each other. The bond that we have formed as a team this season is something that we will not forget.” - Athletic Media Relations

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MEN’S Air Force runs down Rebels as cadets rock Clune Arena BASKETBALL

Clune Arena buzzed with excitement January 16 as the 3-0 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came to Colorado Springs to play the Air Force Academy Falcons for a game broadcasted on ESPNU.

“The cadets had Clune Arena rocking... it was like nothing I have ever seen or experienced before. The energy that our fans brought transferred to us and we could not let them down, we had to put on a show,” junior guard Sid Tomes said.

The Falcons started fast in the first half, going into halftime with a 14-point lead, and never looked back. Caleb Morris had 12 at the break and Ryan Swan had 16, but the whole Falcon roster got playing time as they rolled to a 106-88 win.

Swan led all scorers with 22 points and 9 rebounds, followed by a career high 19 points from Morris. Morris was 4 of 6 from 3-point range which contributed greatly to the Falcons’ 45 percent from beyond the arc and 59.7 percent from the fieldfor the night.

Air Force turned up the defensive pressure for the game holding UNLV to 48.4 percent from the field, and outrebounded the Rebels 35-31. This game was UNLV’s lone loss in the Mountain West Conference just five games into conference play.

The Cadet Wing came out in full force to give the Falcon basketball team a home court advantage they had not felt all year. The whole student section was packed, with cadets going all the way to the top row of Clune Arena and wrapping around one side. The cadet’s noise level, including Drum and Bugle Corps made it deafening. This hampered UNLV’s

communication making it difficult for them to follow their game plan.

“The energy brought by the cadets was extremely huge in giving our basketball team energy for all 40 minutes of the game as we set a record in points for Mountain West Conference play. We want to thank everyone that has come out and support us. Go Falcons!” junior guard Caleb Morris said.

Breaking the century mark against the Rebels was not the only high point of the season for our Falcons. During the201819 season the falcons captured three road wins in conference play, besting San Jose State, Fresno State who was third in the conference at the time, and Wyoming. These road victories helped the Falcons secure the six-seed in the conference tournament, the highest an Air Force team has seen since 2013. These highlights also left the Falcons hungry for more.

“We are taking steps in the right direction. This year was great and next year will be even better,” team captain Lavelle Scottie said.

The 2019-20 season should be one to remember for the Falcons who return everyone but one player. Among those returning are the two big guys, Scottie and Swan, who both earned All-Mountain West honors. The lone senior, Pervis Louder, who was instrumental in changing the culture of Air Lorce basketball knows he has left the program in good hands.

“It was a memorable year and I think we definitely made a shift in the culture,” Louder said. - C2C Caleb Morris

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WOMEN'S Ladies deliver in win over Army BASKETBALL

Women’s basketball took steps toward establishing a reputation for fiercely defending its home court with conference wins in Clune Arena against Colorado State, Nevada, San Jose State and San Diego State this season. Yet the highlight of the year may have been a 71-60 road win at Army Nov 21.

Air Force outscored Army, 19-6, in the fourth quarter to surge past the Black Knights in Christl Arena, West Point, NY. The win marks the Falcons’ first against Army since beating them at home in 2007.

“Beating Army was a demonstration of the immense culture shift our program is taking and intends to continue in the coming years,” co-captain Venessannah Itugbu. “It showedthe caliber of work ethic our program is striving to achieve and it was just awesome to not be the younger sibling that the other service Academies always beat up on.”

Freshman standout Briana Autrey had the highlight performance with 22 points, two assists, two blocks and two steals. Riley Snyder had the second most points with 15. Sophomore team captain Kaelin Immel dropped 14 points for the Falcons, Co-team captain Venessannah Itugbu made her presence known, recording eight rebounds on the game.

Air Forceheld firm at home for all of January with four victories vs Mountain West opponents. The first came against a Colorado State team unbeaten by the Falcons since 2011. Emily Conroe led the way with 22 points and nine rebounds leading the cadets to a

63-48 advantage Jan. 9.

Facing Nevada 10 days later was a different story as Air Force needed overtime to outlast the Wolf Pack 79-74. Snyder dropped in 22 points and collected six boards in her fourth double-figure scoring effort in five games. Immel exploded for 30 points versus San Jose State Jan. 26 leading the way to an 88-77 win. She recorded 11 field goals, five assists, five rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

The 75-66 win over San Diego State Jan. 30 was something of a revenge game. Earlier in the month the Aztecs beat the Falcons by the same margin in San Diego. Conroe posted a 13/13 double/double with points and rebounds.

“Defending our court really set the tone for what to expect every time you enter Clune Arena. It was a big step in the right direction for developing a winning mindset and hopefully encouraged our local community to continue to rally behind the program as we strive to be more competitive in the [Mountain West],” Itgbu said.

San Diego would have the last wordthis year though. The Aztecs bounced Air Force from the conference tournament 63-55 March 10.

“We need to get better in the off season.. .you can make the time,” Immel said during a post-game press conference. “It’s about what you prioritize in life. We can get better as a program.” - Athletic Media Relations

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Air Force fencing took second place in both men’s and women’s competition at the 2019 Western Invitational Jan. 13. The Falcons hosted the eight-team head-to-head competition at the Center Gym in the Cadet Gymnasium.

The men’s team came in just behind Stanford with a 5-1 record and the women’s team went 6-1, trailing Northwestern. The women’s team finished first among teams in the Western Fencing Conference for the first time in program history (Cal Tech, Standford, UC San Diego and Incarnate Word).

“I can’t remember another tournament where they wore smiles that big, and this win set us up for another winning season. It was truly a privilege to be captain, and learn and grow for four years with such incredible people, with whom I cannot wait to serve in the Big Blue,” Lauren Sides said following the season.

The Falcons swept Florida, Brandeis, Cal Tech, UC San Diego and IncarnateWord. Northwestern handed the women’s team

its lone head-to-head loss and Stanford defeated the men.

Nicole Agob, Jordan Griffith and Nestor Levin would go on to represent Air Force at the NCAA Fencing Championships March 21-24 in Cleveland, OH. Levin collected

nine bout victories for a 15th-place finish in foil. Griffith was 22nd with seven foil wins. Agob competed in epee winning five bouts to claim 24th place. The Falcon trio earned 21 team points to finish in 19th place overall. - Athletic Media Relations

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Air Force took home the Patriot Rifle Conference Championships title, winning both the Smallbore and Air Rifle Championships Feb. 3, in Fairbanks, AK.

The Falcons finished with an aggregate 4,708, 13 ahead of Texas Christian University at 4,695. Nevada placed third followed by Ohio State University, Alaska and the University of Texas-El Paso. The is the team’s first-ever PRC title, and the first time since 2016 Air Force has defeated TCU.

Five cadets placed in the top 10 overall for combined air rifle and small bore shooting: #1 Peter Fiori, 1,184; #5 Nate Peterson, 1,173; #6 Casper Schadler, 1,173; #8 Anna Weilbacher, 1,172 and #10 Spencer Cap, 1,167.

“Although rifle is inherently an individual sport, it is interesting that the teams who have better cohesion tend to also shoot better combined scores,” sophomore Sarah Sawicki

said. Weilbacher, the team’s senior captain, gets much of the credit for their unity. “She spends time making sure everyone is included and has a purpose on the team. Under her leadership, USAFA has qualified third in the nation for NCAA championships and there are serious goals of placing at nationals for the first time this year,” Sawicki added.

Nationals were March 8-9 in Morgantown, VA. Air Force won air rifle and took fifth in small bore to place third overall behind TCU and West Virginia.

Weilbacher and Fiori earned AllAmerican accolades in air rifle and small bore. Weilbacher accumulated seven such honors in her Academy career. Cap got his sixth AllAmerican nod, this time insmall bore. Ogden and Schadler were named in air rifle for their third and first times respectively. - Athletic Media Relations

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Texeira earns AFA’s first All-American for high bar

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Lukas Texeira is the Academy’s first-ever high bar All-American after finishing third on his signature event at the NCAA Men’s Collegiate National Gymnastics Championships April 20 in Champaign, 1L. One of four Falcons to compete in the event finals, Texeira accounted for the second-highest individual finish in program history.

The senior scored a 14.133, one of only three gymnasts in the 44-competitor field to reach the 14-point barrier on the high bar. His achievement is Air Force’s third top-five finish in thelast six years at NCAA’s.

Texeira closed out a stellar Academy career with at least a share of 11 of the top-12 high bar scores in program history, including the record of 14.800 that he set during a winning performance at the conference meet earlier this month, and 15 of the program’s 22 occurrences of 14.0 or higher on that event.

Also competing at the NCAA event, sophomore Ethan Esval earned a pair of top-20 finishes in the event finals, as he tied for 11th on the still rings (14.133) and 20th on the parallel bars (13.266).

Classmates FrankieValentin and Scott McMurray also competed in the finals, as Valentin finished 33rd on the vault (14.066) and McMurray placed 43rd on the pommel horse (11.100).

The team, ranked 13th nationally at the time, opened the postseason with a runner-up finish at the

2019 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals, March 29, in Annapolis, MD.

Navy, ranked 10th in the NCAA, scored a 400.700 to win the varsity championship and snap the Falcons’ nine-year run of team titles. Posting a mark of 384.800, Air Force edged 14th-ranked William & Mary (384.500) for second, while 12th-ranked Army West Point (383.200, fourth) and 16th-ranked Springfield College (377.050, fifth) rounded out the field.

Texeira, Esval and sophomore Zach Polen captured individual event titles March 30. Overall, four Falcons competed in the individual event finals. Valentin competed on pommel horse and vault.

The high bar king successfully defended his USAG title, registering a score of 13.250 to win the eight-man final by 0.650 points. Esval scored a personal-best mark of 13.950 to capture his first USAG title on the still rings, while Polen posted a career-high total of 13.900 to win the parallel bars and claim his first USAG medal.

In addition to their respective victories on the still rings and parallel bars, Esval and Polen claimed a second USAG All-America award on those same two events this afternoon at Macdonough Hall. Esval garnered a score of 13.200 to take fourth on the parallel bars, while Polen tallied a 13.050 to finish sixth on the rings. - Athletic Media Relations Frankie Valentin

Women’s gymnastics concluded action the 2019 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals with five All-Americans earning 11 accolades, and a pair of individual national champions in junior Anna Salamone and sophomore Tyler Davis, April 13 at the University of Bridgeport, CT.

Davis, a 2018 USAG National Champion in the floor exercise, garnered her second title in the event in as many tries as the Rowlett, TX, native posted a 9.95 for a true-first finish, tying her personal-best mark for the second time this weekend and third time this season. Davis’ efforts yielded three USAG Collegiate National First-Team All-American accolades in the vault, floor exercise and allaround, marking her second time in as many seasons to earn the honors in those events. Davis was also credited with a Second-Team AllAmerica nod on the uneven bars.

She has seven USAG All-American accolades to date. Davis also posted a second-place finish in the allaround event with a 39.125 mark.

Salamone won her first-ever USAG Collegiate Nationals title as she posted a 9.85 to tie for firstplace on the uneven bars. Salamone, the Academy’s record holderin the event, earned All-America status on thebars and vault over the weekend, marking her third-straight season earning All-American honors on the bars and first-ever on the vault. She finished third on the vault in the induvial events portion, scoring a 9.7625.

“It felt amazing to win bars at nationals especially it being the third day of competition for us,” Salamone said. “What really helped push me on that last day was my teammates all standing behind me. The highlight of this season for us was definitely winning conference. It was the first time in

program history and we broke the academy record which really made it memorable.”

Freshmanstandout Daija Stevenson put on a stellar performance over the weekend, earning three All-America accolades on the vault, uneven bars and balance beam. In the individual events sessions, Stevenson recorded a 9.6625 on the vault for a seventhplace finish, and a ninth-place finish on thebars with a 9.700 mark.

Senior balance beam specialist Emily Luers earned her second career All-American nod on the beam. She finished the individual event portion with a 9.800 for an eighth-place finish. Sophomore vault specialist Heidi Sand garnered her first-ever USAG All-America nod over the weekend as she posted a 9.725 and a 9.825 in the event in the team sessions.

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HOCKEY

A winning record, third place in the conference and hosting the first round of the post-season playoffs would be great for many. For seven seniors in the Falcons’ ice hockey program though, it’s an anti-climactic ending to their amazing Academy careers.

Four years ago, freshmen Dan Bailey, Billy Christopoulos, Evan Feno, Evan Giesler, Kyle Haak, Matt Koch, Matt Serratore and the Falcons upset #5-ranked Denver University, 5-4 in overtime, in the NCAA tournament. Two Atlantic Hockey Conference championships, another NCAA win, trips to the NCAA Elite Eight and 86 wins would follow. The latter accomplishment ties a school record set by the Class of 2018.

“The Air Force coaching staff gave me a chance to play Division I hockey when no one else was willing to fully commit to a thirdyear, age-out, junior hockey player. This changed my life trajectory forever,” Haak said. “Our senior year was a bit of a letdown in terms of championships,” Haak said, “but we led the nation in penalty kill and finished fourth in faceoff percentage.”

Air Force killed 36 straight opponent power plays from Nov. 9 until Dec. 30, and was 25 of their final 27. The 88.9 percentage is the second best in school history. Air Force led the nation in 2016-17 with a school record 89.7. Three Falcons ranked in the top 20 in the nation for faceoffs (among players who won more than 270 draws). Haak won 387 draws and his winning percentage of .588 ranked eighth nationally. Brady Tomlak won 316 draws and ranked 10th at .583. Feno won 257 draws and was 20th at .563.

Air Force closed out the 2018-19 season with a 16-15-5 overall record and a 14-10-4 markin Atlantic Hockey. Postseason play this year was cut short after a pair of losses (3-2 OT, 5-4) to Niagara University in Clune Arena March 15-16.

“We fought gallantly and had a great effort, but just came up short,” head coach Frank Serratore said.

“Sometimes it’s just not your weekend. If it wasn’t for bad puck luck, we wouldn’t have had any puck luck at all. I can’t remember a series where a team hit so many pipes as we did in this series. I give Niagara a lot of credit. They made some adjustments tonight that helped them. Over the last several years, we have had some bounces go our way, but it wasn’t meant to be tonight.”

Haak was selected as the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award winner for NCAA Division I men’s hockey. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I men’s hockey coaches, national hockey media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s hockey. He is the second student-athlete from Air Force to win the award.

“I am extremely humbled by this award because of all the incredible accomplishments of the other candidates and amazing hockey players who have been a part of this award in the past,” said Haak. “I was supported by academic faculty and military mentors to pursue opportunities in academwics and military leadership while being a student-athlete. The discipline and teamwork that hockey taught me over the past two decades will carry forward in my education and service in the U.S. Air Force.”

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-reshman sets lOO back record to Highlight WAC Championships

Men’s swimming and diving had 16 top three finishes in events, while setting 15 new Academy top 10 times at the 2019 Western Athletic Conference Championships Feb. 27 - March 2 at the University of Houston, TX. The Falcons finished the four day event in fourth place with 593 points.

Freshman Isaac Gwin provided Air Force’s biggest highlight setting a new Academy record in the 100 back with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 46.78. This was good enough for second place in the event.

“I remember my dive felt really clean and my underwaters on the first, second, and third breakouts felt phenomenal. I was going farther and faster underwater I had ever gone before, and all of my turns were perfectly spaced from the wall, something I usually struggle with,” Gwin said. “When I finished the race I just felt triumphant. I love the sport so

much and had spent so long working on my skills, and it felt amazing to see all of my hard work pay off in that breakthrough swim.

Junior Zach Nelson took second in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. His times of 53.54 and 1:56.56 each climb to third on the Academy top 10 list for those events respectively. His 100 time is an NCAA ‘B’ cut as well.

The 400 freestyle relay squad of freshman Matthew Lattin, Gwin, sophomore Peter Lochmaier, and freshman Corey Shepard sped to a second-place finish and a season-best time 2:56.82.

Freshman Adam Grimm raced to a third-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle, touching in with a 15:37.96. Lattin also placed third, clocking in with a 43.81. His prelim time of 43.58 was good for fourth fastest in program history.

Air Force’s best event was the 200 fly,

as three Falcons placed in the top nine. Lochmaier was best, taking third with a 1:46.68. Behind him in sixth place was freshman Andrew Limpert, as he timed in with a 1:47.43. Freshman Aaron Pang won the ‘B’ final, placing ninth with a 1:47.27. All three are among the top five finishes for the Academy.

“Our underclassmen really stepped up and put everything on the line. We had some amazing times and amazing talent,” Lochmaier said. “It seems that everyyear we get faster and faster recruits coming to serve at USAFA. Every year the bar gets higher and expectations are raised. If we keep this up, it won’t be long before [we take] the WAC championship.”

Over on the platform dive, sophomore Cole Armagost took first in the ‘B’ final, finishing in ninth place with a 246.65, thebest score for a Falcon this season.

AF had six NCAA ‘B’ cut times from Lattin in the 50 and 100 free, Gwin in the 100 back, Nelson in the 100 and 200 breast, and Lochmaier in the 200 fly. Athletic Media Relations

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Women’s swimming and diving could look back on the 2018-2019 season and find plenty of positive things to remember...10 dual meet wins, second place team at the Horseshoe Open Water Swim, or a Mountain West Championships meet which saw an Academy record broken (and then rebroken) and five more times update the program top 10 lists.

Nope.. .the memory held most dear, ironically, is a day when they were at their worst. Conference rival New Mexico came to town and beat Air Force 211-87. Colorado State joined the event as well but didn’t score.

“We had just come off of a tough week of training, and our bodies were exhausted from swimming, injuries, and being sick.. .the trifecta,” junior Heidi Schellin said. “Warming up for the meet, we were pretty exhausted, but we thought that was normal because at altitude it’s harder to breathe. However, from the first event, we knew that this meet was going to be a long meet.”

The first event was the 200-yard medley relay and the Falcons finished third with a time of 1:48.61. New Mexico was just more than one second better at 1:45.99. However,just two weeks prior, the team finished at 1:44.07, which would end up the season’s best time in the event.

“The team was adding anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute on their best times. We had people almost unable to finish their races, you know,

Team finds strength in unity after hitting bottom vs New Mexico

the races we train four hours a day for?” Schellin said. “It was a hideous sight, but there came a point when we all collectively realized that everyone else was swimmingjust as poorly as the next person, and in that moment, we were overcome by a humorous (and kind of twisted?) sense ofjoy.”

Rather than throw in their collective towels, the team turned up the volume instead.

“We had never cheered louder at any meet. We were behind every single person’s lane from our team cheering to see how much time a person would add,” Schellin said. “It became a competition to see who added the most time on her events. It reminded me of a tragic comedy, a ‘so bad it’s funny’ kind of deal, but even though it was the humor of failing that brought us together, this specific event really strengthened the team aspect of win together/lose together, and after that, it’s never felt more like a family on this team.”

That was Air Force’s final home meet, but the Falcons would go on to top four teams on the road: Simon Frazier, Seattle (twice) and Pepperdine. And then came the MWC championships Feb. 20-23 in Minneapolis, MN. Sophomore Kylie Stronko made history for the Falcons in the backstroke, and then she did it again. Her day-two time of 54.43 in the 100 back opening leg of the 400 medley relay lowered the Academy record from

her previous best set last season. Then on day three, she doubled down with a 200 back time of 1:57.40, just more than a second faster than her previous Academy record best.

Senior Emma Strom finished the 200 back at 1:59.14, good enough for third on the all-time list.

Air Force’s most successful overall event was the 200 breast, as the team had three finishers score points in the finals. Schellin had a strong weekend as she won the B final, placing ninth, with a 2:14.53. That time is the secondquickest in program history, and missed out on tying the school record by .01 seconds. The freshmen duo of Evelyn Johnson and Caroline Wittich finished 17th and 19, respectively, while Johnson moved up the Academy top-10 list to sixth with a 2:17.55.

“Our team is really looking forward to competing again and getting new names on the record board,” Johnson said. “Hard work and trust has been the theme this season and is something we plan on integrating next fall.”

Another senior, Elisabeth Brechbuhl, reached eighth place on the Academy top-10 listwith a 17:06.51 in the 1,650 freestyle.

Falcons competing in the platform dive, juniors Eve Fowler and Kayla Wofford, both finished with seasonbest scores. Fowler placed 17th with a 206.50, while Wofford was 21st with a 198.60. - Polaris Staffand Athletic Media Relations

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Falcons topple three in Big 12 Conference, McLaughlin earns bid to InCAA tournament

Three dual meet wins versus Big 12 opponents and a second-place finish at the All Academy Championships made for a good season for Falcon wrestlers. That senior Anthony McLaughlin qualified for the NCAA tournament was a little icing on thecake.

The co-captain made it to the tournament as an alternate last year, but alternates are not allowed to compete. Qualifying for the March 22 event and travelling to Pittsburgh, PA, for it in 2019 fulfilled a personal promise.

“I remember telling my coach as we were watching last year, “I’m going to be here next year,” McLaughlin said. “From that point forward, I had my mind made up, and I was determined to compete in the tournament.”

The cadet rebounded from an opening bout loss to win a 4-2 decision over the University of Pittsburgh’s Kellan Stout. The cadet’s final match was a 5-2 loss.

“Watching Anthony at NCAA was inspiring,” teammate Trevor Ervin said. “To see somebody from your own team make it gives you a lot of motivation. He was a great leader in the [wrestling] room; he definitely showed the people around him the work ethic needed to reach the highest level of competition in wrestling.”

Earlier in the year Air Force crowned two champions, while taking second place as a team, in a highlysuccessful All Academy Championships, Jan. 26, at Plumley Armory on the campus of Norwich University in Northfield, VT. Freshman Sidney Flores at 125 lbs. and junior Garrett O’Shea at 141 lbs. took home individual titles for the Falcons.

Air Force had eight of its 10 wrestlers finish with the top three of their respective weight classes,

including four who finished runner-up. In all, the Blue and Silver scored 99.5 team points finishing behind Navy’s 115.5. Other participants were Army, The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and Norwich.

Flores was the most dominating Falcon wrestler on the afternoon, as the freshman went unscored upon on his way to the title. After notching a first period pin in the quarterfinals, Flores won by 8-0 major decision in the semis, and then 4-0 in the finals over Jacob Allen of Navy to secure the title.

O’Shea was also tough to score on, as the junior won his opener by 10-1 major decision, his first bonus point win of the season. In the semis, he had a dogfight, which he ended up winning, 2-0, on a late escape and penalty point. He would not wrestle the final match, as his opponent had a medical forfeit, giving O'Shea his first career All Academy crown.

Runners up for Air Force were senior John Twomey at 133 lbs., junior Alec Opsal at 149 lbs., senior Alex Mossing at 157 lbs., and freshman Jake Thompson at 184 lbs.

Air Force easily topped a pair of Big 12 opponents and pulled out an exciting win over a third. Utah Valley fell 25-17 at the Academy Feb. 16 and Northern Colorado lost to the Falcons 31-6 in Greeley, CO, Feb. 24. Possibly the team’s highlight of the year though came against Fresno State in a Veterans Day dual held in Clune Arena. The meet was still up for grabs going into the penultimate bout, but a major decision from McLaughlin sealed the 19-15 victory. - Athletic Media Relations

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The Falcon baseball Class of 2019 will go down in the books as the winningest class in program history with 107 wins for four seasons. Although the team missed advancing to the Mountain West Conference Tournament this year, the team did cap of their final season at Falcon Field in winning fashion on Senior Day against San Jose State May 18.

The Falcons used another late inning rally to get the series win, scoring seven runs in the final two times at bat. The offense totaled 10 hits on the day, led by a fourRBI day from senior Drew Wiss, including a clutch three RBI double to give AF the lead in the seventh. Fellow senior Gabe Martinez had a three hit day, along with two runs scored, while senior Daniel Jones had two hits, including an RBI double that tied the game.

On the mound, senior Matt Hargreaves earned his thirdwin of the season and 14th of his career after tossing 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just three hits and striking out one. Senior Ethan Nichols took a no decision after going the first 4.1, striking out two.

The final two innings belonged to senior Jake Gilbert, and he was dominant, allowing just three hits, and striking out two. He finishes the season with a 2.55 ERA, which is the eighth-best single season ERA in program history.

After a scoreless first, AF struck first in the bottom of the second on an RBI single from freshman Alexander Pup. The Falcons had two runners cut down at the plate, however, to keep it 1-0. Nichols was able to keep the SJSU bats at bay until the fifth, when the Spartans battled back.

In the top of the fifth, the Spartans used four walks and a single to plate a pair of runs

and take their first lead, 2-1, at the midway point. After a scoreless sixth, Air Force’s fortunes changed in a wild seventh inning.

Martinez led off with a single, and Jones followed with a double down the left field line to score him and tie the game at 2-2. Then the game went into a 25 minute weather delay, allowing both teams to regroup. SJSU came out with their closer after the delay, but Air Force was ready as a walk and single loaded up the bags with no outs.

That’s when Wiss delivered the big blow, as he doubled off the top of the wall in left center, and scored all three runners, to give the Falcons a 5-2 lead. Later in the frame, Wiss came around to score on a wild pitch to add some insurance and make it 6-2 into the eighth.

Gilbert then entered and stranded runners on the corners in a scoreless frame to take it to the bottom of the eighth. There, AF got some insurance with an RBI groundout from senior Colby Brown and an RBI walk from Wiss to get the lead up to 8-2 into the ninth. In the ninth, Gilbert worked around a single, and struck out the final batter he faced to lock down the win.

The leadership the seniors provided for us especially me and the other freshman was more than we can ask for,” said newcomer Alex Pup. “Rob Dau, Colby Brown, and Gabe

Martinez were very hardworking players that also had a lot of experience and took me in to help develop me. The group of guys that we have on the team I believe is what helps shape the kind of season we have and helps make it very memorable.”

The Falcons conclude the season with a 26-26 record, as well as a 12-14 record in MW play. It is the third time in the last four seasons the Falcons have finished .500 or above, as well as the fourth season in a row with 12 conference wins. - Athletic Media Relations

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Chieves earned his belt defeating Navy’s Tanner Strawbridge by unanimous decision in the 132-pound championship capping two years of determined training.

“Boxing started as my escape and after my fourth-class year, it turned into my passion. In my time down in the gym I learned a lot about boxing and even more about myself,” Chieves said. “Boxing has been my toughest teacher, walking out of the ring with a bloody nose, bruised jaw, a sore arm, and something to improve. Every day is a fight, and but how you react is the biggest factor.”

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Three of Chieves’ classmates accounted for NCBA silver medals: Micah Mackaly, heavyweight; Cenada Clifton-Smith, 175 pounds; and Jordan Garivay, 195 pounds. The Falcons finished second in the team standings - marking the 35th time in 39 years the cadets have finished as one of the top two teams at the NCBA Championships.

Leading up to the national contest. Air Force captured its 37th regional title in 40 tries March 16 in Los Angeles, CA.

Garivay and fellow junior RJ Leon (119 pounds) successfully defended 2018 regional titles. Devon Smith (147 pounds) Chieves and Mackaly recorded their first regional titles each, the latter earning the team’s Boxer of the Week award as well.

The men also accounted for four runner-up finishes - freshman Lawrence Barrett (125 pounds), senior Josh Turner (139 pounds) and junior Levi Rate (156 pounds). Senior Levi Knox rounded out

the Falcons’ list of runner-up finishers after dropping the 165-pound final and bringing to an end a career which includes a 2018 NCBA Championship and All-American nod, back-to-back Wing Open titles in 2018 and 2019, Wing Open Outstanding Boxer for 2018.

“To me, boxing is an opportunity to learn more about yourself by putting you in a situation that forces you to overcome your limits,” Knox said.

“You never really know how far you can go until you are looking into your opponent’s eyes that final round and you make the decision that he doesn’t want it as bad as you.”

Junior Sean Chieves captured his first national title April 6, as Air Force boxing wrapped up competition at the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships in Reno, NV. Chieves, one of four Falcons to compete in the national finals, paced the men to a runner-up finish in the team standings.

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139-lbs. (w): Madison Lloyd (CSl3) w/o Emily Rickman (CSl 9)

139-lbs.: Josh Turner (CSl6) dec. Francisco Garcia (CS27)

147-lbs.: Devon Smith (CS18) dec. Zach Phillips (CS30)

156-lbs.: Levi Rate (CS21) dec. William Ragland (CS40)

165-lbs.: Levi Knox (CS30) dec. Xavier Cardinal (CS25)

175-lbs.: Cenada Clifton-Smith (CS22) dec. Luke Kilianski (CS33)

185-lbs.: Austin Dreyer (CS24) dec. Nick Pingel (CSl4)

195-lbs.: Jordan Garivay (CS09)

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Junior Anson Kuznik blasts his way clear of a bunker at the Academy’s scenic Eisenhower Golf Course. - Photos by k Arnie Spencer

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The 2018-19 Air Force golf season started out with a bang. At the season-opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational at Eisenhower Golf Course, the Falconsearned their best finish in five years, placing fourth in the16-team tournament with a two-under-par 862.

“I believe this start was great because it is very beneficial for morale; even though we may not be the best ranked team in the field, it is our home course, our home tournament, and no one knowsitbetter than us,” Josh Wu said. “Fortunately we had a strong performance but we still wanted to win the tournament so I know many of us knew we were that close and that is something wecan really make sure to prepare over the summer so we can win the tournament next year.”

The remainder of the fall season saw the Falcons competing in several of the most challenging collegiate golf tournaments in the nation. In the second tournament of the season, the Falcons played at the historic Olympia Fields Course in Illinois, a tournament that featured 10 of the 14 teams ranked in the nation’s top 25.

Three weeks later, the Falcons travelled south to the Jerry Pate Alabama Invitational, featuring five

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of the top 25 teams in the country. Air Force shot its best round of the season, at the time, to finish in 10th place, 10 strokes ahead of Army. A pair of freshmen, Jonathan Farmer and Luke Trujillo, emerged among the Falcons’ top players and would remain there all season.

The fall season closed out at the annual Ka’anapali Golf Club in Maui against another strong field. The freshman duo again led the Falcons at the three-day event heading into the winter break.

The spring season opened with tournaments in Goodyear, AZ, and in San Diego, CA. The week leading up to the Masters Tournament, the Falcons played in the Augusta Invitational andhad the opportunity to attend a practice round at the Masters. Wu and senior Andy Germann led the Falcons on the final day in a tournament that featured two of the top 10 and five of the top 40 in the nation.

In the final regular-season tournament of the season, the Falcons posted their best road round, and tied as the best overall round of the season, at the PING BYU Classic in Provo, UT. On the final day, the Falcons shot a twounder-par 286 and finished in ninth place in the 15-team tournament. Wu tied for 18th overall with a three-round total of 214 (-2).

Air Force closed out the 201819 season at the Mountain West Championships at the Omni National Course in Tucson, AZ. Freshman Luke Trujillo paced the Falcons on the final day with a two-under-par 70 to match his best collegiate round. Trujillo was the top Falcon over the three-day, 54hole tournament, placing 37th at 218 (+2). The Falcons placed 10th as a team in a league that sent five teams to the NCAA Championships.

Wu was named the team’s MVP as he led the Falcons with a 74.37 stroke average. Trujillo was second on the team 74.63 while senior Andy Germann was third at 75.15 and Farmer was fourth at 75.33.

“As a freshman, I knew I had the capabilities of performing well and really taking my game to the next level, therefore receiving this award means I did pretty well,” Wu said. “The Academy presented a lot of challenges for me initially and there were times I did not know if I could handle all of it. Despite the struggle, I just kept telling myself as if I am playing a round of golf, control what I can control and know that it is all about how you respond to what life throws at you.”

With three of the top four golfers returning for the 2019-20 season, the future is bright for the Falcon golfers. - Athletic Media Relations

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Seniors finish storied careers winning third conference title

The Falcons claimed a share of the Southern Conference regular season title with a 6-1 league record, 10-4 overall. Air Force has won, or taken share of, the league’s regular season title three times in four seasons with the conference.

Air Force wrapped up the title as 12 seniors played their final game at Falcon Stadium, a 13-6 victory over Bellarmine April 27. The Class of 2019 - Jeremiah Hemme, Jack Flynn, Cameron Carter, Blake Gillund, Roman Rohrbach, Christian Pung, Stephen Parker, Logan Taucher, Trent Harper, Tim Baker, Brandon Jones and Roland Wheeler IV - boasts two SoCon championship titles, three regular season conference titles and two NCAA tournament appearances.

“This senior class has done more than any other senior class to date. [It] set a standard of success for our program which has made our program competitive with anyone in the country,”

junior attack man Trey Lervick said. An explosive second quarter propelled Air Force to victory over Bellarmine. Seven Falcons combined for 13 goals led by Lervick and sophomore midfielder Gianni Orlando, who notched a hat trick apiece in the win. Air Force has recorded 20 hat tricks on the seasonLervick is responsible for seven of them while Orlando notched a career-first with three goals in the second quarter.

Flynn, a co-captain, notched a pair of goals along with junior teammate Chet Dunstan. Flynn has 18 goals on the season while Dunstan recorded his sixth. Jake Thornally, Matthew O’Rourk and Ben Ward added a goal apiece to round out the Falcons’ scorers.

Harper, the team’s face-off specialist, dominated theface off X for the Falcons, winning an impressive 17-of-19 (.895) attempts, highlighted by a perfect 12-12 second quarter. He picked up a game-high 13 ground balls on the game, setting the standard for the most ground balls scooped up by any Falcon this season. Harper has won the majority of attempts in 12-of-14 games this season, while governing the SoCon with a .772 win-percentage (115-149) in league play. Sophomore keeper Braden Host capped the regular season on a high

FAR RIGHT: #33 Trent Harper, midfielder

note, recording four saves on the game while holding the 11th opponent this season to single-digit goals. Air Force has the best goals against average in all of Div. I lacrosse, allowing just 7.80 goals per game.

“Senior Captain Brandon Jones was a huge asset in leading our defense through teaching some of us younger guys on and off the field on what it means to be a leader, teammate, and true lacrosse player by picking us up when we’re down or holding us accountable when he knew we weren’t playing to our potential,” Host said. “Moving forward, our offense will continue to improve with the help of our coaching staff as well as returning starters like junior attackmen. Trey Lervick and Matt Schwartz, who create and finish big opportunities for us and gain our team the momentum in games.”

Jones anchored the defense with three caused turnovers and three ground balls. He leads the team with 29 caused turnovers this season and has the second-most ground balls (73), trailing only Harper.

Air Force’s season ended with a 7-6 loss to Richmond in the SoCon tournament May 2 in Highpoint, NC. - Athletic Media Relations

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MEN'S TENNIS

Recurring score shows AF may be poised for break-out next season

“4-3” followed the cadets in men’s tennis throughout their season. Twelve of the team’s 25 head-to-head contests ended with a onepoint win or loss. Air Force was 12-13 for the season and defended its home court well going 8-3 at the Academy.

Four seniors - Tadhg Collins, Austin Gula, Isaac Perez and Luke Sanderson - were honored at the Falcons’ final homestand against New Mexico. The final team score was fittingly, 4-3, but with Air Force on the short end.

Partners Collins/Patrick Sklenka and Perez/Mack Gavin secured the doubles point. Sklenka and Robert Baylon won their singles matches to earn a point each, but that was all Air Force could get against the top team in the Mountain West Conference.

“We are really close to breaking out and becoming a big player in the Mountain West,” Sklenka said. “This team and the culture being built is one of belief that we can do it and I can’t wait to see how the team will bounce back in the next season.” Sklenka was named this year’s most valuable player.

Air Force’s 12 wins is the most in a season since 2014. Five of them were 4-3 results, versus UNLV, Portland and Montana at home and against Embry Riddle and Southern Utah on the road. The latter win was #100 for head coach Dan Oosterhous. Beating Las Vegas for the first time in nearly 15 years was significant as well.

“We were neck and neck with almost every team we played,” Galvin said. “I can’t express how many times we had guys on the court fighting for every point, inspiring other courts to do the same, and in many

instances, we came out on top after being down.” Galvin has been named team captain for next season.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association presented two awards to the program. Perez won the Arthur Ashe Leadership/ Sportsmanship Award for the Mountain Region and the team won the Mountain Region Community Service Award.

“Isaac had a tennis career like few others at the Air Force Academy and led our team with the character of a champion,” Oosterhous said. “He was a role-model for my team the day he stepped on our courts and has always displayed the utmost respect and sportsmanship while representing the Academy.”

The community service award comes after many hours spent working in tennis programs with the Special Olympics, the Wounded Warrior Games and the Fort Carson Wounded Soldier Battalion.

- Athletic Media Relations

ABOVE: Mack Galvin

RIGHT: Isaac Perez

ABOVE: Tadhg Collins

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Air Force won 4-1 over Utah State in quarterfinal action at the 2019 Mountain West Women’s Tennis Championships April 25 in San Diego, CA. The Falcons, who move on to the semifinals for the second time in three years, earned its 22nd win of the season, tying the school record and setting a new Div. I era record.

The 22 wins ties the 1991 team for the most wins in program history. The win also avenged last year’s 4-3 loss to the Aggies at the 2018 MW Championship.

“This team wanted it bad today and played to win,” Air Force head coach Kim Gidley said. “I am so proud of everyone’s effort. It was just a tremendous effort and something this team is ready to do again tomorrow [at the semifinal match].”

Unfortunately, the Falcons fell to event host San Diego State, 4-2, the next day, ending the 2018-19 season with a 22-3 record. Junior TJ Fumagalli felt the pain of the team loss despite her win at No. 1 singles versus the Aztecs.

“It hurt. Sometimes it’s hard to look your teammates in the eye and tell them to stay motivated but honestly, it was very easy to maintain a positive attitude knowing that these girls put in the work and will only put in more work for next year. I told my teammates that we’ll let it sting for now and carry this momentum into next year,” she said.

Air Force was the seeded second at the post-season tournament after finishing in a three-way tie with New Mexico and Wyoming for the regular season championship at 4-1.

“We felt a little a bummed since we were the predicted 1 seed for eight weeks straight but honestly, we were very motivated come tournament time. It makes you hungrier to be at the very top,” Fumagalli said.

Individual recognition for the season came to freshman Kristin Kerrigan, Fumagalli and Coach Gidley. Kerrigan and Fumagalli were 31-7 this season as doubles partners which earned them an all-conference nod. The junior was likewise honored for singles after going 31-3. Gidley was named conference coach of the year. This was the third year Fumagalli earned conference honors in both singles and doubles.

“My freshman year, we would be excited just to win one match during conference and now that we know how playing at a high level feels like, maturity and experience will carry us to success next year,” she said. “Being an individual sport, it’s easy to get caught up in what your own successes are. When you’re playing for the girl next to you, rather than yourself, it’s a whole different game and you’re a whole different player.” - Athletic Media Relations

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TJ Fumagalli led Air Force going 31-3 in singles and 31-7 in doubles this season and was named team most valuable player. - Photos by L Arnie Spencer A

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Six conference titles highlighted the final day of competition for Air Force, as it wrapped up action at the 2019 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 8-11, in Clovis, CA. The men’s team was responsible forall six of the Falcons’ event championships and it placed second in the conference standings. The women finished 10th.

Senior Miguel Molas, junior Terrell Bradford, senior Sedacy Walden and senior Reece Pontious kicked off the day with a victory in the 4x 100-meter relay. Clocking a time of 40.47 - third-fastest time in program history - the quartet claimed the program’s fourth 4x100 title in five years. Walden, sophomore Zachary Dicken, sophomore Luke Zuluaga and junior Michael Rhoads brought home a conference title in the 4x400 relay as well timing in at 3:11.48.

Walden claimed his second outdoor title in the 400-meter dash, as he crossed the finish line in a time of 47.23, and Rhoads completed the indoor/outdoor sweep of 800-meter titles behind a winning time of 1:49.08.

A victory by senior Micah Fontaine in the 110-meter hurdles (14.13) marked the fourth time in five years a Falcon has claimed the conference title, while sophomore Greg Skage claimed the Falcons’ 10th Mountain West title in the pole vault after winning the 16’6” jump off Donna Borer, weight throw

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(16’VA” at the end of regulation) and leading the Falcons to a 1-2-3 sweep of the medal positions in that event.

The men tallied 171 points to finish second in the eight-team championship field. Colorado State won the 2019 title with 224 points, while Air Force and Utah State (137 points) rounded out the top-three.

The team won eight titles at the MWC indoor championships Feb. 21-23 in Albuquerque, NM, where the men’s and women’s teams placed second and 10th respectively as well.

Rhoads’ title run at 800 meters was an Academy and event record. The junior posted an actual time of 1:47.82 - second-fastest time in Mountain West history - to win the race and better the meet record by more than one second. Rhoads also broke the Academy record in that event, as his altitude-converted time of 1:47.22 took 0.35 off of the mark that had stood since 1984.

Senior Jacob Bilvado and sophomore Maria Mettler swept the men’s and women’s 5,000-meter races. Bilvado posted a time of 14:34.61 while Mettler

clocked a time of 17:09.45.

The men claimed the top two spots on the podium in the 60-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles and pole vault. Dicken registered the third-fastest 400-meter time in Academy history to win his first conference title - and the Falcons’ secondstraight in that event. Molas became a back-to-back champion in the 60-meter dash, as he won that event with a time of 6.80.

Seniors David Collins and Micah Fontaine posted matching marks of 8.02 sweep the top spots of the 60-meter hurdles. With a tie-breaker of 8.017, Collins claimed his first conference titleand the Academy’s fourth straight - while Fontaine took second with an extended time of 8.020.

Junior Connor Stevens won the pole vault recording a personalbest clearance of 17’034” to become the program’s ninth conference champion in that event.

Dicken and Collins collected their second gold medal of the day in the final championship event, as they joined Walden and Zuluaga to win the 4x400-meter relay. - Athletic Media Relations +4-44-1

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Two Falcons earned All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, TX, June 7 and 8.

Air Force junior Michael Rhoads shattered his own Academy record and became the program’s first Outdoor All-American in the 800-meter run during his sixth-place performance. Rhoads posted a career-best time of 1:46.58 to crush the previous program best of 1:47.10 that he set earlier this season at the Mt SAC Relays. Competing in temperatures that hovered around 90-degrees, the junior found himself near the back of the pack when the group broke out of their lanes. As the bell sounded for the final lap, Rhoads made his move and picked off a pair of competitors to easily finish sixth.

It is the second first-team All-America accolade of the year for Rhoads; the first was with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships March 8 and 9 in Birmingham, AL. Rhoads is the first member of the men’s program to earn All-America status in the outdoor 800-meter run - and just the second overall (Annette Eichenberger, 2014). He is also the first Air Force athlete of to earn AllAmerica honors in the same running event

during the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Senior Jaci Smith closed out the 2019 season with the fourth All-America award of her career as she earned second-team honors following a 13th-place finish in the 5,000-meter run on the final day of the meet.

With conditions hovering over 100 degrees on the track, Smith jumped to the front of the 24-runner field at the gun and led the next seven laps, maintaining that position as a pack of eight separated themselves from the rest of the field. Overall positions changed during the final five laps and Smith crossed the finish line in a time of 16:22.42 to place 13th overall.

The senior capped her stellartrack and field career with four All-America awards - the most ever by an Air Force female runner at the Division I level (two indoor, two outdoor) and a total that is tied for the most in Academy DI history (N Frawley, S Spires, J Trimble, J Tyner). With one additional citation in cross country, Smith finished her Academy career as a fivetime All-American - the most by any athlete in the combined program’s Division I history.

All told Air Force had 20 cadets qualify for the NCAA post-season. - Athletic Media Relations

Men’s NCAA Qualifiers

400-Meter Dash: Sedacy Walden (46.46a, 23rd)

800-Meter Run: Michael Rhoads (1:47-10, eighth), Gordon Kowalkowski (1:50.36a, 44th)

5000-Meter Run: Jacob Bilvado (13=47.65,18th), Nathan Thomas (14=05.12, 47th)

10,000-Meter Run: Nathan Thomas (29=21.59, 4lst)

llO-Meter Hurdles: Micah Fontaine (14.09a, 32nd)

3000-Meter Steeplechase: Trevor Siniscalchi (8:50.92, 21st)

High Jump: Sam Hinegardner (6’lT', 35th)

Pole Vault: Greg Skage (l7’5-”, 17th), Sam Hinegardner (17*1 27th), Mitch Lipe (l6’9-", 40th)

Discus Throw: Logan Feasline (l82’6", 27th)

Javelin Throw: Parker Spearman (2284”, 16th), Bailey Ishler (208’6”, 36th)

Women’s NCAA Qualifiers

5,000-Meter Run: Jaci Smith (16:02.24, 23rd), Maria Mettler (16:17-17, 37th)

10,000-Meter Run: Teri Brady (34:16.60, 37th)

3,000-Meter Steeplechase: Lindsey Blanks (10:14-77, 22nd)

Pole Vault: Kathryn Tomczak (l3 9-”, 23rd)

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WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY

Women's ice hockey ends season in second

Women’s Club Team Hockey, like many Academy clubs, began its 2018-2019 journey at Blue Rush shortly before the start of the academic year. The lady skaters were among dozens of clubs which descended on the Arnold Hall Ballroom to compete for new recruits among the primarily freshman and sophomore crowd.

“[We started] out as a couple of girls just getting on the ice together, shooting around but wishing we could play competitively,” Katelyn Miller said. The girls found a coach, Maj Christopher Dillard, applied to become an official club, and then took the next step to officially competing this year.

Players of all levels of experience are welcomed onto the team, ranging from seasoned hockey players to those trying the sport out for the first time. “The team is super welcoming,” freshman Maddie Hunt said.

Women’s hockey competes throughout Colorado and Wyoming with the Women’s Association of Colorado Hockey League. For a three-year-old program in

its first competitive season, the club posted some impressive team and individual results. The club’s 9-4 league record was good for second place.

Despite only playing in seven of the 12 games of the season, Kaylee Eskeli scored the most goals in the league at 19. Sarah Warner led the league in assists with 14. Kayla St Pierre, secured a standing as the best goalie in the league, with the highest save percentage of 0.955, the lowest average of 0.88 goals scored on her per game, and the highest number of shutouts in the season.

One of the best games of the season saw just six skaters available to play. Despite competing against a team twice as numerous, the Academy won. With these integral players, the team is looking strong for the upcoming 2019-2020 season, especially when combined with the remaining players of the team. Missed however will be senior Camille Leonard who began her hockey career three years ago.

“I’m happy to be graduating, but will definitely miss this team,” she said. “Some of my best memories while at USAFA were with this team.” - C4C Taryn Cates-Beier

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Kayla St Pierre tracks a shot on goal against Colorado College. Her 0.88 goals against average was best in league.

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This year has been a success long in the making for the Air Force Academy Rodeo Team. Three talented freshman joined the competition team in the 2018-2019 season. With the current traveling team roster of six seniors, one junior, and five sophomores, this is the largest it has ever been since the club’s founding in 1988, and that’s just the competition team. The club itself has 30 members who take part in volunteer outreach alongside cleaning, feeding and taking care of the 15-plus team horses.

“No the cleaning isn’t fun, but it’s a part of the sport. In rodeo, it isn’t just about my skill and performance but my horse’s as well and if that means he needs a clean stall and a fresh tank of water after practice every day then you bet I’ll be doing that,” junior Zeke Mammen said.

The team is part of the Central Rocky Mountain Division in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and travels to five rodeos each semester in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado.

“Our team goes out there each weekend and competes against Division 1 rodeo teams; teams that recruit riders, teams that have million-dollar facilities and -"v $30,000-dollar horses,” senior Jacob

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Cole said. “Our team is a club; we share or even borrow horses when we need. If we want any real practice, we have to do so off base after school, and we do this allwhile balancing Academy life. So the onlything to really say is we go out there and do our best because it’s all we can do and if you don’t... then, you ain’t no cowboy.”

Most of team members have little or no prior rodeo experience before coming to the Academy; however, they are trained by more experienced cadets on the team.

“When I joined the team freshmen year we had one person competing in barrels and probably eight people on the team. It’s

a great feeling knowing how far we have come,” senior and team captain Jack Smith said.

Smith and Cole compete in the team roping event where they work together to subdue a steer with a lasso around itsneck and then its hind feet. Because of their partnership in this event, competing in Casper, WY, is especially memorable.

“That’s where J.J. [Cole] and I first competed together our sophomore year and it was the last place we competed together our senior year. It was a memorable way to end my time on the team,” Smith said.

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EQUESTRIAN Cadets

learn leadership with equine partners

From Academy trails to competitions throughout Northern Colorado, cadets on the Equestrian Team enjoy a variety of riding styles and learn a little about leadership in the process. Located on base at the installation’s stables, cadets care for and ride horses seven days a week.

“It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s also one of the most rewarding and fun experiences I will be able to carry with me after the Academy,” sophomore Megan Craven said.

The team competes at various shows in the region in styles like hunter-jumper and western pleasure. The main focus of the team is English riding, but all styles and skill levels are welcome to join.

“Being able to ride an animal that not only has a mind of its own, but is 10 times your size takes a lot of confidence, and that confidence has spread to other aspects of my life,” Craven said.

The team works hard to improve by going on trail rides and practicing in the arena. From jumping over logs and poles to tires, members work on being versatile and precise. Other forms of competition take place on the ground where the equestrians work on walking, trotting, and cantering. Practices are often cold and late, so each member has to be dedicated to the team and its development.

“Everything that we learn down at the barn has transferred to my leadership and

cadet life in one way or another,” senior Devon Burger said, “especially patience and learning the difference between what you can and cannot control.”

Every day each member is required to go down to the barn to care for their designated horse. This care includes mucking out stalls,

making feed, filling waters, grooming, and sweeping. Since the team takes care of living animals, it is important that the members are responsible enough to get their chores done every day.

Aside from riding and chores, the team also learns lessons on horsemanship. The cadets learn about the health, well-being, and training of horses to become well-rounded riders. All of this combined, leads to the development of the team not only as riders, but as people and cadets.

“The Equestrian Team has allowed me to grow more than I expected it would,” senior Jacqueline Goodwin said. “It has taught me leadership techniques and how to be a better friend. Over the years, it has been a great place to develop my horsemanship skills and to relax with the horses.” - Equestrian Team

LEFT: C3C Megan Craven takes Forrest over a manufactured trail obstacle.

Theatre troupe presents classic scripts with modernized themes

BLUEBARDS

The Bluebards Theatre Troupe produced unique interpretations of two challenging shows this year, William Shakespeare’s Richard III and Meredith Willson’s The Music Man.

The early Shakespearean tragedy traces the rise and fall of Richard of Gloucester: a deformed Machiavellian warlord determined to usurp his brother’s throne no matter the cost.

The Bluebards’ November production reset the play in a dystopian nineteenthcentury London and reimagined the work asa critique of industrialization.

The costumes, set pieces, and overall production design were heavily inspired by steampunk imagery, and Richard was presented asa quasi-mechanical being.

The Music Man is one of the most beloved and enduring musical comedies from the Golden Age of Broadway. Cadet performances emphasized the

contemporary relevance of a story about adults who are trying to help troubled youth find positive outlets for expressing themselves. In this staging, Professor Harold Hill is less of a conman and more of a reluctant community organizer who uses music to promote inclusivity and cooperative learning.

Combined, these two shows granted dozens of cadets an opportunity to engage in the performing arts, both onstage and behind the scenes. By building a show together, cadets forge especially close friendships.

“Everyone here loves each other, and I feel truly appreciated for my contributions to each show, regardless of the size of my part,” C4C Alexis Ford said. “Every person contributes something no one else can, and every person is needed.”

Cadets take part in all aspects of

the theatrical process gaining them an appreciation forskills aquired through participation.

“I have learned that acting is not just something done under the lights of a stage in front of an audience. All the world is a stage and we are called to find the actor inside to perform our best at all times,” C1C Chuck Davis said.

The interpretive work that goes into creating a character can be an enjoyable challenge for cadets as well.

“You try to experiment with your character and begin to think in character because you want your performance to be as a real as possible,” C2C Juanita Garcia said. “So you start embracing their personality to the point that it permeates your daily routine. Then, when it is time to perform, it is all natural and fun; you just keep pushing until you reach perfection.” - Bluebards

RIGHT: Kathleen Kohler as the sorrowful queen delivers a heartfelt monologue.

FAR RIGHT: King Richard played by David Evans discusses an assassination plot with the Duke of Buckingham (Kaylynn Harvey).

ABOVE: Two vagabonds played by Alexis Ford and Lawson Barrett prepare to murder the Duke of Clarence (Todd Campo).

f After a stirring, energetic dance number, the cast strikes a pose as the audience erupts into a standing ovation.

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LEFT: Mrs Shinn protects her daughter Gracie, played by Eliza McCarthy and Michaela Donahue.

FAR LEFT: Rob Rauff swindles the town in the leading role of Harold Hill.

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Team's hard work pays off with wins, strong friendships

Women’s club lacrosse honed its craft with three two-hour practices each week from August to April this year. The payoff was a 9-6 record which placed them eighth in the nation for Division II of the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association.

The team’s success came not only from hard work and dedicated girls at every practice, but also from the bond this team has created throughout this year.

“[WAFLAX] is just a big group of girls that are each other’s biggest fans and best friends,” Defensive Player of the Year award winner Roselen Rotello said, and she feels any member of the team would agree.

The club certainly focuses on winning games and representing the Academy on the field, however players come together for several extra events - date nights, dining-

ins and secret gift exchanges. New friendships and good exercise are club benefits, but it’s more than just that. The team almost seamlessly became a family over these last two semesters, according to members.

“Playing lacrosse was a huge outlet for me to release all of the stress and busyness of the Academy. I am so thankful for the bonds that this team has brought me and would never trade it,” senior captain Katherine Anderson said.

At the end of the day, coming down to the field for practice is never a chore for this team, rather it is a chance to get away. The players can’t wait to get done with class and just play the sport they love surrounded with their favorite people. The team thanks their two firsties, Anderson and Megan McCormick, and looks forward to what future seasons hold for WAFLAX. - C2C Kyra Traino

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GROUP PHOTOS

Alpine Skiing Baseball

Jeff Ditlevson, Jack Gabor, Christian Stellin, Brynn Suite, Keala Eichholz, Dillon Massey, Hannah Born, Erin Swain, Lindsey Lucas, Dominic Calhoon, Grant Schlichting

FRONT ROW: Connor Bright, Connor Haseley, Derek Greenwald, Abe Nuno, Sam Brody, Chris Hoppe, Dan Lindauer

BACK ROW: Ignacio Lara (manager), Zach Othon, Ryan Martin, Gus Bates, Luis Quintero, Austin Mak, Will Finch, Rob Lewis, Casey Cooper, Vincent McDonough, Hunter Werts, Austin Stoner, Lt Col John Dulin (officer-in-charge)

NOT PICTURED: Isaac Bates, Evan Mak, Russ Seymour, Luke Socolofsky

Chess Team Falconry

Erik Svoboda, Ben Oldemeyer, Hannah Schroeder, Daniel Soto, Hunter Street, James Stefo

FRONT ROW: Alex Uribe, Seamus Kean, Jaide Bradshaw, Skylar Rose, Mara Brown

SECOND ROW: Kayla Steiner, Alii Kearns, Nick Volpe, Joe Kloc, Kaila Baca

BACK ROW: Madelyn Duckworth, James Barney, Casey Miller, Sean Weathersby, Justin Waligora, Sam Dollar

GROUP PHOTOS

Forensics

Ice Hockey, Men’s

FRONT ROW: Henry Gilchrist, Sarah Whitley, Samantha Potter, Dr Gina Iberri-Shea, Ciera White, retired Lt Col Michael Harvey, Adam Peck

BACK ROW: Piper Gray, Andrew LaRocca, Mark Mackenzie, Joshua Yauney, James Pennington, Colin Jarrett-lzzi, Sebastian Crawford, Shane Lindsay, Adam Moeller, Briana Barnett

NOT PICTURED: Capt Ashley Christ, Connor Golden, Nicholas Nash, Kathleen Kohler

FRONT ROW: Matt Steiner, Branson Taheri, Nino Del Rossa, Buzzy Tollefson, Cole Grove, Mark Anarumo, Kyle Abraham, Gabe Silva, Colton Layman, Tom Carmack

SECOND ROW: Alex Falconer, Tim Hartje (coach), Ryyan Reule, Mike Plaza, Matt Doudnikoff, Doug Gutierrez, Corey Gutierrez, Matt Hahn Shane Kelly, Jared Jungquist, Sam Butler, Danny Linso

BACK ROW: Tim Perea, Ben Rollison, James Norkosky, Tanner Koch, Jed Cutter, Andrew Baratz

NOT PICTURED: Mike Sobczyk, 2nd Lt Luke Amato, Capt Steve Carew

FRONT ROW: Amanda Yount, Adrienne Yoder, Katelyn Miller, Sarah Warner, Kayla St Pierre

BACK ROW: Kaylee Eskeli, Rose Bruns, Taryn Cates-Beier, Kate Fitzpatrick, Madi Hunt, Camille Leonard

NOT PICTURED: Grace Biagetti, Cassi Jehly, Grace Marchant

FRONT ROW: Camaren Ly, Victor Lee, Reese Wendfeldt, Ryne Rae, Caleb Elms, Christian Barrette, Evan Ward

BACK ROW: Jessica Tuttle, Josh Simpson, Katie Elliott, DJ Miller, Bert Maxwell, Broadcast Director Chris Cohn, Walker Ince, Chris Nodland

NOT PICTURED: Retired Lt Col Steve Simon

GROUPPHOTOS

PICTURED:

FRONT ROW: Emylyn Porter, Cydney Uzzell, Mikaela Vega, Georgiana Trizano, Brittany Bishop, Julia Rosenfeld

MIDDLE ROW: Audrey Phillips, Alicia Kwasny, Jailyn Holt, Katherine Walden, Felicita Hawes, Helen Hitt, Megan Reisch, Megan McCormick

BACK ROW: Roselyn Rotello, Kylie Applegate, Hannah Milliman, Rose Middleton, Kyra Traino, Lauren Neilsen, Erin Durak, Katherine Anderson

NOT PICTURED: Addison Toney, Lauren Benedict, Lauren Buras, Elizabeth Patterson, Reily Bolton, Shannon Hockman, Cheyenne Krampitz

Zachary Thomas, Ryan Cramer, Zane Kam, Patrick Joosten, Rebekah Bryant, Rose Bruns, Hunter Ahlquist, Anne Ahlquist, Mitchell Hollman, Kathryn Odom, Nigel Sarrazin

NOT

Zachary Zeltmann, Ian Sarrazin

Marathon Marathon

FRONT ROW: Camryn Gostel, Angela Buch, Katie Scheibner, Leah Wiegers

BACK ROW: Christian Sardelli, Michael Dorey, Logan Jostes, Mark Demore

FRONT ROW: Sarah Castellan, Sydney Ties, Annelise Holland, Megan Cordone

BACK ROW: Brandon Rockers, Jon Gabriel, Erik Isenberg, Jacob Pitman

GROUP PHOTOS

Pacific Rim Rodeo

FRONT ROW: Callen Medeiros, Maia Young, Quynh Tran, Natalie Agosto

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420 CLUBS

Triathlon Ultimate Frisbee, Womens

FRONT ROW: Keely Wrabetz, Hayden Debuse, Nick Garbinski, Scott Adler, Scott Kinross, Charles Lo, Eric Nunez

SECOND ROW: Madison Hoffman, Katherine Emanuel, Heidi Edmonds, Molly Swartz, Tessa Favo, Brook Chilton, Tony Mikhail, Gabe Eels, Wyatt Perry, Jacob Lorenzen, Tommy Sanchez

BACK ROW: Capt Paige Pluemer (officer-in-charge), Brian Krupp, Jacob Beineke, Jackson Ayers, Jacob Ehrenstrom, ClC Rob Schaefer, Trevor Westendorf, Alex Krupp, Josh Schmidt, Dan Frost (coach)

FRONT ROW: Alestra Lask, Rose Bruns, Whitney Hoermann, Gianna Oh

BACK ROW: Abby Hermann, Rachel Goehring, Aislinn Fitzgerald, Keala Eichholz, Alina Vanecek, Sara Burton, Emma Bonner, Maya Slavin, Melina Alvey (coach)

NOT PICTURED: Tristan Schulderberg, Mary Hood, Hannah Compton

GROUPPHOTOS

FRONT ROW: Scott Crump (director), Mary Vedra, Domenico Vacanti, Lauren Ramey, MSgt David McCormick (NCO-in-charge)

SECOND ROW: Mark Lyford, James Mannette, Madison Varnier, Vinny Martin, Krisanna Reynolds, Esther Gonzalez-Rios, Ryan Schwarz, Victor Rae, Zeyon Lyons, Ryan Pfaffenbichler, Nicholas Kim, Matthew Fleckenstein, Ashton Haythorne, Gavin Ross, Noah Johnson, Calen

Kollars, Jordan Graham, Cooper Kane, James Ferrante

THIRD ROW: John Kropp, Catherine Shepherd, Natalie Alpan, Aaron Brooks, Josiah Savoie, Jennifer Sims, Kyle Smith, Sean Castillo, Garhett Shaw, Thomas Kamp, Andrew Sellon, Christopher Meixsell, Tyler Friend, Josiah Floege, Thomas McCurdy, Darius Jansen, Jonathan Soferr, Joshua Rivera, Omena Mushale, Andrew Puseman, Christopher

NOT PICTURED: Sana Daley, Austin Ahern, James Huang, Angelina Lopez, Felicity Horan, Lily Selvaggi, Annmarie Flatten, Lt Col Daniel Burtz (officer in charge)

Chwa, William Sellers, Adam Caldi, Killian Valencia, Jacob Boswell, Elizabeth Ryan, John Yeager, Benjamin Evans, Braxton Sesler, Caleb Carnes, Matthew Knoedler, Sarah Antolik, Matthew Green, Jacob Taylor, Emily Huber, Natalie Graser, Drew Taylor, Leslie Fallert, Rider Jordan, Faith White, McKenzie Mercer, Todd Campo, Hailey Schult, Alyson Bragg

Parents Association of New Jersey

Andrew David Gibson JB MDL, NJ Scientist

Physics

Domenico Michael Vacanti Medford, NJ Pilot

Christian Hedengren Mendham, NJ Acquisitions

Arlene Frances Vill Clark, NJ Pilot

Ryan Joseph McKenna Deptford, NJ Pilot

Zachary Quinn Warren Sicklerville, NJ Air Liaison Officer

Mark Gordon Brown Brookside, NJ Pilot

Spencer Cap Cranbury, NJ Pilot

Raina Cerniglia Hackettstown, NJ Pilot

Christian James Nasto Morganville, NJ Pilot

Peter Chandler Washer III Belvidere, NJ Pilot

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Brenna Chen

Ryan Connelly

Marie Guerrero

Anthony Kim

Carson Kimball

Stephen Parker

Samantha Reed

James Schwerner an Soder

John Twomey

Nicholas Anapol

Eastern MA USAFA Families Club

USAFA Class of 2019 • We a

Yaroslav Borodenko Luke Boyle

2LT Nico Hillmann - Apex, NC; 2LT Garrett Potts - Beavercreek, OH; 2LT Carter Thorne - Monument, CO; 2LT Matt RobbinsParkville, MO; 2LT Gabe Cavender - Bismarck, ND; 2LT Jeremy Schwartz - East Grand Rapids, MI; 2LT John Robertson - Cornelius, NC; 2LT Spencer Thompson - Mims, FL; 2LT Sam Brenner - Livermore, ME; 2LT Jared Kreuzer - Mount Vernon, OH /JhHHHL V

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'My Wish Is You Find God’s Grace In Every Mistake, That You Always Give More Than You Take And That You Know Someone Loves You.’’ Keit

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. - Isaiah 40:31

Mikaela

Dela Cruz

Dimaapi

2Lt USAF

Well Done Mikaela

We 're So Proud Of You We Love You Very Much

- Mom, Dad & Gabby

Congratulations,

2d Lt Isaac J. Perez

We are extremely proud of you and your accomplishments! In the past four years, you faced all of your goals and challenges with strength, faith, dedication, selflessness, determination and persistence. Keep aiming high, son!

Best wishes for a bright future in the Air Force and continued success in life! May the Lord bless you always and keep you safe forever. Dios te bendiga!

Te aman siempre, Mami, Papi. Isa, Los Abuelos y toda tu familia

Congratulations, Lieutenant Chris Clark I

Congratulations on graduating 2019 STRONG. Few have the talent, determination, and blessing to be able to throw their cap into the thundering contrails of world's best pilots. We are very proud of you, Lieutenant!

- Mom & Dad

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY MINTED 2ND LT. MARIE ELISE GUERRERO, OUR "MEG". SOAR UP & FLY HIGH AS YOU PURSUE YOUR DREAMS YOU MAKE US PROUD AND WE LOVE YOU...

PAPA, MOMMY, SEAN, THE GUERRERO & ELIAZO/BALANON FAM

Garrett Kauppila

The best change happens when society's whole heart is engaged.

Your ability to see the world with a balance of mind, body, and soul has the potential to change society's whole heart.

Your ability to take action will begin the quality changes that our nation must make to afford dignity and respect for everyone.

We love you so very much!

- Dad, Mom, and Kyle

Megan,

You chased your dreams and faced obstacles hut each time you overcame them and never stopped trying... You're off to great places, the sky is waiting. Live life to the fullest and give it nothing hut your best...

We are so proud ofyou!

Love, Mom, Dad, and lan

Megan McCormick

Congratulations 2nd Lt Matthew Scott Media!

Your hard work, determination, integrity, heart, optimism, humor, grace and sheer grit have successfully brought you to the completion of one dream and to the beginning of another. We could not be more proud of you or more confident in your ability to prevail in the challenges that lie ahead. Aim High Matt & Enjoy the ride, We love you! Mom, Dad, Jack and Kate

Wherever life takes you, always remember the things you learned here, the special friends you had, and the great times you shared with them. Your new life awaits and we know you’re ready to take on the challenge. Son, we are proud of you and of all you have accomplished.

Love you forever, Mom, Dad, Kim, and Harry

Donald Coffin-Schiavon

CONGRATULATIONS

2ND IT FRANCIS B. COOPER III

My heart burst forth in joyous praise and thanksgiving for you, and all that you have accomplished. Continue to remain steadfast in God, who shall continue to guard you, and guide your steps.

Super, Duper Proud of You!

Love you, Mother

Erika Hannelore Fulbright

Inprocessing June 25, 2015 - Graduation May 30, 2019

It has been a long 1,434 days, BUT YOU MADE IT!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

We are all so proud ofyoufor working so hard to achieve this wonderful goal. We love you!

We are very proud of you and wish you the best in your future Military career. We Love You, and will always be there for you. Love, Mom and Dad.

You have accomplished your goals set long ago: Protect your country; Develop personal discipline; Be an example to others. Keep chasing your dreams! Love, Dad and Mom

There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help ofothers. - George Shinn

Congratulations 2LT Jeffrey Hart, Jr!

Congratulations 2nd Lts

Max and Mike Kemper!!

The two of you have accomplished something amazing and we are so proud of you both! As the AF sends you separate ways, always remain loyal brothers and best friends!

We Peaie i{6a!

Dad, M&wi. Nick, Katie and Efi

Hunter Lunasin

CONGRATULATIONS HUNTER!

Love & Aloha from, Dad, Mom, Alea, Kai & Hobie

(Conquered Mind & All!)

As you make your way into the bright beautiful world, always remember that you are loved dearly. It has been the time of our lives watching you grow up. Find joy every day, fill your days with meaningful work, keep your wits about you, stay curious, keep moving, clean up after yourself, find a good dog, enjoy your friends, travel far and often, visit libraries, go to grad school, use your brain, and call your mother and sister.

We hope the next 20 years will be as exciting as the last 22. Life will not always take you where you expect, but enjoy the ride.

Love, Alea, Mom & Dad

It is generally true that the greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark. We have never had that worry with you, as you have always aimed high and achieved whatever milestone was in front of you. Again... your hard work and determination has paid off!

We are truly blessed to have the opportunity to love a daughter and sister as amazing and special as you. You make us very proud!

Continue to live the life you have imagined and to thine own self be true!

Love, Dad, Mom, Jordan, Conor & Colton

We are proud of our 2nd Lt. and all of the hard work that you invested to make it happen. Time to bid farewell to life at USAFA and to start writing the next chapter. Embrace future challenges and live with passion. You are on a great path!

Love, Mom, Dad and Paige

Family and friends send their love and respect to 2nd Lt.

Darrion L. Sanders

In 2013 Darrion became an Airman and left his mother in tears. Respect and intelligence is only a couple attributes of Darrion. He has accumulated numerous awards that reflect his dedication and excellence to be an outstanding individual. Darrion implements developmental plans and exhibits exemplary team working skills. He has also been chosen to go on several missions, foreign and domestic. We look forward to seeing his career blossom as he leads as an officer.

We are so unbelievably proud of you! Way to work hard and show true grit. Your experiences over the last four years are priceless and have equipped you to do great things.

“The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could.” Author Unknown Conquer Mind, Conquer All Love you to the moon and back!

Love, Mom, Dad and Brit

CONGRATULATIONS

Second Lieutenant Samuel Brenner

Sam, we are so proud of you and all your accomplishments at the US Air Force Academy. It was a tough four years but you hung in there and made it! Thank you for your service to our country and best wishes as you begin your first assignment at Schriever AFB.

Class of 2019 "Conquer Mind, Conquer AH'

Family and friends are so proud of your graduation from USAFA. We can't wait to see where this journey takes you. Know you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Fly High and Dream Big!

We Love You!

Mom, Clay & Dillon

Cindy Sanders (mother)

Woodrow Sanders (father)

Chivas Kimber (brother)

tjitichael S&uilack

Stephen Carter - you DID IT! And now...

Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Love you, Ma & Dad

Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights. You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way!

Ryan, we are so proud of your accomplishments. Who would have thought you would have had this dream in elementary school.

Ryan Connelly

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Charles Estep

Congratulations Charlie!

We are so proud of You and all of Your Hard Work, Commitment, and Determination. Good Luck at Graduate School and Pilot Training. Keep Aiming High! You are Making your own mark in History!! We love you more than more... Dad, Mom and Gabby.

Congratulations, Second Lieutenant Griffin Gluck!

As usual you have achieved what you set out to and did it your own way. Whether riding broncos or bulls, playing banjo, or developing a wargame, you've certainly left your mark. The sky’s the limit, and we are so proud of your courage and tenacity. Audentes Fortuna luvat!

Mom, Dad, and Julian

Your strength, courage, determination, candor, intellect, humor, wisdom, integrity, and humility is impressive and inspiring.

MR FORCE

Congratulations on all your hard work and success Raina! We are so very proud of you! Love Mom, Dad, Anya & Jared

JUST LOOKIN’..

Lucas,

We are so proud of you. You have always worked so hard at being the best you can be, and now you’ve completed one of the most challenging programs in the World. We are so excited for you and your future. Thank you for being one of the few that serves our Country. We love you. Mom and Dad

Lucas Echeverry AHEAD

Robert Goetschkes CONGRATULATIONS! We are so I Claire, Nic

Congratulations USAFA

Graduate and 2nd Lt. Alex G

Three for three! You did it! A USAFA graduate and now 2nd Lieutenant! A dream come true as you start your next adventure in pilot training. Nick would have been so proud of you. WE couldn’t love or be more proud of you. With our loveand excitement for your future successes.

Dad, Mom and Ben

JieufetvCwf

We are very proud of your hard work and dedication.

Best of luck on the next stage of your goal.

Love,

Mom, Dad, Lyle, and Gunnar /l/ly_2nd

What a tremendous accomplishment. You are truly amazing and so beautifully humble. Always work hard and reach beyond the furthest points possible and your disappointments will be minor. It’s an honor to call you my son. am beyond proud of you. love you more then words can ever express, Pops!

you took USAFA

the horns and extracted every last experience. While it was never easy, you pursued your goals, knocking them out one by one. We are so incredibly proud of the beautiful young lady you’ve become. Never forget we are always here for you!

Love, Dad, Mom and Lance

Conquer Mind

Conquer All

WAY TO GO GILES!!!

We're so proud of what you have accomplished and will keep you in our prayers always. With love from Mom, Dad & Matthew

With God all things are possible. You are amazing! Words can't express how proud I am of you. Keep following your dreams and dance in the rain. Congratulations and best wishes for your next adventure! With love and pride today and always, I love you.

Mommy

ELISA ELENA NELSON

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

Your perseverance and dedication have taken you this far! This is just the beginning of a bright future! We love you and support you. God bless you! ALWAYS trust yourself, give your best, dothe right thing and you will fly higher to make our country and the world a better place for all!!

\IA

Congrats Logan Morrison & The Class of 2019 Strong

Logan, you defied the odds getting into USAFA but we knew all along you had what it takes to make it through. And you have, in the same way you do everything-whole heartedly, with grit, and always with a sense of humor! We love you and are so very proud of all you’ve accomplished!

Love, your family

Ho'omaika'i 'ana Iliana Nakamoto Aloha makou ia'oe

Psalm 81:10

"She believed she could, and so she did."

Diana you have made all of usso very proud of all that you have accomplished. As you begin your new chapter in life may God Bless and protect you always. Love You Grams

Congratulations

Thomas has taken our family to a new high. And he is the only officer that ever wanted to salute.

Love, Morfar

Thomas, From BCT, to becoming an Instructor Pilot, to achieving a Pilot slot, you have worked hard to reach your goals! We are so proud of our officer!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Andrew He

In eighth grade you wanted to attend the USAFA. You put yourself in a position to impact the world by your commitment to excellence. Your inquisitiveness, humility, and diligence will make you an effective leader. Enjoy your journey in the blue skies ahead. Cone for life!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Maggie

Brianna Murray

Love your Biggest Fans, Mom

Anthony Jackson Thomas

We are proud of you for reaching your goals!

Now... Go he INTELligent!!

Andrew Philip Wiss #19

Words are not enough to express how your accomplishments have made your family beyond proud of you. Your resolve to be the best has led you to become an amazing man whose strength, determination and integrity will lead you on a path of distinction and eminence. LU2TM&B

We are blessed Mom, Dad, & Alex

Congratulations

Braden Evers! WAY TO GO!

We knew you were meant to do SUPER things! We LOVE you so much & are so proud of you! Continue to B amazing & change the world every day!

M, D, Lu, Em

Darby Glaab DRG

JOSE RAMON SILVA, JR

Congratulations on your graduation from USAFA! We are so proud of you! We wish you continued success as you enter this next chapter of your life. Good luck with Pilot Training! Always keep the faith and reach for the stars! The sky is the limit. Que Dios Te Bendiga!

Love: Mom, Dad, Jordan and Joshua

Congratulations ClC Sedacy C. Walden

Sedacy, your family is so very proud of you and your accomplishments. We know it was hard work! You achieved your dream plus more! We will always be there for you. God will continue to be with you always!

All the BEST and BELIEVE There is no fear where there’s faith Love Mom, Dad, Etienne & Family

Michael Bastian

We are so proud of your the man you are, and look forward to watching you grow into the man you will become. So proud to have you join our family.

Brenna Chen

We are so very proud of you. You are an amazing young woman. We wish you continued success in all of your future endeavors.

Love you, Mom & Dad

Ginnis Gooder

My dearest son BIRD UP! and brother, Congratulations! Not Yong-Hyun Kim even the sky is the limit! We stand all proud at Go Space Force! what you have achieved.

Love you always, May the wind be at your The Fam back, calm seas in front Daddy, Mommy and beautiful skies above. (88BTD), Valerie, Love, Appa, Mom, Mason, and Lillian Y2K n Duke

Carson KimballCONGRATULATIONS

Graduate!!!

We are so proud of you! You are able to do anything you put your mind to. Wherever your life’s journey takes you, you are forever loved.

Your family

Darren “Bawilly Boy” Miller

You have never been alone- MomMom & Grampa Wally have been cheering you on from Heaven. Stay true, my Favorite (and only!) Sohn!

Love, Mom & Kirkie :D

Congratulations ArleneYill!!

WAY TO GO!!

We are so proud of all you’ve pursued, and endured these last four years.

With our love and constant support.

Daddy, Mama, Loretta, and Janet xoxo

Daniel KureCONGRATULATIONS

on a job well done.

What an accomplishment!

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4=13 God bless all your adventures in life.

Love, Dad and Mom

Nick WatermanYOU DID IT!

Nicky DP, so proud of you - Of your cadet accomplishments, leadership, skill on the rugby field and as a great son and brother.

OX, Waterman-Fair clan

OUTSTANDING

O’Shea Schroedl

Congratulations O’Shea! God has blessed you. Achieving a dream requires Effort, Passion, and Hard Work. You did it. I am so proud of you.

Love, Mom

CONGRATULATIONS

2nd Lt Peter C. Washer III

May God bless your future as you fulfill His purpose in the service to Him and His Unites States of America!

With Love, Mom, Dad, Rebecca, Zach & Jack

CONGRATULATIONS Ted Jantscher!!!

Graduating from USAFA an ultimate accomplishment a full field huck. We're so proud of you. Love you!

2Lt Killian Martin Miller Valencia

Gonna miss watching you in D&B!! GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!!

Pikachu, choose you to be a CYBER WARRIOR!

Nick Lopez

Nick, We hope all the struggles over the years were worth it. We can’t wait to see what your future has in store!!

Love, Mom and Dad

WAY TO GO, Nathan Thomas!

We are so proud of all that you have accomplished and know you will “soar” in your future endeavors.

Love, Mom, Dad, Benji, andLeike

Cassandra McElweeCONGRATULATIONS Sweetheart!

Your future is so bright, keep reaching for your dreams. Good luck in pilot training. We are so proud of you.

Love Dad, Mom & Julia

Congratulations

2d Lt Mikela TuckerWE LOVE YOU!

Your family and friend could not be prouder of what you accomplished! You are an inspiration to so many by all you have achieved!

Keep the faith!

McDonald, Barrett 238

McDonald, Maxwell 249

McDonough, Vincent 242, 414

McDougal, Mason 213

McElhannon, Darion A 134

McElwee, Cassandra Julia 38, 446

McFadden, Luke James 174

McFalls, Michaela 207

McFarland, Camden 263

McGahee, Alec 273

McGee, Michelle 170

McGillick, Giles Richard 102, 444

McGinty, Garrett 272

McGinty, Sean Michael Patrick 130

McGirl, Morgan 292

McGoldrick, James 289

McGowen, Hannah Rose 84

McGrail, Francis 240

McGrath, Allison 295

McGregor, Jonathan 223

McGuire, Peyton 260

McHenry, Emma 271

McHenry, Kate 206

McHugh, Eamon 216

Mcllhenny III, Daniel 238

McKain, Ruby 233

McKendree, Sean 265

McKenna, Ryan Joseph 57, 427

McKenney, Kristen 225

McKinney, Patrick 281

McKinnon, Maxwell 221

McKnight, Kenneth 298

McLaughlin, Alexander 183

McLaughlin, Anthony Jordan 47, 384

McLaughlin, Carson 266

McLaughlin, Michael 241

McLaughlin, Sonya 38

McLean, Caleigh 130

McLean III, Thomas 291

McMahon, Harry 143, 429

McMahon, James Brandon 174

McManus, Connor 242

McMillan, Erik Duncan 192

McMurray, Scott 225,374

McNabb, Celine 294

McNally, Shaun Farrell 174

McNay, Andrew 249

McNeal Jr, Cedrick 284

Mecca, Daniel 275

Mechalke, Zane 218

Medalle, Jasmine 299

Medeiros, Callan 298, 420

Medill, Kathleen 285

Medina, Timothy 296

Media, Matthew Scott 76, 438

Meeks, Demont'e 249

Mehnert, Alexander 277

Meisch, Cristina 210

Meisel, Trent Lee 147

Meixsell, Christopher 269, 422

Melendez, Jordan 218

Melinosky, Caleb 300

Melville, Nicholas 225

Mendenhall, Anna 219

Mendez, Diego 275

Mendez, Gabriel DavidVictor 98

Mendez, Kevin Santiago l6l

Meneweather II, Randy 230, 385

Menken, Savannah 236

Meno, Christopher 225

Menser, Eric 161, 203

Mercer, Benjamin 253

Mercer, Mckenzie 296, 423

Merchant, William George 139

Metcalf, William 292

Mettler, Maria 249

Metzger, Grace 277

Metzger, Raymond 300

Meyer, Alec 229

Meyer, Natalie 248

Mhaskar, Aditya 306

Michael, Brian 255

Michael, Harison 294

Michie, Tanner 216

Michitsch, Hannah 269

Mickey, Matthew 252

Miclette, Cameron 277

Middleton, Kendra 224

Middleton, Rose 246,418

Miguel, Alexis 206

Mikel, Rosalyn 294

Mikhail, Anthony 303,421

Miksch, Abigail Rose 71

Miles, Brock 245

Miles, Richard 228,380

Milham, Alexander 221

Mili, Mohamed 277

Milla, Brian 264

Millard, George Bryce 147

Miller, Alexander 280

Miller, Andre' James 51

Miller, Benjamin 296

Miller, Brett 290

Miller, Casey 243, 415

Miller, Darrell 231,417

Miller, Darren William 20, 446

Miller, David 274

Miller, Eric 248

Miller, Gabrielle 84

Miller, Glenna 272

Miller, Jace 298

Miller, Jacob 278

Miller, Joshua 285

Miller, Katelyn 297

Miller, Lauren 254

Miller, Luke 220

Miller, Malik Ali 192

Miller, Michael 209

Miller, Noah 211

Miller, Rebecca 252

Miller, Spencer 273

Miller, Stone Erik 57

Miller, Tevin 309

Miller, Ty 271

Miller, Zephaniah Troy 15

Milliman, Hannah 263,418

Milliron, Kennedy 222

Millis, Jacob 221

Mills, Tobin 306

Min, Esther 297

Miota, Ellen Marie 98,391

Mirageas, Zachary 303

Miranda, Aaron 274

Miranda, James 232

Miranda, Michael 299

Miranda, Tayler 269

Misdary, Andrew 208

Misra, Nathanial 206

Mitchell, Christopher 214, 355

Mitchell, Colton 254

Mitchell, Jared 302

Mitchell, William 218

Miyaoka, Garrett 228

Moawad, Matthew 34, 195, 203, 315

Modh, Devarsh 215

Modica, Morgan 274

Moeller, Adam 271,416

Moffett, Ian 300

Mohd Sabri, Muhammad 303

Mohre, Kiele 152,440

Moita, Alberto 248

Molas, Miguel Antonio Silva 192

Molique, Andrew Luo 15

Molitor, Hayden Samuel 135

Moll, Brady 254

Mone, Colin 306

Monson, Isaac 309

Montero, Presten Riley 29

Moonier, Alec 229

Moore, Aaron 256

Moore, Austin 299

Moore, Joseph 304

Moore, Landon 239

Moore, Luke 226

Moore, Stephen 285

Moore, Tarra 288

Moore, Thaddaeus 121

Mooty, Cole 231

Morales, Matthew 277

Morales, Maxamillian 290

Moran, Jeremy 274

Morgan, Harley 257

Morgan, Jack 283

Morgan, Mackenzie 299

Morgan, Price 241

Morgan, Thomas 250

Morin, Joseph 303

Morlino, Madeleine 222

Morris, Adam 207

Morris, Caleb 259, 368, 369

Morris, Daniel 280

Morris, Ethan 308

Morris, Joshua 256

Morris, Matthew 234

Morrison, Erin 226

Morrison, Heidi Lynn 38

Morrison, Logan Wayne

135,444

Morrissey, Brady 276

Morris, Taylor 287

Morris, Theresa 249

Morris, Zachary William 57

Mortensen, Colby 303

Mortenson, Tyler Curtis 192

Moshea, Matthew William 166

Mosley, Ariana Jynae 93

Moso, Patrick 294

Mossing, Alexander John 62,385

Mossing, Joshua Francis 52

Moss, Joel Isaiah 143

Mossop, Gary 261

Moten, Camille 275

Motes, Kelly 247

Mottice, David 217

Mott, Phillip 300

Moul, Jamie 273

Mount, Steffen Philip 25

Mowery IV, Charles 34

Moxley, Zane Hall 107, 357

Moxness, Michael 238

Moyer, Steven Andrew 179

Mpandresy, Stania 261

Mucci, Jessica Nicole 20

Mueller, Mark Frederic 52

Muggill, Gail 249,420

Mulcahy, Jacob 301

Mullins, Ian 232

Mull, Joseph Livingston 47

Munekata, Adam 227

Mun, Justin Houn 121

Munn, Emily 212, 383

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Murphy, Parrish 274

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139, 444

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Newton, Marc 254

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Ngoga, Prince 251

Nguyen, Alexander 268, 279

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Nguyen, Michele 293

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Norris, Mahala 278

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67, 204

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58,353,402

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16, 408, 420

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Walker, Thomas 230

Wall, Cheyenne Heinui 16

Walrath, Elice 273

Walsh, Brendan 297

Walter, Eric 245, 339

Waltermire, Jacob 221

Walters, Matthew 274

Wang, Alex 290

Wang, Jim 221

Ward, Benjamin 212

Ward, Eric 238

Ward, Evan 271, 417

Tomczak, Kathryn Rose 21, 403

Urn, Chanell 304

Umpaiboon, William 216

Veideman, Daniel 244

Vera, Ruben 240

Ward, Jacoby 239

Ward, Timothy Ryan 16

Ward, Tyler 301

Warfel, David Joseph 189, 429

Warlick, Zachary 220

Warner, Abigail 286

Warner, Robert 273

Warner, Sarah 300, 407, 417

Warren, Zachary Quinn 58, 427

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Waschak, Brian 226

Washer III, Peter Chandler 44, 427, 446

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Washington, Jelani 220

Wasz, Charles 282

Watchalotone, Sariah 232

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Waters, Mariah 225

Watkins, Gabriel 265

Watkins, Jake Canyon 104

Watson, Alec 223

Watson, Mark 298, 420

Watson, Shelby 251

Watts, Garrett Alexander 44

Way, Joseph 250 Weatherford, Michael 255

Weathersby, Sean 249, 415

Weaver, Abbigayle 298

Weaver V, James 265

Webber, Daniel 277

Webb II, Bracy 247

Webb, Nikita 237

Weber, Joel 274

Weber, Justin 259

Weber, Ryan 254

Webster, Brandon Peter 184

Webster, Connor 241

Wedgeworth, Kyler 265

Weilbacher, Anna Maria 163

Weiler, Elliott 214

Weil, Gage 291

Weimer, Natasha 303

Weiner, Audrey 213

Weisenburger, Alexandra 264

Weishuhn, Joshua 285

Weisleder, Joshua 303

Weisler, Alexandra 277

Weiss, Andrew 209

Welborn, Jacob Austin 131

Weld, Megan 303

Wells, Logan 237

Wells, Michael 248

Welton, Russell 224

Wessel, Chance

Laurence 44

Westendorf, Trevor James 163, 421

West, Joshua 104

Weyand, Lucas 228

Weyhe, Jackson 226

Whalen, Robert John 17

Wharton, Kylie Marie 31

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Wheeler, Marshall 236

Whiston, Grace 234

White, Ciera Nicole 77, 416

Whited, Jacob 250

White, Faith 274, 423

White, Lance 275

White, Natalie 260

White, Noah 90

White, Raimone 299

Whiteside, Trevor 212

White, Solomon 284

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Whitney, Addison 252

Whitteker, Jake 290

Whittington, Thomas Perry 193

Whitt, Jonah Daniel Sablan 149

Wicks, D’morea 214

Wiederholt, Tyler 238

Wiederkehr, Andrew 299

Wiegers, Leah 240, 419

Wieman, Andrea 250

Wiens, Caleb 228

Wierzbicki, Jessica 275

Wiese, Zachary 278

Wilbers, Jacob 214

Wilde, Maxwell Lee 136

Wilder, Adrianna 216

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Willett, Daniel 305

Williams, Adonis 273

Williams, Austin 303

Williams, Brandon 223

Williams, Coen 292

Williams, Jessica 266

Williams, Jonathan 22

Williams, Joseph 289

Williams, Keeth 265

Williams, Nicholas 185

Williamson, Joshua 250

Williams, Stephanie 270

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Wills, Lakota 291

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Wilmoth, Justin 218

Wilson, Christopher 252

Wilson, Jeffrey Alan 194

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Winschel, Alexander 228

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Wirth, John 230

Wise, Alexander 255

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Wisner, Jenna 215

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63, 445

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Wittich, Caroline 243

Wittig, Joseph 227

Wofford, John 240

Wofford, Kayla 280

Wojciechowski, Joshua Joseph 108

Wojcik, Mark 209

Wojewodka, Cullen 303

Wolfenbarger, Callie 242

Wolfgramm, Autumn 282

Wolfson, Caden 299

Wollman, Yann 297

Woloshun, Dimitri 253

Wone, Darren 280

Wong, Allison 254

Wong, Caleb 248

Wong Jing Yi, Edmund 40, 317

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Wood, Brendan 265

Wood, Chancellor 306

Wood, Katrina Marie 149

Wood, Laura 305

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Woodring, Joseph 308

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Woods II, Kevin 268

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Woody, Joseph 113

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Worthington, Elizabeth 219

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Wrabetz, Keeley 269, 421

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Wright, Tyler 270

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Wu, Joshua 267

Wullschleger, Jadon 284

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Yalung, Cyril 276

Yamamoto, Shyo 302

Yambao, Claudio 292

Yandura, Eric James 68

Yang, Paul 44

Yantis, Alexander 90

Yarnell, Jacob Steele 154

Yates, Justin 229

Yauney, Joshua 294, 416

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Yeager, John 234, 423

Yee, Rex 309

Yi, Jiyoung 236

Yingst, William 260

Yoder, Adrienne 282, 407, 417

Yong, Christopher 136

Yoo, Brian Jaehee 81

Yook, Daniel Hyun 180

Yoon, Minjong 49

Yoo, Ryan Jaehyun 35

Yoshimoto, Kevin 244

Young, Alec 278

Young, Cassidy 245

Young, Christa 185

Young, Grant 266

Young, Joshua 243

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Yu, Nathanael 306

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Yun, Christina 260

Yung, Zheng 224

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Zacharias, Matthew 253

Zahid, Keyen 283

Zammataro, Thomas 210

Zaniewski, Hunter Austin 99

Zarwanski, Kyle 256

Zavadak, Joshua 277

Zavislak, Colin Michael 189

Zawadzky, Quincy 232

Zeitvogel, Luca 236

Zelaya, Angel 228

Zeltmann, Zachary Ryan 181

Zerban, Jensen 250

Zimmermann, Justin 303

Zimmie, Heather 44

Zirkle, Konrad 288

Zivney, Daniel 26

Zobrist, Cameron 307

Zocher, Jack 212

Zorn, Dylan 267

Zuluaga, Luke 283

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Wengreen, Jordan 267

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Wilson, Parker Steven 90

Wilson, Payton 253

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Wilson, Robert 251

Wilson, Sadie 301

Wyatt, Hannah 230

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Wyrick, Sarina 280

Zhang, Han 217

Zheng, Felix 279

Zielinski, Paul 263

Zigrosser, Ryan 281

Zimmerman, Cayden 276

Zimmerman, Lucy 209

THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH

even footing. Is that nice? (Laughter.)

This class has racked up a list of truly extraordinary achievements. Two graduating cadets recently received one of the most prestigious awards in all of academia: Rhodes scholarships. Please join me in congratulating cadets James Brahmand Madison Tung. Please stand up. (Applause.) Wow. Thank you very much. That’s a big a big, fat congratulations from me. That’s a tremendous, tremendous job you’ve done. Thank you. Thank you, Madison. Great job.

On the athletic fields, the Air Force has won 15 conference championships over the last four years, which is really something. A hundred and fifty-three athletes have earned All-American honors. Stand up. Stand up. (Applause.) All-American. Wow. (Applause.) Wow. It’s fantastic. Congratulations. Including Rifle Team members Anna Weilbacher and Spencer Cap, who helped the Falcons win the air rifle national title and beat the other service academies to bring home the President’s Trophy. Please, stand up. Stand up. (Applause.) It’s fantastic. But you didn’t enjoy beating those other academies. don’t think so, right? Not too much.

And graduating cadet Nick Ready became the first person from any service academy to win the College Flome Run Derby wow, that’s a big deal with a record-breaking 55 home runs. Nick, where are you, Nick? Stand up. (Applause.) Come here, Nick. Come here. Get up here, Nick. Come here. (Applause.) Come here, Nick. You know, they gave him such a lousy seat all the way back in the corner. (Laughter.) Come on up. Baseball. Home Run Derby. That’s something. In all of college baseball. Wow. I want to feel this guy’s muscles. (Laughter.)

It's real. That’s real. That’s great. Thank you very much, Nick. That’s a big deal. That’s a big deal. (Applause.)

The members of this class come from every background, every state in the union, and even from our allies overseas.

But through trial and training and tradition, you’ve become one family.

It’s what’s happened.

And like one family, you have all been pulling for one of your classmates, who has bravely fought his battlewith cancer. Today, Parker Hammond graduates as a munitions and missiles maintenance officer (applause) along with the class that has stood with him every step of the way. (Applause.) Great come on, Parker. Get up here, Parker. Parker. Come here. Come here, right? Come here. They love you, Parker. Why do you like him so much? (Applause.) Great job. Great. (Applause.)

A lot of good-looking people in this school, I have to say. (Laughter.) Thank you, Parker.

This class personifies the spirit of confidence and courage and unwavering commitment that has always defined the Long Blue Line. (Applause.) It’s true. It goes all the way back to the very beginning, to the first cadet in the Air Force history.

On in-processing day, you’ve greeted at the base of a ramp by the statue of the legendary Val Bourque. Val grew up in a blue-collar family in Massachusetts. During his senior year in high school, he was recruited to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates. That’s another baseball player. But instead, Val made the same choice as all of you: the choice of life of service. That’s what he wanted.

Val joined the US Air Force Academy. He showed up at 4=30 a.m. on the Academy’s opening day in 1955, so he would be the first Air Force cadet in history to take the Oath of Allegiance. He was thinking fast.

The Academy proved an arduous challenge, however, for Val. It wasn’t easy. As Val’s roommate said, “He was hanging on by a thread academically. No one was tested more than Val was. But he was at the very top in [his] character and [in] honor.” That’s what his roommate said.

After Val finally made it to where you’re sitting today, he volunteered to go to Vietnam and he proved to be one of the best pilots America had. He was amazing. He was incredible. After nearly a year of intense action, he was scheduled to return home. He was very

excited but he asked to lead one more mission. On that day, Val’s plane was struck by enemy fire, and he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He now rests on these precious grounds, and his fighting spirit lives in each and every one of you. Great fighting spirit. (Applause.)

The heroes and legends of every generation have always had to confront new perils and defeat new dangers. No one can foresee all of the challenges this class will face, but we do know that, with absolute certainty, you are going to be ready to serve. You are going to be ready to lead. You are going to be aiming at the absolute highest point. And you are ready to "Fly, Fight, and Win.” Always win. (Applause.) Always.

You exemplify the grit, the guts, and the grace that make America’s Air Force, by far, the best in the world. And in the words of your class motto, “Conquer Mind, Conquer All."

Each of you has the sharp intellect, deep character, inner strength, and the titanium courage to vanquish any menace that dares to threaten our country or our people. (Applause.) We’re always ready. Right, General? Always ready. He’s ready. I wonder how that’s going to be viewed - that statement tomorrow in the press. (Laughter.) You can imagine. And that’s okay. Let them think whatever they want to think. (Applause.)

More than half of you will soon head to pilot training, where you will prepare to unleash American thunder anywhere we need. Another 45 will join our remotely-piloted aircraft program. A record number of you will become space operators. You will specialize in combat rescues, intelligence, missile maintenance, weather, air traffic control, engineering, and much, much more.

Each of you is graduating at a truly incredible time for our country. Our country is doing well. Our country is respected again. (Applause.) We are respected again. And we’re reawakening American pride, American confidence, and American greatness. You know that. These gentlemen know it; I’ll tell you right now. Thank you very much. Thank

you very much. That’s very nice.

And we are restoring the fundamental principle that our first obligation and highest loyalty is to the American citizen. No longer will we sacrifice America’s interests to any foreign power. We don’t do that anymore. (Applause.) In all things and ways, weare putting America first, and it’s about time. (Applause.)

Our economy is booming, our people are thriving, and our military is stronger, mightier, and more powerful with all of that new aircraft than ever before. am committed to keeping our military the best trained, best equipped, and most technologically advanced fighting force anywhere under the sun. (Applause.)

Last year, against some pretty strong opposition, which I’ll always have, we secured $700 billion to support our warfighters, followed by another $716 billion not million billion. That’s with a “B.” (Laughter.) Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollarsthis year.

That means we are delivering 56 new Air Force F-35S, brand new stealth. (Applause.) asked somebody on the other side, “What do you think of that plane?” A foreign leader. They said, “We have a problem with it; we can’t see it.” (Laughter.) It’s always good. It’s always good when they can’t see you.

Twenty-four new Reaper remotely piloted Aircraft, fifteen new Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft, ten new combat rescue helicopters, and a well-earned pay raise for every Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Coast Guardsman, and Marine in the United States military. (Applause.) And if anybody wants to give up your raise, it’s okay. We’ll accept that. Okay? (Laughter.) Don’t do it. (Laughter.)

We're also asking Congress to invest more in hypersonic weapons. We have things under development, the likes of which you’ve never seen; the likes of which you can’t even conceive. Artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons and modernization, and space superiority. And we’re soon having, as you know, something that started. And it started a little slow, and now everybody has embraced it: Space Force. And you’re going to be working with them.

(Applause.)

And, general, want to thank you for helping us so much. It's been really great. Working with you has been great. A whole new force.

In this stadium today are many of the future leaders who will develop the doctrine, strategy, and technology to restore America’s legacy of leadership in space. As you know, other nations are moving aggressively to weaponize space with new technologies that can disrupt vital communications and blind satellites that are critical to our battlefield operations.

It is a time for America to reclaim the ultimate high ground and prepare our young warriors of today for victory on the battlefield tomorrow. It’s a very different battlefield. It’s a very different type of warfare. But weare so advanced. Andwhen you see what’s coming, you won’t even believe it. And hopefully you know what? Hopefully, we never have to use it. Peace through strength. Peace through strength. (Applause.)

As your commander-in-chief, want you to know that we will pursue and maintain the overwhelming strength we need to deter any aggressor and thrash any foe. For that reason, am committed to building the Air Force we need with the full strength of 386 squadrons. And we’re getting it done, too. It’s happening rapidly.

Because nothing will ever strike more fear in the hearts of our enemies or inspire more confidence in our friends than the roaring engines of American fighter jets, flown by the greatest pilots on the planet Earth, by fan you. (Applause.) The sound of American warplanes is the righteous sound of American justice.

Today, you inherit a legacy of service and valor handed down through generations. It’s a tradition built by legends like Rickenbacker, Doolittle, Wagner, Archer, Boyd, Yeager, Sijan, Grissom, and Chapman. Great people. Great people. (Applause.) These trailblazers broke barriers after barrier, and they innovated and adapted to push America further, faster, and on to total victory.

It is the same spirit embodied by your class exemplar, Neil Armstrong, who started

out flying jets over Korea, and, 50 years ago this summer, planted our great American flag on the face of the moon.

Just like all the aces of our past and the heroes of our history, they were ready to lead when America neededthem most. And so is every cadet who graduates today. Is that correct? (Applause.) I think so.

You are the patriots whose names will go down in Air Force history. You will redefinewarfare at a very, very critical time in our country’s history. You’ll win great battles and bring our enemies to crushing defeat. You will explore the boundaries of space, and keep America forever proud and forever free.

So today, you take the controls. You’re going to push it up and chart your course across the sky. Keep the wings level and true, because your country is sending you on a vital mission: to defend America, protect our people, and to pursue our nation’s great and glorious destiny.

Nothing will stop you from victory. Nothing will stop the U.S. Air Force. And with your help, nothing ever, ever will stop the United States of America. (Applause.)

So want to conclude by giving a very special congratulations to a very special group of amazing cadets and people. It’s the Class of 2019.

AUDIENCE: Strong!

THE PRESIDENT: On behalf of our nation, God bless you, God bless the Air Force, and God bless America. This is a great honor being with you. Thank you. And congratulations to everybody. Thank you. (Applause.)

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on me as well as the cadets,” Sergeant Cochran said.

“What differed from my previous command was the fact that I now had time to focus 100 percent on the people front. In the world of aircraft maintenance that can be hard to do,” Colonel Barry said. “However, here I was afforded that great chance. It’s been awesome getting to know all of them and playing a role in their officer development. I hope that I’ve modeled what being a good officer is all about. If I’ve done that, then I feel like I’ve done my job.”

Sergeant Cochran is the AMT for CS10. He oversaw and instilled a culture of excellence with his squadron, resulting in CS10 earning top honors in the Cadet Wing for both academics and military training for the

fall semester. Those efforts also resulted in individual cadets within his squadron earning 50 percent of the Truman Scholarship nominations for the entire wing. Also, Sergeant Cochran is the Prior-Enlisted Cadet Assembly NCOIC and was the cornerstone to providing support for more than 300 priorenlisted cadets with none lost to attrition over his two years in charge. Away from the Academy, he volunteered more than 140 hours of his personal time to assist at local rescue mission providing shelter, food and safety for more that 200 homeless members of the community.

“For me it is an honor to be recognized among the best of the Academy’s Wing. This job gives me the privilege of working with and learning from some

of the best officers and enlisted professionals in our Air Force. I am grateful for the influence they have had on me as well as the cadets,” Sergeant Cochran said.

Working closely with CS10 AOC Maj Matthew Hatt, Sergeant Cochran’s aim is to prepare cadets for their future roles as Air Force leaders.

“In CS-10 we say our goal is To produce second lieutenants who think like captains,” Sergeant Cochran said. "I hope to leave the cadets with the best example possible of what they should expect from a noncommissioned officer. I would also like to leave with them an example of what a professional relationship between officers and enlisted personnel looks like. Major Hatt, and I work

hard to model how an effective leadership team should operate.”

The General O’Malley Memorial Leadership Award is presented to the top air officer commanding each academic year. Gen Jerome O’Malley graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1953 and commissioned in the U.S. Air Force. He was part of the initial cadre of the Air Force Academy in January 1955, then at Lowry Air Force Base, CO.

The Senior Master Sgt William Coltrin Leadership Award is presented to the top Academy military training NCO each academic year. Sergeant Coltrin was the first Cadet Wing Superintendent. He introduced cadets to the enlisted corps, the backbone of the U.S. Air Force.

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The 2019 Polaris was produced and printed by Walsworth Publishing Company of Marceline, MO, with Greg Stimack as company representative. Walsworth designers, Michelle Funkhouser and Justin Cantwell were responsible for theme and page design. U.S. Air Force Academy employees Brad Milliman and James Rush handled editing and served as advisors to cadet writers and photographers. Jill Stevens supervised the production process as Marketing Director. 4,400 copies of the 2019 Polaris were printed.

Cover: Custom designed four color lithograph cover design with a matte lamination. The astronaut featured on the cover is a sculptured embossed image. Matte gold hot foil was used on the front covers embossed theme text and spine and a clear silkscreen was used enhance the astronaut's face shield on the front cover.

Endsheets: The crest on the front endsheet is applied using a gold matte hot foil on a Mohawk Solutions feltweave endsheet stock.

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