Academy officials break ground on $40 million Center for Character, Leadership Development facility

Air Force Academy officials break ground for the Center for Character and Leadership Development facility Oct. 19, 2012. The new, $40 million facility will be located between Arnold Hall and the Cadet Chapel. Construction is projected to take 22 months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Academy officials break ground on $40 million Center for Character, Leadership Development facility

Air Force Academy officials break ground for the Center for Character and Leadership Development facility Oct. 19, 2012. The new, $40 million facility will be located between Arnold Hall and the Cadet Chapel. Construction is projected to take 22 months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Academy releases 2012 research report

Cadet 1st Class Heather Nelson works on the FalconSat 7 project March 6, 2012. Nelson, an astronautical engineering major, is assigned to Cadet Squadron 16. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

International guests visit Air Force Academy

Viktor Romanov and Ekaterina Priezzheva watch Cadet 1st Class Kendrick Talamantez scale an obstacle at the Air Force Academy's Ropes Course Oct. 12, 2012. Romanov, Priezzheva and other officials with the Russian Federation Defense Ministry visited the Academy as part of International Week. Romanov is the deputy chief of the Defense Ministry's Personnel Directorate. Priezzheva is the ministry's chief of military education. Talamantez is assigned to Cadet Squadron 02. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

A wish come true: Parker, Colo., native becomes cadet for a day

Wyatt Denton listens to a briefing during his visit to the Air Force Academy Sept. 28, 2012. Wyatt, a native of Parker, Colo., was made a cadet for a day through the Academy's partnership with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

A wish come true: Parker, Colo., native becomes cadet for a day

Wyatt Denton (center) and his brother Joe (left) march on the Terrazzo with Cadet Squardron 32 during Wyatt's Cadet for a Day experience Sept. 28, 2012. CS 32 was the sponsor squadron for Wyatt, a native of Parker, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

No need for speed

Senior Airman Brandon Aguirre (foreground) and Airman 1st Class Hans Castillo, patrollers with the 10th Security Forces Squadron, monitor drivers on South Gate Boulevard Sept. 26. Getting caught speeding on Academy grounds can be costly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carol Lawrence)

No need for speed

Airman 1st Class Hans Castillo and Senior Airman Brandon Aguirre, 10th Security Forces Squadron patrollers, use a radar gun to detect speeders on South Gate Boulevard Sept. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carol Lawrence)

Cadet candidate pursues leadership despite difficult upbringing

Cadet Candidate William Roe said he is determined to make it work at the Academy. "I've been given this great opportunity," the Air Force Academy Preparatory School student said Oct. 3, 2012. "If I mess up, I have nothing." (U.S. Air Force photo/Carol Lawrence)

Cadet candidate pursues leadership despite difficult upbringing

Cadet Candidate William Roe writes an essay in his English class Oct. 3, 2012. “I’ve never written so many essays,” Roe said about the class he loves. He is a native of Robinson, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carol Lawrence)

Cadets observe Hindu religious holiday

Cadet 2nd Class Ian Sweeney (center) participates in a Sri Ganesh Chaturthi at the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Sept. 21, 2012. Sweeney is assigned to Cadet Squadron 18. Also pictured are Mythili Bachu (left), chairperson of the Council of Hindu Temples of North America and president of the United Hindu Jain Temples of Washington, D.C., and Srinivasacharya Gudimella (right), a priest with the Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado in Castle Rock, Colo. The ceremony is held to honor the birthday of Ganesha, one of the major gods of the Hindu pantheon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Hindu cadets observe religious holiday

From left: Sitaramacharyalu Gunturu, Mythili Bachu, Jay Patel and Srinivasacharya Gudimella celebrate the birthday of Ganesha, one of the major gods of the Hindu pantheon, during a Sri Ganesh Chaturthi in the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel's multipurpose room Sept. 21, 2012. Guntueu and Gudimella are priests with the Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado in Castle Rock, Colo. Bachu is the chairperson of the Council of Hindu Temples of North America and the mother of Cadet 3rd Class Anish Bachu. Patel is the Academy's Hindu lay leader. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)