Academy holds panel honoring women's suffrage

Master Sgt. Kelly Links introduces panelists at a Women's Equality Day luncheon at the Air Force Academy Aug. 27, 2012. Panelists were Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver), League of Women Voters President Catherine Perrone and RBI Strategies and Research co-founder Rick Ridder. Other guests of note included Rep. Janak Joshi (R-Colorado Springs) and Lynn Gangone, dean of the University of Denver Women's College. Links is a dental technician with the Academy's 10th Dental Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Mentoring programs aims to encourage diversity

Tammy Gauthier teaches a class on mentoring in Arnold Hall at the Air Force Academy Aug. 6, 2012. Gauthier is the management analyst for the Montana Veterans Affairs Department's Performance Measure Program and a certified mentoring fellow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Diversity

The Academy’s Sexual Assault Prevention Response program has developed education and preventive tools, implemented bystander intervention training, extended victim care and worked hard to establish a program victims can trust. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration/Mike Kaplan)

Diversity

Cadet 2nd Class Richard Cook with co-workers from Chindex explore an ancient village outside of Beijing during his Ambassadors of Inclusion visit to China. Cook worked as an intern in the marketing department of the United Family Hospitals division. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

No engine? No problem

Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, prepares for a TG-15A glider ride Aug. 13, 2012, with Cadet 1st Class Chris Olson of Cadet Squadron 13. Olson is co-captain of the Academy’s Sailplane Racing Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Diversity training

Tina Erzen and Col. Andy Szmerekovsky conduct a short mentoring session during a class on mentoring at the Air Force Academy Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Air Liaison Officer Assessment

Master Sgt. Joseph Palmer and other mobile operations in urban terrain instructors demonstrate how to clear a room. Palmer is assigned to the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Air Liaison Officer Assessment

An air liaison officer candidate loads simulated rounds into an M-4 rifle clip during an air liaison officer assessment Aug. 5. The course is designed to test officers’ and cadets’ ability to lead, follow and adapt during combat situations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Distinguished Service Award

Edward E. Legasey, a 1967 Air Force Academy graduate, has been awarded the 2012 Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding service and unfailing support to the Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Academy librarian accepted into prestigious leadership program

Janice Young, an electronic resources librarian at the Air Force Academy, was selected in June along with 50 other applicants from the Pikes Peak Region to participate in the 2012 Leadership Pikes Peak Signature Program. Young is a native of Las Vegas who taught in Nevada schools and holds a master's degree in education. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

'Traveling' basic cadets observe modified Ramadan

Basic Cadet Mohammed Gallala takes off his boots to prepare for evening prayer in a tent chapel at Jacks Valley after the first full day of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. Approximately 10 basic cadets have regularly attended Muslim services, led by Imam Mohammed Jodeh. Gallala is a native of Tunisia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

'Traveling' basic cadets observe modified Ramadan

Basic cadets kneel during maghrib, or sunset prayers, in Jacks Valley's Muslim chapel July 22, 2012. Islam typically requires five daily prayers, to be done before sunrise, at noon, in the mid-afternoon, just after sunset and before going to bed for the evening. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)