NCLS speakers share perspectives on leadership

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley talks to Air Force Academy cadets about the nature of service in the Arnold Hall Theater Feb. 19, 2010, during the National Character and Leadership Symposium. The secretary was one of 17 keynote speakers for the two-day event; others included veterans of the Battle of Roberts Ridge as well as Baseball Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda and former NFL head coach Brian Billick. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Colo. house speaker visits Academy

Colorado Rep. Terrance Carroll speaks at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Club during a Black History Month Luncheon Feb. 22, 2010. Mr. Carroll, the speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, holds degrees from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the Iliff School of Theology in Denver and the University of Denver College of Law. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy cadet earns scholarship to study at Oxford

Cadet 1st Class Bradford Waldie recently received a Bart Holaday scholarship for two years of study at Oxford University of England. Cadet Waldie is a native of Phoenix and a double major in foreign area studies and humanities. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Tommy Lasorda speaks to cadets at NCLS 2010

Tommy Lasorda, former LA Dodgers manager, is introduced by Cadet 2nd Class Katie Gorbacz to cadets Feb. 18, 2010, during a keynote session at the 17th-annual National Character and Leadership Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy. This annual event continues to be regarded as one of the premier national symposiums in the area of character development, designed to guide cadets toward turning ethical reasoning into action, improving knowledge of ethics and foundations of character, and developing a sense of moral courage. Cadet Gorbacz is assigned to Cadet Squadron 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

AF's 1st female general officer dies

Maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm, pictured here as an Army company commander in 1948, was the first woman to attend the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in 1949. Her awards include two Distinguished Service Medals and a Legion of Merit. (U.S. Army photo)

Cadets consider career options during Majors' Night

Capt. Bradly Bucholz talks about the civil engineering major program with Cadet 4th Class Bryan Anderson during Majors' Night at the Air Force Academy Feb. 11, 2010. Captain Bucholz is an instructor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Cadet Anderson is assigned to Cadet Squadron 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Cadets consider career options during Majors' Night

Cadet Candidates Jacob Morin and Morgan Tilong test their piloting skills in a T-6 Texan flight simulator during Majors' Night at the Air Force Academy Feb. 11, 2010. The two are students at the Academy Preparatory School, which prepares students academically, physically and militarily to enter the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Cadets consider career options during Majors' Night

Maj. Jason Stowe describes the geoscience major to a cadet candidate during Majors' Night at the Air Force Academy Feb. 11, 2010. The geoscience display was one of more than 30 set up to provide undeclared cadets information about available fields of study. Major Stowe is assigned to the Academy's Department of Economics and Geosciences. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Cadets consider career options during Majors' Night

Cadet Candidate Jamil Cooks asks Alice Meyer about the foreign area studies degree program during Majors' Night at the Air Force Academy Feb. 11, 2010. Representatives from each academic department set up displays to provide information on majors to freshmen and undeclared sophomores at the Academy as well as Academy Preparatory School students. Ms. Meyer is a Portugese instructor with the Department of Foreign Languages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

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Astronaut and retired Brig. Gen Charles Duke was the guest speaker for the Air Force Academy's National Prayer Luncheon Feb 9, 2010. General Duke was the lunar module pilot for the Apollo 16 mission and the 10th man to walk on the Moon, as well as the youngest. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy medic earns Bronze Star for deeds in Afghanistan

Capt. Jason Rogers, right, and Maj. Jeff Lewis, left, perform a surgical operation in Afghanistan July 3, 2009. Captain Rogers, a physician assistant with the 10th Medical Group, received a Bronze Star Medal during a 10th Air Base Wing commander?s call Jan. 26, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo)

'All about respect' at Air Force Academy

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould released a statement Feb. 3 regarding religious respect at the Air Force Academy. General Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo)