10th MDG nurse named Nightingale luminary

Lt. Col. Lisa Cole was named March 3, 2012, as a finalist for the Florence Nightingale Award for the state of Colorado. She is the commander of the 10th Medical Group's Perioperative Services Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Airmen at the Air Force Academy render honors to Capt. Ryan Hall, who was interred at the Academy Cemetery March 12, 2012. Hall, a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., was killed when his U-38 Twin Condor crashed Feb. 18. Hall was deployed to Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Airfield NCO earns medal for accident response

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Kurpaski, right, receives an Air Force Commendation Medal from Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould in a presentation Feb. 1, 2012. Kurpaski, the NCO in charge of aircrew flight equipment for the 306th Operations Support Squadron, received the medal for taking charge of an accident scene and treating one person who was wounded. Kurpaski is a native of Santa Monica, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Tech. Sgt. John Dawson knocks out a saxophone solo during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2011. The performance was part of a resiliency day presentation at the Academy, which also included brief messages by Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman, the Academy's command chief. The resiliency day was directed by Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz after an uptick in suicides in January. Dawson is part of the marching and concert ensembles as well as the Falconaires. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould speaks to assembled Airmen during a resiliency day presentation in the Air Force Academy's Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The presentation, featuring music by the Air Force Academy Band, focused on ways to rebuild and reinforce social, physical, spiritual and mental fitness. Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Master Sgt. Stephen Brannen plays guitar during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The performance was part of a 45-minute resiliency day presentation at the Academy. Brannen is the NCO in charge of the Academy Band's Wild Blue Country ensemble. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Security forces reservist earns 2nd Bronze Star

From right: Maj. Brent McGuire and Col. Tim Gibson stand attention during the reading of the citation for McGuire's Bronze Star Medal during a presentation ceremony at the Air Force Academy Jan. 6, 2012. McGuire, a reservist who works in a civilian capacity as a security forces trainer for the 10th Security Forces Squadron, received the medal for his actions while deployed to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, as the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron commander. Gibson is the 10th Air Base Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Why building Falcon Circle was 'right thing to do'

Rev. Dr. David Oringderff speaks with Lt. Gen. Mike Gould during a dedication ceremony for the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Falcon Circle May 3, 2011. Oringderff is the executive director of the Sacred Well Congregation and represented the Earth-Centered Spirituality community during a religious respect conference at the Academy in November 2010. Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy adds 4 to Class of 2011

Retired Brig. Gen. Ruben Cubero holds one of the second lieutenant bars presented to graduating cadets from the Class of 1961 during a ceremony at the Air Force Academy Dec. 14, 2011. The Class of '61 is the legacy class for the Class of 2011. Cubero is a former Academy dean of the faculty. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

AFA superintendent invited into Order of the Sword

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, right, embraces his wife, Paula, during a ceremony at the Falcon Club the morning of Dec. 13, 2011. The ceremony was billed as an enlisted call, but was instead an invitation by the Academy's enlisted corps to induct Gould, the Academy superintendent, into the Order of the Sword. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Colorado Springs university leaders discuss U.S. education efforts

Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, second from left, discusses the state of higher education in the United States during a panel at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 8, 2011. The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council organized the panel, which also included (from left): Dr. Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; World Affairs Council President Schuyler Foerster, Colorado College President Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler and Dr. Bruce Harmon, dean of engineering at the southern campus of Colorado Technical University. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy builds vision for women's mentoring

Master Sgt. Tiffany Smith, center, shares an idea with others in her roundtable discussion during an Air Force Academy women's mentoring initiative meeting at the Academy's Milazzo Center Nov. 30, 2011. Smith is superintendent of the Manpower and Personnel Directorate's Command Personnel Division. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)