10th Special Forces Group prepares for deployment by training cadets

Two cadets provide suppressing fire for the rest of their fire team while making their way to a safehouse in Jacks Valley's mobile operations in urban terrain training area during a training exercise Aug. 13, 2011. Soldiers from Fort Carson's 10th Special Forces Group partnered with the Academy for the training initiative, which helped the Soldiers prepare for an upcoming deployment while training cadets in MOUT tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

10th Special Forces Group prepares for deployment by training cadets

Cadet 1st Class Christopher Moede fires on an enemy position during mobile operations in urban terrain training in Jacks Valley at the Air Force Academy Aug. 13, 2011. Soldiers with Fort Carson's 10th Special Forces Group offered the training, both to familiarize cadets with MOUT tactics and to prepare for an upcoming deployment wherein they will train foreign servicemembers. Moede is the cadet chief of safety for Cadet Squadron 35 and is a member of the Academy's cadet combat shooting team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

10th Special Forces Group prepares for deployment by training cadets

From right: Cadet 3rd Class Jared Hafich and Cadet 1st Class Joseph Springfield make their way toward a safehouse during a training mission in Jacks Valley Aug. 13, 2011. The mannequin on Hafich's shoulders represents a pilot the cadets were sent to rescue. Hafich is assigned to Cadet Squadron 28; Springfield is assigned to CS 07. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy cadet lauded for 'quick fix' on deployed B-1B

Cadet 1st Class Joel Noble helped Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron in Southwest Asia quickly repair a B-1B Lancer that could not fly due to a failed entry hatch bailout rocket while shadowing the squadron as part of Operation Air Force in July 2011. He is a native of Springboro, Ohio, and is assigned to Cadet Squadron 14 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Cadet Wing accepts Class of 2015

Cadet Squadron 37 conducts a dress and review near the end of the Air Force Academy's Acceptance Day Parade Aug. 3, 2011. The dress and review is designed to dismiss the troops in an orderly fashion at the end of the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Davis)

Cadet Wing accepts Class of 2015

Members of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2015 march onto Stillman Field along with their cadet cadre to kick off the Acceptance Day Parade Aug. 3, 2011. The parade marks the basic cadets' formal transition into the Academy's Cadet Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Davis)