Features

  • A fond farewell: Brig. Gen. Evan Miller preps for assignment in Hawaii

    Throughout Brig. Gen. Evan Miller's Air Force career, he's always set an alarm clock for work --until he arrived here last summer.For the past year, while helping reshape the Academy's decreasing budget under stringent federal constraints, restoring the airmanship program and writing the initial

  • USAFA's new command chief reports for duty

    Chief Master Sgt. Maxwell Grindstaff is still busy processing into the Academy and organizing the home he shares with Millie, his wife of 25 years and best friend of 30 years -- but by all indications, he'd much rather be out and about, visiting Airmen and cadets.The Academy's new command chief did

  • BCT 2014: Cadre prepares basic cadets for their Air Force journey

    Over 1,000 basic cadets are enduring strenuous military exercises, inspections and familiarization tests comprising Basic Cadet Training -- and hundreds of upper-class cadets are training and encouraging them every step of the way.As the Class of 2018 pushes through BCT, approximately 400 juniors

  • Role-playing: Preparing victim advocates for demanding task

    Maria Moreno wanted nothing to do with Master Sgt. Heather Shelton, her victim advocate, in the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office here. Moreno, playing the role of a cadet, slumped into a chair, arms folded, her glare tossing daggers at the floor."I didn't want anything to be reported,

  • Cadets create MRAP lift, win competition

    Last summer, the Air Force Research Laboratory had a problem no contractor seemed to solve. The lab took the task to the three service academies and challenged them to solve it. The problem: Special Operations teams needed a way to move heavy trucks like Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles --

  • The Essence of USAFA: An exemplary installation

    Editor's note: This concludes an eight-part series detailing the essence of the Academy.Many words can describe an institution hosting several hundred thousand visitors, staging dozens of community events, and producing roughly 1,000 Air Force officers annually, but when it comes to describing her