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First day at Colorado Springs, USAF Academy

Laughingly this came up on my feed, and was interesting to watch. Over the decades I have several friends, acquaintances who are AF ROTC or OCS graduates and a couple who are Colorado Springs graduates and some of the stories I hear from that latter are reflected in the below video.


Cranwell seems tame compared to this, and the notable differences (laying aside 4 year degree commissioning course) with all the new Ocdts turning up in suits, hair already cut, (females neat) for their first day (same as RMA or BRNC) But the USAFA ocdts, turn up in sports gear, (one lass in flip flops / slides and struggles up the ramp) shorts, jeans t shirt and even long hair. Other military academies around the globe such as the Belgian RMA Renaissacelaan, you gotta turn up on first day hair cut suited and booted (mate who graduated from there and she is a LtC now. one of her classmates ended up as their F-16 Display Pilot ).

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