2014 - North Texas USAF Academy Parents' Club

2014
Like a Machine

Recognition Boxes!
Don 't forget to pack a box to send with your cadet's favorite civies.... favorite jeans, t-shirt, shoes? Just keep it small as they don't have a lot of storage space. They'll just want something of their own to wear on Sunday, March 13th!
Include a special treat too if you can - they will have earned it!

Recognition Spirit Missions have begun!

From SQ-36

The "real faces" of Wing Staff

2014 Spirit Mission...

2011 Class Crest - not where it belongs!

From Sq - 38

AFAP 2014
Website maintained by USAFA Parents - Class of 2014
WEBGUY!
2014 Yahoo Group
FAMNET homepage:
Scroll down for info on joining. This listserv has parent representation from all the classes as well as many grad parents
that are well familiar with protocol and loads of useful past experience.

2014 Milestones & Folklore

Appointee Orientation Wknds: April 12-13, 19-20, 26-27
In-Processing and the start of BCT1 for Class of 2014
Thursday, June 24th @ Doolittle Hall, USAFA
1274 in the Class of 2014 In-Processes
Swearing In of the Class of 2014: 8:30am 25 June
Parents can view from the Chapel wall - be early to see them march in
and to find a good place to stand.
BCT 1 Ends: 09July 2010
Doolie Day In: 10 July 2010
"Doolie-Day-In" will be comprised of athletics (Field Day) in the morning and the afternoon @ Arnold Hall for phone calls home (phones will be available for use) & relaxation. Families will not be able to come to either activity. A "real" Doolie-Day-Out with sponsor families will be in August after BCT.
March to Jack's Valley: 11 July 2010 @0630
Valley Sweepstakes: 24 July 2010
March out of Jack's Valley: 24 July 2010
BCT 2 Ends: 31 July 2010
Acceptance: 4 August 2010
Classes Begin: 5 August 2010
Doolie Day Out!: 7 August 2010
Cadets will go to sponsors' homes for some rest and relaxation!
Recognition: 12 March 2011
Exemplar Dinner:
Commitment:
Ring Dance:
100's Night
Graduation: 28 May 2014
Legacy Class: USAFA Class of 1974
Class Exemplar:

Miscellaneous

Doolies Enjoy Day at Rodeo
Class of 2014 Joins Long Blue Line
Cadet Wing Accepts Class of 2014

August 3, 2010
TRAINEES JOIN CADET WING AT ACCEPTANCE PARADE

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Members of the Air Force Academy’s Class of 2014 will pin on their first military rank and swear to uphold the Academy Honor Code at their Acceptance Parade, Wednesday at 9 a.m., on the Academy’s Stillman Parade Field.

The parade marks their acceptance into the cadet wing, when they transition from “basic cadet trainees” with no rank, to pinning on their fourth-class cadet rank and becoming fourth class cadets or “doolies.”

The Honor Code is the minimum standard of behavior and performance expected of all Air Force Academy cadets, and reads: “We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does.”

The newly minted freshman cadets begin their academic semester Thursday. Beyond continuing their military training, athletic competitions and character development activities, each new cadet will take 15 semester hours, before ramping up to the average courseload of 18 semester hours in the spring. Graduation for the Class of 2014 is set for May 28, 2014.

The U.S. Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colo., is a four-year bachelor of science degree university. The Academy's mission is to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the U.S. Air Force in service to our nation. All graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force. For more information on the Academy, visit www.usafa.af. mil.

2014 Appointee Orientation

Begin In-Processing