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On Wednesday, August 3rd, after completing the demanding rigors of basic training, a proud Class of 2015 at the United States Air Force Academy was accepted into the Cadet Wing. To commemorate this occasion all 4,000 cadets participated in a parade at Stillman Field in which the new cadets marched to and joined their new squadrons. I was privileged to be one of 10 members of the class of '75 to present the top 10 basic training graduates with an award. Then, the entire class of 2015 took their "Honor Oath of Allegiance", marched to and joined their new squadrons as full-fledged Air Force Cadets!
I have included, below, some pictures of this event, followed by a video of Larry Fariss delivering the Acceptance speech to the basics on behalf of their "Legacy Class", the class of '75.
The Basics March On for Their Acceptance Parade
Basics March By as Members of their "Legacy Class" of '75 Look On
View of the Assembled Cadet Wing with Color Guard in the Center
Class of '75 Presents Awards to the Top 10 Basic Training Graduates
Basics Take Their "Honor Oath of Allegiance"
New Cadets March in "V" Formation to Join the Cadet Wing
The New Cadet Wing Passes in Review
Larry Farris, '75, Delivers Acceptance Speech to the Class of 2015
[My thanks to Loretta Montoya for the photos and "The Webguy" for the video]
5 comments:
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Larry, Awesome job speaking on behalf of our class! Ralph, thanks for this site! As I was unable to be there, this group of photos and the video made the difference in "participating" from the "absent, sir" roster!
On Wednesday, August 3rd, after completing the demanding rigors of basic training, a proud Class of 2015 at the United States Air Force Academy was accepted into the Cadet Wing. To commemorate this occasion all 4,000 cadets participated in a parade at Stillman Field in which the new cadets marched to and joined their new squadrons. I was privileged to be one of 10 members of the class of '75 to present the top 10 basic training graduates with an award. Then, the entire class of 2015 took their "Honor Oath of Allegiance", marched to and joined their new squadrons as full-fledged Air Force Cadets!
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Larry,
Awesome job speaking on behalf of our class! Ralph, thanks for this site! As I was unable to be there, this group of photos and the video made the difference in "participating" from the "absent, sir" roster!
Mike Biedermann
'75 Best Alive
Glad you enjoyed this, Mike. I've posted a number of articles on the Academy. Check out the rest of my blog.
Ralph
'75 Best Alive!
Great job, Larry and Ralph and the Other Eight! Is there a way to link this on ZoomieNation?
Jeff Chappell
Class of 75 Scribe
Thanks, Ralph, this was great!
Paul DeSisto, '75
Jeff,
This site is already included in the blog section of Zoomie Nation. Thanks for the kind words.
Ralph
'75 Best Alive
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