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Exactly what other people have said, nobody is going to care what your son/daughter is sleeping on or has in their room as long as they can hide it away during the day. 4-deg's doors close at 1950 (at the latest) and from that point on they could completely destroy their room if they wanted to...

Pretty sure that USAFA uses unweighted because different schools can use different weights for classes. Using unweighted "levels the playing field."

Rog, wasn't sure about 2019's basic boots or nah. I'd back up serendipity on bringing the boots that they recommend. My basic boots came out of Jack's fine, but that's because they're 10 lbs (it seemed like at times) of gore-tex and so you just washed them off and they were good to go. I wore...

You put down your size on the forms you submit, but once you get to I-Day, they'll COMPLETELY remeasure you and give you whatever clothing you need. The people who issue you the clothing won't even see those forms you submitted. The sizes that you tell USAFA are just so that USAFA has a rough...

You put down your size on the forms you submit, but once you get to I-Day, they'll COMPLETELY remeasure you and give you whatever clothing you need. The people who issue you the clothing won't even see those forms you submitted. The sizes that you tell USAFA are just so that USAFA has a rough...

For both 2018's and 2019's basic, you were ONLY allowed to wear the issued boots, of which you were issued two pairs of. I'm not sure if it's changed or not for 2020's basic. For the school year, it depends on your squadron and the ROEs (Rules of Engagement) that they set for the doolies. My...

Don't show up to I-Day with a basic haircut... You WILL attract unwanted attention. Even if you cut your hair yourself, the barbers here will just cut your hair again.

My current schedule: M-Days: 0600 Wake up 0645 Morning Formation 0730 Class 0830 Break 0930 Class 1030 Class 1130 Catch the bus down to the airfield 1830 Catch the bus back up to USAFA, and dinner 1900 Hw until whenever I finish 2200 Bed T-Days: 0600 Wake up 0645 Morning Formation 0730 Class...

I got mine removed with ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM at all during this past November of my third class year. I knew I needed to have them removed at some point in my USAFA career, but didn't want to have to worry about it (or pay for it) before I came to USAFA. Once they started bothering me here, I...

Nah, you're good. They'll make you retake at least a year. Don't worry about it.

Taking soaring over the summer between 4° and 3° year makes you eligible to become an instructor pilot for the gliders, in which case it is relatively simple to progress to getting your private glider license. However, it is pretty competitive. Cadets take powered flight during the summer from...

Talk to someone at USAFA (admissions counselor?) about this. People will only be able to speculate and give you stories of what happened to other people, but the only way you'll know for certain is to get the word from an Academy official. Best of luck to you!

Call them "shoulder boards." That's the official name, as well as the name the basics/doolies will use.

Yes! During BCT, the cadre wear berets with their rank insignia on the beret. During the school year, only firsties wear berets. Their berets have their prop and wings on them.

CS39 Jedi Knights is official as of a month and a half ago! Yay!

I agree 100%, MombaBomba! My mom used write2them and it was really nice getting letters and knowing that my mom had written them that very morning instead of the normal 7 days the post took to reach USAFA from Florida.

You will 100% get your phone as soon as you are officially finished with basic. You will 100% be allowed to have your phone on you at all times. Should you have it on you during training sessions? Haha probably not. That goes for using it during certain classes. But starting our year, it is a...

If you send pictures, your basic will most likely get to see the picture for a short time at least. For our flight, and all of my friends' flights, we were allowed to look at the pictures for as long as we were in the mailroom. When we left the mailroom, the cadre would just ask that you give...

It is set by the wing training guidelines, one of the very few things that is not squadron dependent! First semester, we were only allowed after LMD on Friday to ACQ on Sunday. Second semester was every day. It'll probably be different for y'all though, it'll depend on what the wing training...

You can bring a laptop if you want, but you won't be able to access USAFA's network for the internet. As for going running, you can bring some workout gear, but to get through the gates onto the cadet area you will have to have a cadet with you. So bring it if you want, just be sure to talk to...