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    Nursing from USAFA

    My daughter is a 2026er at USAFA that just told me she wants to be a nurse now. Went from pilot to foreign affairs to nursing. Kids :) But in her defense she just finished her 1st year and is just looking at everything right now. We looked into it and it looks like they take 5-10 in every class...
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    SS vs Summer Wrestling intensive Camp @ USAFA

    My son will be applying for class of 2028. We decided to skip SS to attend the wresting camp to meet the coaches. My son is ranked #3 in the state in NC and is a borderline D1 recruit. We switched at last minute because of his wrestling coaches recommendations-one of his coaches use to coach at...
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    Cadet passes away walking to class

    Parents Club Presidents, It saddens me to inform you that we lost one of our cadets yesterday. On Monday morning, Cadet Third Class of Cadet Squadron 16, experienced a medical emergency while leaving his dormitory for class. Academy first responders were immediately called and attempted life...
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    USAFA shirts

    Hey All, Anyone know the best site or place to pickup T shirts or any shirt that says USAFA Mom/Dad or US Air Force Academy Mom/Dad? Wanted to grab a couple. I have seen a few of these in some old parents day pictures. Thanks!
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    CAP running story/notifying Family & Friends

    My daughter will be attending a nomination ceremony from our US senator here in NC on Friday to officially receive her nomination to the USAFA. My daughter is nervous about officially telling everyone. For example her CAP squadron where she is cadet commander wants to run a story about it. She...
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    Ivy AFROTC

    Hello All, My daughter has decided to go with USAFA as her primary plan A and will start her application March 1st! We have decided that for plan B to apply to 4 other schools and 3 of those for AFROTC. We have already picked three schools for plan B but my daughter was undecided on the one...
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    Hosting cadets when we retire

    Hello All, My daughter is applying for the USAFA and is a junior. My wife and I have been thinking about being a host family when I retire from a major city police department next year. My daughter's commander at CAP is a retired Colonel in the Army and advised her to apply to more than one...
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    Spondylolisthesis grade 2

    Hello All, I have a 13 year old son and CAP cadet that wants to go to the USAFA or possibly the USMMA for engineering. We had a routine scoliosis check that came back fine. We had that checked because of family history. But when we had the doctor return with the xrays he advised us that my son...
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    Scoliosis

    I posted on DoDMERB also. Hello question about Scoliosis. My daughter was just diagnosed with a mild case. Never came up in any sports physicals over the years and she is a competitive cross country competitor. However she just applied to PJ school via Civil Air Patrol. It is a very rigorous...
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    Becoming a doctor after the academy

    https://www.military.com/military-report/cuts-military-medical-force-included-pentagon-budget.html?ESRC=mr_190318.nl So does this eliminate or drastically cut going to medical school from the academy?
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    Foreign Languages

    Hello, I am dad to a 14 year old 8th grader. She has two dreams. To either go to the Air Force Academy or own a Chick fil A franchise. The first is more realistic believe it or not so that leads to my question. She is fluent in two foreign languages-German and French. She has been in a...
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