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Recognition
Excerpt from
USAF Academy Public Affairs Press release
"Recognition" tradition held at Air Force Academy
Release# 025
March 13,
2007
U.S. AIR
FORCE ACADEMY, Colo., - The U.S. Air Force Academy will
hold Recognition 2007 events after classes complete
Thursday, March 15-17. Last year marked the
reinstatement of Recognition after a three-year hiatus.
Recognition marks the transition of the Fourth Classmen
to upper class status. It is the ceremonial
acknowledgement that the Fourth Class as a whole has
successfully met the military training requirements
expected of it and is prepared to continue its four-year
journey through the rigors of Academy life.
In
addition to challenging the Class of 2010, Recognition
provides the three upper classes an opportunity to
develop leadership skills by exercising their roles in
relation to the Officer Development System and the PITO
(personal, interpersonal, team, and organizational
leadership) leadership model.
Recognition consists of wing- and squadron-run
activities. Wing-level events include the Leadership
Course, Assault Course, Chutes & Ladders, Academy Tour,
as well as mandatory meal formations, a motivational
speaker, and "The Run to the Rock." Squadron-level
training events include three discretionary training
time periods, theme rooms, and squadron "Prop and Wing"
ceremonies.
Recognition concludes with individual squadron
ceremonies and a wing-wide celebratory evening meal.
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