Your Life-Long Learning Hub

USAFA Parent All Call--Recognition Explained

This event has already taken place.




By clicking this button, you submit your information to the school and platform provider who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and other programs.

Join us as we hear from the C1C Herrington and C1C Ingram about the upcoming Recognition for the fourth-class (freshmen) cadets and have your questions answered.

 

Recognition is the formal three-day finale of the fourth-class (freshman) year when cadets are “recognized” as upper-class cadets and allowed to wear the Prop and Wings insignia on their flight caps. It is a ceremonial acknowledgment that the fourth-class has successfully met military training requirements and is prepared to continue the rigorous and rewarding Academy journey. Recognition consists of several activities including a leadership course, an assault course and “The Run to the Rock.” In addition to challenging the fourth-class cadets, recognition provides the three upper classes with an opportunity to develop their leadership skills. Individual squadron ceremonies and a wing-wide celebratory evening meal mark the end of Recognition