6/18/2023 0 Comments Horizon science academy fightSo, before I forget, since I was at one of those schools, at a state university, I found myself in a little bit of trouble a couple times. Maybe you’re one of the cadets who decided to enjoy the view from the top of the Chapel in the Box. Of course, there may also have been achievements of less sterling nature. (Laughs.) I don’t know whether he knew it or not, but -Įven more impressive, you got it back, some 70 miles away. The Blue Horizons rocketry team managed to send the superintendent’s flight cap all the way to space. And I had just heard the night before: They had a halfback named Joe Bellino, won the Heisman Trophy, and a quarterback named Roger Staubach. We were going to drive down to Annapolis. And I was a relatively good football player, so I had a shot.Īnd I remember the day that a guy name Steve Dunning, from my class, was also nominated. You can pick individually, or they can name 10 people and let the academy choose. And I was picked by the senator-there’s two ways senators can pick. When I was graduating from high school 300 years ago-(laughter)-I applied to the Naval Academy. I got to see some of you at the White House a few weeks ago to celebrate winning the Commander-in-Chief trophy for the 21st time. (Laughter.) Had a few steaks and tortellini dinners to celebrate commitment and job drops. (Laughter.) That would be reason enough to join. It wasn’t all push-ups and cramming for prog week, though to set the Guinness Book of Records-World Records-most simultaneous push-ups-there had to be an enormous amount of push-ups.īeyond you, beyond-but all of you-I think you had some fun along the way. Remember-remember the pride you felt joining the Flying Wedge in the T-Zo, the first time during the Acceptance Day parade, only to face an even more difficult challenge when the school year began: academics. But at any rate-(laughter)-no, I’m only kidding. You know, before making it past the Assault Course Fall and Assault Course Nunez-Nuñez. Marching down to Jack’s, building tent city, even sweeping the dirt to make it look like there were hallways. Maybe you were wondering what exactly you’d gotten yourself into.Īnd then, after a few days of acclimating, getting yelled at nonstop by your cadre, hearing those words that meant it would only get worse-quote, “PT ban has been lifted.” (Laughs.) As if that’s a good thing, right? (Laughs.) “The PT ban has been lifted.” You didn’t know what the hell would lie ahead. Think back to that first day of Basic when the bus dropped you off at the Footprints. (Laughter.)Ĭlass of 2023 - …this is a day you’ve worked hard to reach. And I look forward to working with you as Chairman.Īnd these graduates will have the additional pride of starting their careers of service led by, General that might say, a butt-kicking American airman. Brown, Jr., the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week, I was proud-and I mean it sincerely-to nominate your Air Force Chief, General C.Q. One thing working more closely together across the service branches than ever before in new-new ways to deter, if necessary, defeat every threat to our nation. conflict in this century.īut, graduates, you’re not just commissioning into the Air Force and the Space Force, you are commissioning into a Joint Force. But Secretary Kendall, General Brown, General Saltzman, thank you for leading our Air Force and our Space Force to take on the missions that most matter-most matter for today and the future so we can continue to maintain air and space superiority just as we have in every U.S.
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