Delayed May 2023

United States Air Force Academy

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

MONTHLY UPDATE

May 2023 ISSUE

UPCOMING EVENTS

10 June 2023, 11:45 am - 3 pm - New Appointee Event at Top Golf in Colorado Springs. We will welcome the Appointees for the Colorado Class of 2027 and their families. We look forward to meeting you.

28 June 2023 - In-processing Day for the Class of 2027. We will be partnering with the AOG for the annual FamFest celebration at Doolittle Hall. See the Agenda for additional details. Class of 2027 - don't forget to RSVP to confirm we have enough food! We will need a lot of help to pull this off - please Volunteer!

29 June 2023 - Class of 2027 Swearing In Ceremony from 1600 - 1630 (4:00 - 4:30 pm) and guests are welcome.

7 July 2023 - Prep School In-Processing Day

17 July 2023 - March Out to Jack's Valley

28 July 2023 - March Back from Jack's Valley

9 August 2023 - Acceptance Day Parade

1 - 4 September 2023 - Parents' Weekend

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE

USAFA PARENT LIAISON

Class of 2023 Graduation Fact Sheet

Important Dates (as of 14 Apr 2023) Document

Academic Year 2023-2024 Calendar

From the Co-Presidents

Hello CPC families!

Congratulations to the firsties on their graduation! We are so proud of you!

In addition, a big shout out to the Class of 2024 for receiving their rings on Friday, 26 May 2023.

A job well done to all of the cadets finishing out the academic year!

Don't forget to check out the photos below!

As it does every year, the CPC hosts two cadet awards - The Most Valuable Woman Athlete and The Most Valuable Male Soccer Player. We would like to congratulate this years winners:

C1C Sydney Fitch = Most Valuable Woman Athlete

C1C London Aghedo = Most Valuable Male Soccer Player.

These awards were presented at the USAFA Graduation Awards Ceremony and Athletic Department Awards Ceremony on Monday, 30 May 2023 . We are proud to represent Colorado Parents' Club in person at these award ceremonies. Thank you to everyone who purchased Goodie Bags - Goodie Bag sales help fund these awards.

Goodie Bag sales also fund our annual In-Processing Picnic, our signature event. We are just a few short weeks away from welcoming the Class of 2027 and their families. Please volunteer - any amount of time will be greatly appreciated!

We are still requesting volunteers for our Executive Board for the 2023-2024 academic year. Please email president@usafacpc.org if you are interested.

Thanks to everyone for volunteering your time to make this year successful!

- Danny & Kathy Cometto,

Co-Presidents

CONGRATULATIONS

It is with great pride we would like to recognize and congratulate those Colorado Parents' Club seniors who took their commissioning oaths on Wednesday, 31 May 2023 and graduated from USAFA on 1 June 2023.

Class of 2023 - Prepare for Victory

2Lt Brendan "Neo" Anderson

2Lt Luke Arkell

2Lt Catherine Bakken

2Lt Onika Benson

2Lt Alexis Asialee Bishop

2Lt Lauren Bogue

2Lt Amber Boll

2Lt Nathaniel Bone

2Lt Samuel Brice

2Lt Taylor M Coffey

2Lt Benjamin DuFauchard

2Lt Bethany Duggan

2Lt Thomas Engleby

2Lt Ashyln Shae Foster

2Lt Garrett J Greenwood

2Lt Cameron Jakob Harris

2Lt Alexander Hirjoi

2Lt Kegan V Hoang

2Lt Kailyn J Hobbs

2Lt Ryan S Johnson

2Lt Anna Kemper

2Lt Patrick Joseph Koenig

2Lt Grant Leap

2Lt Felipe E Maney

2Lt Cameryn D McKinnell

2Lt Taylor Metzger

2Lt John Nieman

2Lt Shannon Osoba

2Lt Gianni Palazzo

2Lt Austin Park

2Lt Ethan Patel

2Lt Benjamin Pederson

2Lt Gabrielle Peltier

2Lt Michael Prater

2Lt Skylar Reilly

2Lt Luke Rohlwing

2Lt Nikolas Schwendeman

2Lt Nicole Sheafe

2Lt Jay A Stearns

2Lt Alison Cathleen Thompson

2Lt Jason Tilley

2Lt Ashley Weidenbach

2Lt Jordan Williams

Ring Dance

C1C Grant Ferry.

2Lt Finn Westenfelder & C1C Jenna Breeden

C1C Brigid Barkmeier, C1C Jenna Breeden & C1C Mika Cutler

C1C Bryan Hartigan (4th from right) & friends.

C1C Damien Orrozco, C1C Austin Brown & C1C Jose Galiano.

C1C Austin Brown & Lt General Clark

Firstie Fountain Jumps

This tradition of jumping in the fountain is believed to have begun in 1959 with the first class of graduates. Only seniors who have completed their last final are allowed to jump into the fountains.

2Lt Ben Pederson (far right) & friends

2Lt Onika Benson

‌

Commissioning Ceremony

2Lt Alexis Bishop & family

2Lt Alexis Bishop & David Bishop Cadet Squadron 35 Commissioning

2Lt Onika Benson

2Lt Ben Pederson Commissioned in the Space Force.

2Lt Onika Benson, Lt General Clark & 2Lt Hannah Schuster.

2Lt Ben Pederson

2Lt Alison Thompson.

Stacy Prater, 2Lt Michael Prater & LTC Army (R) Gary Prater

Graduation

2Lt Onika Benson & President Biden

2Lt Onika Benson & friends

2Lt Luke Rohlwing (far right) & friends

2Lt Luke Rohlwing (center) & family

2Lt Alison Thompson.

2Lt Michael Prater

Cadets in Action

C1C Grant Ferry Drum & Bugle

Lt Col Neil Jesse, soon-to-be Basic Brooks O'Keefe, and C2C Ben Cometto at FRCS High School Graduation Ceremony

C2C Ben Cometto (3rd from right) Cadet First Responder Team.

2Lt Luke Rohlwing receiving the Brigadier General John M Andrew Award for the Outstanding Cadet in Operations Research

Parade

Heather Benson, 2LT Onika Benson & Bob Benson at the Graduation Parade

Text Link

This is the place to see the great things our Colorado Cadets are doing!

We love to share the adventures and successes of our Colorado cadets with our members. Please send photos and details of your cadets living their best lives at USAFA to vp@usafacpc.org.

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

2022-23 EXECUTIVE BOARD

CO-PRESIDENTS | Danny and Kathy Cometto ('25)

CO-VICE-PRESIDENTS |Position to be filled

CO-SECRETARIES| Jackie Breeden ('24) and April McClung ('26)

TREASURER | Jason Breeden ('24)

EVENT COORDINATOR | Sherri Newell ('26)

FUNDRAISING CHAIR | Position to be filled