Letter to Parents from AOC

To Parents from the AOC, Captain Robert C. Miller, CS-31. Also attached (I believe) was a two-page attachment with local Parents Clubs around the country.  

Completion of Basic Cadet Training

This is the blurb the Academy sent to local newspapers. Note that it refers to “more than 1,300 freshmen.” We started with 1,505 according to the Superintendent’s Letter to Parents on 25 July. I wonder if this means there were almost 200 who didn’t complete BCT.  

1972 Freshmen Football Roster

Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39. This had to have been printed pretty early in our doolie season since it looks like we had more players than they had jersey numbers. By my count, there are 119 names here (1 duplicated) … or 7.8% of the 1,505 of us who started Basic Cadet Training together. And … Read more

Superintendent’s Letter to Parents, July 1972

Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39 Two weeks into BCT, Academy Superintendent General Clark sent his first of periodic letters to the Spirit of ’76 parents. Maybe the most interesting part of the mailing wasn’t the letter itself but the one-page attachment, “Profile of the Class of 1976” (last page). The profile is also located here … Read more

72-73 CONTRAILS Part 3

Part 3 contains the rest of the CONTRAILS for 1972-73, focusing on the Academy itself. History The Falcon Academics Military Training Honor Code Fourth Class System Physical Education Professional Ethics Cadet Activities Social Life Unit Awards Service Academies Fourth Class Knowledge Abbreviations Academic Calendar Personal Notes [metaslider id=”7334″]