This week’s #FirstieFriday is C1C John Valaika from Oak Park, Illinois. John is majoring in Management (a phenomenal department, he adds) and will be heading into the Special Warfare career field, training as a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Officer after graduation. He chose to attend #USAFA because of the incredible opportunities it offers. John’s favorite memory while being here was his two-and-half week summer training program to beautiful Box Elder, South Dakota, for his "Ops Air Force" training, a program designed to familiarize cadets with usairforce and spaceforcedod operational experience. ellsworthafb #LeadersofCharacter #USAFA2024 #unitedweendure