# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6QB_F1sxrw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16861872-af-academy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-27T03:51:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

## Caption

This week's Firstie Friday is C1C Kiana Rae “Kiki” Baruela, hailing from Hilo, Hawai’i. 🏝️

Kiki is majoring in Business Management and is a former enlisted Airman and a usafaprepofficial graduate!

Kiki’s prior-enlisted job was a Health Services Management specialist. Fun fact? Her future job in the usairforce will be as an officer in the Medical Service Corps, so she will re-enter the field with a wealth of knowledge and experience! 🏩

While Kiki was enlisted, she always aspired to commission. Witnessing the exceptional leadership of #USAFA graduates while working alongside many doctors/officers solidified her desire to attend the Academy. 🩺

A couple of her favorite memories while here were Ring Dance and 100s weekend! 💍💯

Her advice to cadets: “Everything will work out in the end. In the words of the one and only Bob Marley, everything in life got its purpose. Find its reason in every season.”

#LeadersofCharacter #USAFA2024 #UnitedWeEndure

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unitedweendure, leadersofcharacter, usafa, usafa2024

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