# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKcuIR5OWr0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31212868-af-academy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-03T18:30:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

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🇺🇸 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 🫡
 
Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre retires from the usairforce after 29 years of distinguished service to our nation.
 
Her career is a powerful example of excellence in leadership, education and innovation:
 
📘 Class of 1996- Cadet Wing Commander and Astronautical Engineering major
⚖️ Commissioned into the JAG Corps through the Funded Legal Education Program
📚 As Dean, oversaw 500+ courses and led 750 faculty across 32 academic disciplines
🚀 Drove academic innovation with warfighting minors and interdisciplinary “super courses”
🧠 Focused on building leaders of character through critical thinking and world-class education
 
Thank you, Brig. Gen. Letendre, for your dedication and commitment to the #LongBlueLine and #USAFA. 💙
 
"What we teach and how we teach it directly shapes the leaders that this nation depends on. The battlefield does not forgive intellectual complacency- it punishes leaders who rely on old models, outdated assumptions, and unchallenged vices. That's the role of education in the profession of arms."

👉 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨.
 
#WarfightersToWin #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #ServiceBeforeSelf #Leadership #USAFAGrad #USAFA #AirForce

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leadership, criticalthinkerstoadapt, usafagrad, airforce, warfighterstowin, usafa, longblueline, servicebeforeself, leadersofcharacterandquality

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