# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRU9gb9Ey1g
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-21T17:50:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

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📣 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲: 𝐂𝟏𝐂 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 “𝐒𝐡𝐨” 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 ✈️
 
Meet C1C Jacob “Sho” Shomento from Devils Lake, North Dakota. 🌾
 
Sho is a Military Strategic Studies major and a future hopeful 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫. 🎯
 
He comes from a proud Army family—both grandfathers, his uncle and his older brother, Sam, all served in the usarmy. Their service inspired him to join #𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐀 to be part of something bigger than himself. 🇺🇸
 
𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲:
🥾 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 — developed resilience, mentorship and leadership
🏒 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐇𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦— built teamwork, discipline and camaraderie
🏅 𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐀 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 — cultivated grit, tactical skill and a warrior mindset
 
“𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞—𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲.”
 
Drop a 🪖 if you’re cheering on Sho and the journey ahead!
 
#USAFA2026 #FirstieFriday #WarfightersToWin #FutureFight #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #NoQuitAllGrit

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