# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSDxKCEjrlU - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37754655-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/14349f75b5.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-12-09T22:07:03.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) โ€” https://gondola.cc/af_academy ## Caption ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ! โœจ C1C ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐“๐š๐ง๐ , Class of 2026, has earned the ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, one of the United Kingdomโ€™s most competitive and distinguished postgraduate awards. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Mark will pursue ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ at leading universities across the UK beginning in 2026. #๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ญ. ๐†๐ž๐ง. ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐: โ€œI want to congratulate Cadet Tang for capturing a Marshall Scholarship. Cadet Tang is a great example of a warrior-scholar that has forged his own path to excellence through the Academyโ€™s rigorous and nationally recognized academic program.โ€ ๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค โ€” ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž & ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ A usspaceforce โ€“ bound scholar and nuclear policy researcher, Tang has conducted international work in Korea and Japan, interned at the Pentagon and Nevada Test Site and served in numerous leadership roles within the cadet wing. He will study ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง and ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ. Mark embodies the highest ideals of scholarship, leadership, global service and the spirit of international partnership. ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“– ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ. #MarshallScholar #WarfightersToWin #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #LongBlueLine #USAFA2026 #NoQuitAllGrit ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 4,966 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 20 ## Tags ๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€, usafa2026, criticalthinkerstoadapt, warfighterstowin, longblueline, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality, marshallscholar --- Copyright (c) Gondola