# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DU6ji-3k33T
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-18T21:49:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

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🪖 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🎯

Silver Saturday at the usafaprepofficial challenges cadet candidates with hands-on tactical training designed to build discipline, foundational warfighting skills, communication and decision-making under pressure.

The quarterly training included:
🛡️ 360-degree perimeter security and tactical accountability
🩺 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) under simulated combat conditions
🧭 Land navigation without reliance on technology
🧑‍✈️ Formal inspections reinforcing discipline and standards

Sean Tiernan, a military training liaison at the Prep School, said, “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭.”

📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨.

#USAFA #SilverSaturday #WarfightersToWin #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #HuskyStrong #PreppiesforLife

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criticalthinkerstoadapt, silversaturday, warfighterstowin, usafa, preppiesforlife, leadersofcharacterandquality, huskystrong

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