# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWG28dvkpkV - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/60601769-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a211e6078d.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-03-20T13:00:55.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) โ€” https://gondola.cc/af_academy ## Caption ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‚๐Ÿ๐‚ ๐™๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โš”๏ธ Meet C1C Zion Porter, a Physics major and former Preppie from Warrenton, Georgia! ๐Ÿ‘ Zion chose #USAFA to expand his ability to serve others while pursuing a commission and a bachelorโ€™s degree. ๐ŸŽ“ He comes from a proud military family, with both his mother and father having served in the usarmy. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Zion is prior enlisted and served as a Signals Intelligence Analyst. While he enjoyed his enlisted role, he wanted to broaden his sphere of influence and help more people through leadership as an officer. After graduation, Zion will pursue a career as a Physicist in the usairforce. ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ: ๐Ÿช– ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐๐ซ๐ž. As Bravo Squadron Commander, supported basic military training at the usafaprepofficial ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ. Leads and mentors cadets while strengthening organizational and leadership skills ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€ ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ. Built lifelong friendships and learned the importance of supporting teammates through both wins and challenges The Academy has strengthened his resilience and taught him to be solution-oriented as he navigates academic and personal challenges. โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐.โ€ Drop a ๐Ÿ‘ to cheer Zion on! #FirstieFriday #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #WarfightersToWin #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #NoQuitAllGrit #USAFA2026 #Preppies4Life #HuskyStrong ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 3,862 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 51 ## Tags preppies4life, usafa2026, firstiefriday, criticalthinkerstoadapt, warfighterstowin, usafa, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality, huskystrong --- Copyright (c) Gondola