# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzVvyAE48G - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62647855-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4893fd7a08.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-04-06T19:36:39.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) โ€” https://gondola.cc/af_academy ## Caption ๐Ÿช– ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐๐ž๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿซก C1C Elizabeth Canfieldโ€™s journey to the Cadet Wing reflects resilience, mentorship and a commitment to serve. Through the LEAD program, she brought her enlisted experience to the Cadet Wing and continues to lead with purpose and perspective. โœˆ๏ธ โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ€ As she prepares to commission, Elizabeth carries forward lessons from both paths, ready to lead with empathy, purpose and a deep commitment to those beside her in the #FutureFight. ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ. #USAFA #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #WarfightersToWin #LongBlueLine #NoQuitAllGrit ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 4,194 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 22 ## Tags criticalthinkerstoadapt, warfighterstowin, usafa, longblueline, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality, futurefight --- Copyright (c) Gondola