# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWZSjXyE5CF - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62647866-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/7f15595e9f.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-03-27T16:48:30.000+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ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ โ€œ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐žโ€ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐  โœˆ๏ธ Meet C1C Charles โ€œCharlieโ€ Long, a Management major from Virginia who now calls Teton Valley, Idaho home. ๐Ÿ”๏ธ Charlie chose #USAFA to better himself and commit to a country that has given him so much. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ He comes from a proud military family, with his father graduating from the usnavalacademy. โš“๏ธ From an early age, Charlie felt called to follow in his fatherโ€™s footsteps and pursue a path of service. After graduation, Charlie will pursue a career as a Combat Rescue Officer in the usairforce, drawn to a mission focused on saving lives. 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ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ. Gained confidence and trust in training through solo free-fall jumps โš”๏ธ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ. Built teamwork, discipline and lifelong friendships while pushing physical and mental limits ๐Ÿช– ๐…๐„๐’๐“ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ. Led training in shoot, move and communicate while developing grit and leadership skills The Academy has strengthened his resilience and built the fortitude needed to face future challenges in the Air Force. โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ€ Drop a ๐Ÿ‘ to cheer Charlie on! #FirstieFriday #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #WarfightersToWin #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #NoQuitAllGrit #USAFA2026 #Lethality #FutureFight ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 2,497 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 20 ## Tags usafa2026, firstiefriday, criticalthinkerstoadapt, lethality, warfighterstowin, usafa, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality, futurefight --- Copyright (c) Gondola