<p>I was just wondering if there are any current cadets who can give the us prospective candets an idea of what to expect during I-day</p>
<p>Is there a swearing in ceremony? what’s the time line? besides all the inprocessing stuff what else happens? can any one break down the day? </p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I'll let a current cadet jump on this one before I respond (you've got 24 hours!). I will say, though, that it's called I-Day at USNA. At USAFA, they don't call it that because Navy uses that term. We just call it "In-processing" or "" Reporting Day"</p>
<p>It would be nice to get a C4C's viewpoint on this (where it is still all fresh in his or her memory). It would also be interesting to get some input on how the whole "non-class system" works now as opposed to how it used to work a couple years ago. Are the 1st class cadets bitter because they had it a little tougher. During Summer Seminar they said that USAFA was going to be a "kinder, gentler" academy. How so....is it really different than it used to be? Is it more preferable to get to In-Processing later in the day? When is the last time you actually see your parents to say goodbye...is swearing in at the break of day the next morning?</p>
<p>To add to airforcetwo's questions, is it true that there is no longer combat survival training at the academy? If not, what program will we do in its place and is it still going to be during the second class summer?</p>
<p>In place of CST, you'll do Ops Air Force during all three summers.</p>
<p>Ops Air Force? Could you please explain Doc or if theres any online literature you could link us to?</p>
<p>I'd also like to know the rationale for nixing CST if it's available. Will this be the first summer for the Ops Air Force thing?</p>
<p>Ops AF is going out into the Real Air Force (RAF) for 3 weeks to learn about stuff--like mids from Navy going out into the fleet in the summer. CST was nixed to open up this opportunity, to cut costs, etc. All that will go into aircrew duty will get SERE (CST + POW trng) after they graduate. Prior to 1995, ALL cadets got the full SERE course.</p>
<p>I didn't like giving up CST or SERE, but Ops AF makes sense if it's handled well.</p>
<p>Docfrance, </p>
<p>Don't they still conduct CST for cadets that are PPQ?</p>
<p>No. You don't do SERE until after graduation. There's no longer CST at USAFA.</p>
<p>So is this the first year for Ops Air Force or has it been done already?</p>
<p>Ops AF has been done under one name or another for decades. It used to be called "Operation Non-com" when you went after your 4thclass or 3rdclass year and lived like an NCO. If you went during your firstie summer, it was called "Operation 3rd Lieutenant." </p>
<p>they're really just expanding those programs.</p>
<p>aw man, so I can't go out and eat a lil bunny rabbit and starve the rest of the time! I was really looking forward to that! My element leader at SS had such great stories about CST!</p>
<p>You can still do that--but it'll have to be on your own time! ;-)</p>