🌱 How 3,000 Academy cadets were pushed to lead under fire

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• How 3,000 Academy cadets were pushed to lead under fire

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny; becoming windier, warm, with a high of 80 and low of 40 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 64, low: 36.
• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 69 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Spring Culminating Exercise Tests Cadet Warfighter Skills • United States Air Force Academy (usafa.edu) — Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs just wrapped up a four-day Spring Culminating Exercise that put nearly 3,000 future officers through intense, realistic warfighting scenarios on and around the Academy grounds. From drone-supported base defense to casualty care and rescue missions, the training pushed cadets’ decision-making, leadership, and teamwork so they’re ready to lead operational units immediately after commissioning.
   

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📸 Around Air Force Academy

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Air Force Academy

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• STEM Day 2026
  Arnold Hall, 2308 Cadet Dr, Air Force Academy
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday April 22

• Lacrosse: B/JV
  Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
  7:15 pm

Thursday April 23

• Soccer: G/JV
  Discovery Canyon High School
  4:00 pm
• Baseball: V
  Air Academy High School , Air Academy Baseball Field , Air Force Academy
  4:00 pm
• Soccer: G/V
  D20 Stadium South , at Liberty High School , Air Force Academy
  5:00 pm
• Lacrosse: G/V
  Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Lacrosse: B/JV
  Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
  4:00 pm
• Lacrosse: B/V
  Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Coffee with the City Administrator
  Manitou Springs, CO Calendar , 606 Manitou Avenue , Manitou Springs
  7:00 am
• Toddler Time
  Manitou Springs Library , 701 Manitou Ave. , Colorado Springs
  10:30 am
• Mobility and Parking Board Regular Meeting
  Manitou Springs, CO Calendar , 606 Manitou Avenue , Manitou Springs
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Visit Manitou Springs Board of Directors Meetings
  Manitou Springs, CO Calendar , 515 Manitou Avenue , Manitou Springs
  8:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Monument

• ‘Status quo is not an option': Monument braces for multi-year water rate increases (gazette.com)
• Some help to navigate construction season (gazette.com)
• Lewis-Palmer, Motown Wrestling Club's Lilly Lundy qualifies for Worlds, ‘excited' to represent school, country (gazette.com)

Manitou Springs

• Colorado Springs Utilities emphasizes cautious water use, not restrictions (gazette.com)
• New online map provides real-time updates during emergencies in El Paso and Teller counties (fox21news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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