The U.S. Space Force selected Maj. Jessica M. Pratt of the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Wing in Colo. as the winner of the Polaris Award for Connection for “developing, growing, and sustaining connections while treating everyone with dignity, empathy, and respect” in 2023. ...
The Air Force Academy hopes to tempt—and test—potential future Space Force Guardians with a summer program called "Azimuth" much in the way the Marine Corps' “Leatherneck” program evaluates Naval Academy midshipmen who may become Marines. Yet "Azimuth" would go beyond just evaluating prospective Guardians by ...