4 Star General Rand Visits The Prep School
Who is General Rand?
General Rand is in the Prep School Hall of Fame and served as last year's (Class of 2015) Prep School Exemplar. He is currently the only 4-star graduate of the Prep School.
He graduated from the Prep School in 1975, earning an appointment to the Academy and graduated in 1979. Commissioning into the Air Force as a second lieutenant. He has had multiple flying and staff tours that have taken him all over the planet: North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has been an air liaison officer with the Army. He's been on every staff: HQ Air Force, Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has commanded at the squadron, group wing (three times), Numbered Air Force and Major Air Command (two times).
Gen. Rand is a command pilot with more than 5,080 flying hours, primarily in the F-16, and he has more than 470 combat hours.
Currently, he is the Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command - this Command develops and provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.
What did he talk about with the Preppies?
He spoke to the Preppies about what the Mission is for the Air Force - To Aim High, Fly, Fight and Win.
How families are important - both parties - the ones in the military and the ones who stay home.
Gen. Rand shared the Preppies several different stories about people he's met along the way in the last 40 years he's been in the Military. Each story he told - was about the willingness that each Airman had to achieve greatness, the strength they had - to do what needed to be done, no matter what. What they have been able to teach the next generation of Airman - whether that means learning how to fly or listen to commands. Or protecting innocents in any way possible even if it means sacrificing yourself.
He explained that knowing their Hertiage will make them smarter - what they can learn from those who came before them in the Military. The diversity now seen within the military with men fighting alongside women as well as the diversity in the colors of skin and orientation, as well as many other ways the Military has evolved to what it is today.
Each current generation of Airman are counting on the next generation to learn and lead. To follow in the long blue line and represent themselves with class and dignity.
An Airman is the fuel that powers the engine.
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