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Pulse of the Wing

New Schedule of Calls

The Schedule of Calls (SoC) is the schedule in which cadets allocate their time to certain activities. It dictates when cadets will be in an academic environment (DF) vs. an athletic environment (AD) vs. a military training environment (CW). Attached is the current SoC. It can also be found here.

Recently though, cadets were briefed on a new SoC that is likely to be put into place next semester. It has not been confirmed yet, but since it was briefed to cadets, it is likely that it will be confirmed soon.

I’m choosing not to include the picture of the new SoC to save my own behind, but I’ll describe it.

• Classes will start at 0800 instead of 0730 and end at 1453 instead of 1538.

• There will be 6 53-minute class periods instead of 7

• No changes to lunch/Noon Meal Formation

• The M5/T5 period will be rearranged: since M5 was used for CW and no longer exists, the 0700-0800 and 1500-1553 periods will now be used for CW

• Although not confirmed, minutes for Doolies is likely to be eliminated

OPINION - I’m pretty indifferent to these changes. Since the M5 period wasn’t always utilized (speaking as a 2 deg, as a Doolie I can’t remember having a free M5), a lot of days I just get the time back, so I’m curious to see how much the new CW periods will be used. The morning CW period doesn’t phase me either since I get up early no matter when my first duty is.

Community

As someone who has the privilege of being mentored by many of USAFA’s great alumni, I understand how useful it is to talk to someone who has experience doing something you want to do in the future.

Cadets - Please reach out to the email address below if there is a specific AFSC you’d like to talk to and I’ll gladly make an introduction for you with extremely approachable grads.

Grads - If you’d like a venue to share your story and interact with cadets/get more involved with the community please reach out to the email address below. I want to catch up to West Point’s and Annapolis’ grad network. Let’s make this happen!