The Air Force Academy has a new Commandant of Cadets. He is Brigadier General Paul Moga, Class of ’95.
He recently sat down with Roger Smith, VP of Stewardship for the Air Force Academy Foundation and recorded a video in which he spoke about his areas of focus and addressed questions that were sent in by graduates, parents, and “friends of the academy.”
Gen Moga says his three focus areas are
(1) Get cadets back to where they were prior to COVID-19 (but he doesn’t elaborate on what that means);
(2) Instill the importance of the “warfighter mentality” in every class, as well as permanent party personnel;
(3) Focus on discipline, standards, conduct, dress & appearance, decorum, accountability, and institutional pride (areas he says were lacking when he arrived last summer).
He also addressed what he called an “Honor reset” in the wake of a 2020 cheating scandal. This initiative from the Superintendent involves a recommitment to the Honor Code by the upper classmen, a focus on Honor by faculty, and increased Honor training and development among fourth classmen.
Gen Moga seems to be committed to returning USAFA to being a true military academy, rather than a taxpayer funded university whose students wear uniforms. Time will tell.
Unfortunately, he did not address any topics related to the teaching Critical Race Theory, or the Academy’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement so STARRS still has work to do there.
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