Scouting, Volume 48, Number 6, August-September 1960 Page: 12
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By Lieutenant General James E. Briggs
At the United States Am Force Academy, whose
mission is to educate, train, and motivate young
men for lifetime careers as Air F orce officers, we
are well aware of the desirability of admitting young
men who have already displayed potentials of leadership
and all-around excellence in academic and extracurricu-
lar student life. Achievement in the Boy Scouts of
America is one of the best ways that an academy can-
didate can display his ability to us.
A young man who attains the rank of Eagle Scout, we
have found, usually has a better-than-average chance of
success through the strenuous four years of academic
and airmanship studies at the academy. Being an Eagle
alone, however, is not considered a complete indication
of potential success as a cadet. Invariably, the young
man who was an Eagle was also a leader in several
other scholastic, extracurricular, and sports activities.
Herbert A. Adamson of Brigham City, Utah, is one of
our former Eagle Scouts who displayed outstanding
cadet leadership. He was commander of the Air Force
Cadet Wing with the rank of cadet colonel when he
graduated in June, 1959, as a member of the historic
first class. As a regular Air Force second lieutenant he
entered pilot training. At the academy, Adamson was an
Honor Representative, helping to administer the Cadet
Honor Code, and a member of the forensic, hunting,
and judo clubs. Undoubtedly, he began to develop
leadership characteristics at an early age as a Scout.
Another Eagle Scout who was an outstanding cadet is
David T. Archino of Selbyville, Delaware, also a mem-
ber of the first graduating class. Lieutenant Archino's
first assignment after graduation was pilot training.
While a cadet, he was active as a Scout leader in Troop
80, made up of sons of Air Force personnel residing at
the academy.
The four-year academy curriculum is designed to pro-
vide a foundation for further development in any of the
numerous fields open to Air Force officers. It combines
elements of engineering and liberal arts programs.
Studies are balanced between the social sciences and
the humanities on one hand, and the basic and applied
sciences on the other.
Those who graduate receive the Bachelor of Science
deg ree, the aeronautical rating of navigator, and a
commission as second lieutenant in the regular Air
Cadet wing of 1,600 future officers clad in summer whites marches down ramp onto parade ground at Air
Force academy. Within sight of Pikes Peak, the academy lies opposite our Fifth National Jamboree site.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 48, Number 6, August-September 1960, periodical, August 1960; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329288/m1/14/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.