"We have about 4000 cadets here who after 4 years of schooling and military training will become Air Force Officers. Well the freshman year is the worst year for any cadet here. Frosh (also called 4 digs, 4 degrees, smacks, 4 smokes...etc) have to go through almost an entire year without civilian clothes, televisions, cars, microwaves, toasters, CDs, DVDs, video games, and a million other things normal civilian college students are allowed. The train hard all year long and eat and walk at attention. Finally in March they have an event that they call recognition. This is a 3 day program that is intense and both a physical and mental workout. Upon completion they are considered cadets of the wing and will gain most of these privileges that I mentioned before except for the car and a few others. Cars are only for juniors and seniors. Any way here are a few pictures from this weekends training. there are a ton of events but this one is pretty interesting because it is called heaven and hell. Hell is a beat down like no other with demons and other ghoulish people kicking your arse when you get to it. It is hot, dark, smoky, and down right shitty. Heaven is nice with the prettiest girls the academy has to offer (not pretty) and milk and cookies for them to relax for say only a minute or 2 before they are sent back to hell until the cookies and milk come back up ..."