Tuesday, March 15, 2016

U.S. Air Force Academy - Creating an Open and Secure Base


An experienced educator and spiritual leader, Father Thomas Maikowski currently serves as a parish administrator and the director of a parish preschool. Father Thomas Maikowski also leverages more than two decades of experience with the U.S. Air Force to serve as a U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) admissions liaison officer, which involves recruiting high school students to become cadets.

In a recent article, the USAFA in Colorado Springs explained that it is preparing for a new year of training, classes, football games, and family visits by implementing strategies to maintain a campus that is both secure and open. The article notes that there are unique security challenges at the academy because of its dual purpose as a military installation and a college campus.

According to the academy’s antiterrorism officer, extra security measures are currently being integrated and executed to ensure the safety of the base population and the cadets. The USAFA combines these strategies with a number of scheduled emergency-event exercises, in which cadets and academy staff practice emergency response methods.                            

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