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术语表

学习术语

This glossary will help you understand some of the terms you may encounter during the application process and while at the United States 空军学院. If you become a cadet, it might help your parents understand you too.

A

  • A重获A: Associate Air Officer Commanding for Academics, a faculty member and academic advisor for cadets without a major
  • 阿布: Airman Battle Uniform
  • ACQ: Academic Call to Quarters
  • 船尾: Aerobic Fitness Test
  • 重获: Air Officer Commanding, an active-duty officer in charge of a 100-person cadet squadron
  • 申请人: A person applying to the Academy who has completed a Pre-candidate Questionnaire
  • 任命: A person who has successfully applied for admission to the Academy and who has received an offer to attend the Academy

B

  • 旅级战斗队: Basic 军官学校学生 Training
  • 野兽: Slang for Basic 军官学校学生 Training
  • BOR:斜坡底部

C

  • 军官学校学生:美国学生.S. 空军学院
  • 学员翼: Military organization of all cadets, consisting of four groups, totaling approximately 4,000名学员
  • 干部: Refers to people in leadership positions. 军官学校学生 干部 are upperclassmen holding leadership positions.
  • 候选人: An applicant who has completed the Pre-candidate Questionnaire and who has been approved to pursue appointment to the Academy
  • 候选人工具包: Kit containing admissions forms and information for students whose Pre-candidate Questionnaires have been received, screened and approved, including complete information about medical eligibility, the 候选人 Fitness Assessment and other necessary steps in the admissions process
  • CCQ: 军官学校学生-in-Charge of Quarters
  • CE: Commissioning Education or Civil Engineering
  • 中投公司: 军官学校学生-in-Charge
  • 指挥所: 学员翼 operations center, organization in charge of daily operations for the cadet wing
  • 通讯的名单: Commandant’s list for outstanding cadet military performance
  • 航迹云的: The bible of the U.S. 空军学院 fourth-classmen knowledge (contains U.S. 空军学院 heritage information, quotes and various details of Academy life)
  • 中科: Combat Survival Training

D

  • 优秀学生名单: Dean’s list for outstanding academic performance
  • DI: Dormitory 检查, night check for accountability
  • 在家吃饭: A formal dinner for officers, 以区域s and cadets
  • 外出就餐: Same as dining-in, except you may bring a guest
  • 轿子: Fourth-class cadet (a freshman)

E

  • EI: Extra Instruction
  • 元素: Basic unit of a squadron (about 12 cadets)

F

  • Firstie: First-class cadet (a senior)
  • 飞行: Three elements (about 36 cadets)

G

  • GD以区域: Group Duty Noncommissioned Officer
  • GE:全球订婚
  • GR: Graded Review (an important exam)

I

  • IP:教练飞行员

J

  • 杰克谷: Site of Encampment training during 旅级战斗队

L

  • LMD: Last military duty

M

  • 米奇的: Mitchell Hall (the cadet dining hall)
  • MPA: Military Performance Average

N

  • 以区域: Noncommissioned Officer
  • NC伊斯兰会议组织: Noncommissioned Officer in Charge
  • 提名: Required by law (Title 10) to receive an appointment to the U.S. 空军学院; each pre-candidate must apply for a nomination from their senators, congressional representatives and/or military affiliation.

O

  • (OCP: Operational Camouflage Pattern
  • 伊斯兰会议组织: Officer in Charge

P

  • 豌豆: Physical Education Average; cadets with a 豌豆 of 3.0 or higher are awarded a silver lightning bolt by the Director of 体育运动 for outstanding physical education performance
  • 击球: Physical Fitness Test
  • Pre-candidate: A student interested in attending the U.S. 空军学院 who has returned a completed Pre-candidate Questionnaire
  • Pre-candidate Questionnaire: The first step in the application process, interchangeable with the term application
  • 道具和翅膀: Insignia traditionally awarded to U.S. 空军学院 cadets at the end of their grueling fourth-class (freshman) year, signifying that they have been “recognized” as upper-class cadets

Q

  • Qualified 候选人: A candidate who has met all admissions requirements

S

  • 萨米:周六.M. 检查
  • SDO: 中队 Duty Officer
  • 草皮: Senior Officer of the day, firstie-in-charge of the 学员翼 for the day
  • 中队: Consists of three flights, about 108 cadets
  • 方角: One of the duties of every fourth-classman or “轿子”; they must always use facing movements to turn a corner.
  • 监督人名单: Superintendent’s list for outstanding academic, military and athletic performance

U

  • 最终需氧量: Uniform of the Day
  • 上层阶级: 军官学校学生s in the first, second and third classes

Z

  • Zoomie: Graduate or cadet at U.S. 空军学院

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