u.s. air force academy has reportedly invested two point six million dollars in a public release. pushed to polish its image the p.r. investment follows a series of scandals and alleged cover ups involving athletes at the school as first reported by the gazette newspaper thirty two players at the academy were investigated for a series of scandals in two thousand and fourteen including drug use and sexual misconduct as a result three athletes were reportedly court martialed eight were discharged were dismissed another half dozen resigned and three more cadets were kicked out for related misconduct a year prior a soccer player at the academy was allegedly recruited by the office of special investigations to spy on his classmates and was alternately expelled the air force academy s new communications strategy wasn't publicly announced it was instead revealed in hundreds of pages of emails the gazette obtained under the freedom of information act the academy meanwhile claims its p.r. push is part of a wider effort to show the public it takes discipline seriously in a statement a spoke

u.s. air force academy is making a multimillion dollar investment to rebuild its image and brand according to a colorado newspaper the unprecedented public relations spending comes after dozens of athletes were investigated for misconduct. brings us the story. of a page from corporate america the u.s. air force academy has reportedly invested two point six million dollars in a public relations push to polish its image the p.r. investment follows a series of scandals and alleged cover ups involving athletes at the school as first reported by the newspaper thirty two players at the academy were investigated for a series of scandals in two thousand and fourteen including drug use and sexual misconduct as a result three athletes were reportedly court martialed eight were discharged were dismissed another half dozen resigned and three more cadets were kicked out for related misconduct. a year prior a soccer player at the academy was allegedly recruited by the office of special investigations to spy on his classmates and was ultimately expelled the air force academy new communication strategy wa

u.s. air force academy has reportedly invested two point six million dollars in a public relations push to polish its image the p.r. investment follows a series of scandals and alleged cover ups involving athletes at the school as first reported by the goods that newspaper thirty two players at the academy were investigated for a series of scandals in two thousand and fourteen including drug use and sexual misconduct as a result three athletes were reportedly court martialed eight were discharged were dismissed another half dozen resigned and three more cadets were kicked out for on related misconduct a year prior a soccer player at the academy was allegedly recruited by the office of special investigations to spy on his classmates and was alternately expelled the air force academy s new communication strategy wasn't publicly announced it was instead revealed in hundreds of pages of e-mails the gazette obtained under the freedom of information act the academy meanwhile claims its p.r. push is part of a wider effort to show the public it takes discipline seriously in a statement a spokesman

u.s. air force academy where he married michelle, his wife, of 28 years. just three days after graduation. today, his son, cadet third class robert a. atorreiii is a sophomore. colonel atorre is the recipient of many awards and medals including the legion of merit, two oak leaf clusters, the air medal and aerial achievement medal with one oak leaf cluster and the air force commendation medal with one oak leaf cluster. colonel atorre is an example that all arkansans and americans can admire. i wish him and his family the very best in their future endeavors. mr. speaker, i rise today to highlight the proposed plans for a career and technical education center in my district. lamont cornwell, the economic development corporation presented detailed plan to the economic development commission on june 8 for a center that's specifically aimed at training our state's skilled work force community. the center would allow students to enroll in science and technology career preparatory classes. careers that will not only become more invaluable as our nation moves forwa

u.s. air force academy is already making a significant contribution to her nation's war fighting capabilityt from the skies, but from the chemistry lab. here is correspondent alecia koontz. >> this that we've been using, doesn't look that intimidating. it's really unassuming. >> unassuming is part of the brilliance of the concussion made by air force cadet haley weir and her instructor ryan burke. this could one day save the lives of those in combat. >> the concept of going out there and stopping a bullet is something we have made in the chemistry lab. that should really spark the interest for me. >> 21-year-old weir got the idea and her chemistry class and went to her advisor. >> naturally, i'm pretty skeptical. >> to convince him, she poured water into a bowl of corn starch and asked them to put his finger in the mixture with force. >> i jammed my finger in the goal and almost broke my finger. did not penetrate into the liquid. >> shear thickening fluid, a powerful cons of the unlikely pair took in using plastic fork and knives, and walmart neck si sir, and super simple yet supersecret in

u.s. air force academy already making a significant contribution to her nation's war fighting capability. alicia acuna has more. >> this is what we have been using. >> it doesn't look that intimidating. >> no. >> it is really unassuming. >> unassuming is part of the brilliance of a concoction made by air force academy cadet and her instructor dr. ryan burk. this could one day save the lives of those in combat. >> the concept of going out there and stopping a bullet was something that we had made in a chemistry lab. that's what really sparked the interest for me. >> she got the idea in a chemistry class and went to her then advisor at the academy's military and strategic studies department. >> naturally pretty skeptical. i said i'm not sure this is going to work. >> convince him she poured water into a bowl of corn starch and asked him to put his finger in the mixture with force. >> i jammed my finger into this bowl and almost broke my finger. i did not penetrate into the liquid. >> thickening fluid, a powerful concept that the unlikely pair took in using plastic forks and knives, a wal-ma

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air force range training. amendment number 298 by mr. brown allows the navy to lease approximately three acres of land to the naval academy alumni association and the u.s. naval academy foundation. >> further discussion on on block package number three? gentleman from california. >> mr. chairman, i don't understand what the glass bead issue is on military airfields. this would be mr. cook's amendment. prohibiting highway glass beads from being used to mark department of defense airfields. what's the problem here? >> sounds like -- >> does the gentleman want to yield to somebody to describe -- >> colonel cook. >> glass beads, goes back a long ways in california. originally i ran a glass bead bill. part of it was safety, part of it was because the type three were made in china. it was originally run as an environmental bill, just to educate you on this, because part of the problem with the chinese bill it wasn't as pure as the other ones. and there was a substance in that called arsenic. and as the roads -- as i said, originally it was for transportation to mark the main lines. the arsenic would wear away, go into the soil. and this was a big issue in my