Show on the rise USU's aerospace department is Assistant professor notes that students are feeling twinges of real a graduate of AFROTC As testing The rest of the month dbo two weeks he spent wh his fend activities such as camping travefi fishing and church activities He reflected that "those were very m! quality davs for my family betaua had to much time togrther” Me was able to obtain his Mwcrg Arts degree in Communications efrd was offered by an graduat P"Ktam sponsored by the Utuvemt - of Northern Colorado Mo An Force bases have graduate degree pw grami with the Air Forte paying psy tng 73 percent of the cost through their tuition assistance program Geigle stated that "getting (he Master's Degree was really easy schedule in It was expected of juste officers $o naturally you earned I “ JT' IE The Department of Aerospace Studies at Utah State is booming The Department has experienced an expanding interest by students in the possibility of making the Air Force a career When asked what the probable reasons for the increased activity were Captain Steven Gcigle assistant professor of Aerospace Studies stated “There are probably as many reasons as there are interested students It’s my impression from talking with these students that they’re beginning to feel twinges of real patriotism again They realize that freedom as we define it is becoming an “endangered species” in the world and that it is not too much to ask to serve a short period of their life defending that freedom” Students are also surprised to find that there are over 200 different vocational specialties in the Air Force Officer Corps The chance to go to Europe or Japan interests many students Geigle also said that many students have no idea what an Air Force life style is really like They conjure up shaved heads and marching to work every morning as typical Air Force procedure “Not by a long shot” replies Geigle In reality the Air F orce life style is very comto patible single or married life styles : A- :?£$ patriotism ' - ) on-bas- e Geigle’s wife Nancy liked Inriig bexause the hospital warn convenient If one of the kids got hurt she'd ruth them in to the emergency room at the base hosptuJ and have them fixed right up No charge When her son Barry was bom the total cost came to only 125 00 This paid for her meals Tit other "costs" wrrt part of Getgfr’i fringe benefits as an Air Force Oflkw on-bas- e Sports activities are "really lag” most Air Force bases Most units compete quite hard for the honor f bring "best on base" All base hart indoor outdoor sports facilities far swimming raquer bail weight lifting etc Geigte concluded bv sating that there are many "intangible" brorfia to an Air Force career that you can t see in the pay check on in As Forre base is comparable to living small community except that there a unique mission that ail the fafti fed a part of The mission is to help realize our government's greatest moral obligation defending the sovereignty of the United States at BYU Captain Geigle went directly into the Air Force as a Missile Launch Officer After four months of training at Vandenberg AFB Califor-ni- a he moved his family of five to Ellsworth AFB South Dakota “Although we could have lived off base in Rapid City we elected to live on base because of the convenience to the Air Force facilities such as the hospital department store supermarket hobby shops theater and of course work” explained Geigle A a Missile Launch Officer Geigle spend eight days a month pulling “alert” in Minuteman Launch Control Center and about seven day a month in training or ac-I- ly For more information on the ROTC program at Utah F orce Prepared to meet the Jruvrrify- - Pe A St lac Capt Steven Geigle Room 107 Science Building 750-I8J- Military 4 AFROTC cadet trip to Arizon a is 1?e?U°win8 T'“-- A w an excerpt from TTu the Ess- - h" £? spent about they can’ do that ete" opportunity to catch We met at the Det Thursdav catch a bus ride to HilLAra d p tlrae- woridsrilhlrr - famiS114 Ah' Force i ircr'ft- We launched the “X” mriw that and the first irP)nes rWSU Boeing 707 riwr built ever After the tour w noon and ftcr' evening to do whar Anzona ever)f0"e does in fo J 8° out for an evening on the town several - KC-13- of ny‘ 0700 7u to memorable one Friday morning we were briefed on the major commands hotted by D-They included oAC s Titan missile facility MAC’ helkoj support and rescue operations and TAC’sAdO training squadrons Later we were turned fa Aho officer in our AFSC in a mini f'dow program to get a closer look at our future jobs in the Air Force That night on our free time some of the wen ° Tucson for dinner and a look far cy Others homesteaded the PAy snd dancing until the wee hours of the rooming Bright and early we checked out fu taught our planeSaturday back to Utah where university bus us home to the mund hfe of students brought fkiL70? didn’‘ mke ‘he trip too bad! 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