Today is the 78th birthday of the U.S. Air Force!

September 18, 2025: Zero Days and a Wake Up!

The Citadel's Bulldog mascot, Bullseye, stopped by the Alumni Center to pay his respects to the Class of 2026 Citadel Alumni Association's Band of Gold donors. This year's donor are: • Harry M. Mims, Senior, Class of 1926 • Herman L. Insel, Class of 1936 • Thomas J. Mann, Class of 1948 • George S. Hill, Class of 1950 • Robert H. Howe, Class of 1955 • Lawrence A. Bell, Class of 1956 • David G. Schofield, Class of 1956 • J. Malcolm Tatum, Class of 1956 • Ronald G. Hausman, Class of 1966 • William P. Jones, Class of 1968 • Daniel L. Sloan, Class of 1969 • John W. Liebno, Class of 1976 • Carl A. Nester, Class of 1976 • Drury C. Nimmich, Junior, Class of 1976 • James C. Perrin, the Third, Class of 1976 • Robert K. Lytle, Class of 1982 • Nathan B. Lausch, Class of 1996 The gold from their Rings was used to create Rings for the Class of 2026—linking this class to the Long Gray Line and the legacy of those who came before them. Our heartfelt thanks go to these generous families for their kindness and support of our cadets and the Band of Gold program.

September 17, 2025

Col Wes Maxwell, Senior Air Reserve Component Advisor, Air Forces Central, (center left) and Col Brian Ellis, Commander, 379th Air Base Group (center right), both Class of 2001 Summerall Guards, partnered up to take on the 9/11 Firefighter PT Challenge at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

September 16, 2025

James Beck, CGC '95, covered the U.S. Open Tennis Championships for World Tennis magazine. worldtennismagazine.com

September 15, 2025

September 15, 2000: The Holliday Alumni Center was dedicated in honor of John Monroe J. Holliday, The Citadel Class of 1936, who served on The Citadel's Board of Visitors for more than 30 years and in 1992 gave the lead gift to build The Citadel's Alumni Center.