Read more about the article Inexperienced Air Force roster faces unusual season opener against Navy

Inexperienced Air Force roster faces unusual season opener against Navy

By TOM SHANAHAN Navy travels to Air Force Saturday for the first round of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy rivalry. It’s a meeting unlike any other in the series, although that goes without saying in the COVID-19 pandemic-impacted season. Unusual factors to weigh include Air Force playing its season opener, while Navy (1-1) is entering its third game. When the Mountain West Conference postponed its season to the spring, it made an exception to allow Air Force to play its…

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Read more about the article Academy football deserves bookend games

Academy football deserves bookend games

By TOM SHANAHAN The 2020 college football season already has been trimmed due the COVID-19 pandemic, and it may eventually be canceled in its entirety. If so, the Army-Navy Game has been raised as one to preserve among all others. The Army-Navy Game, reserved as the only kickoff on the last Saturday of the regular season, highlights players that are committed to serve their country through whatever unknown world events await them. Like terrorists of the human kind…

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Read more about the article The Charlotte Touchdown Club got this award right

The Charlotte Touchdown Club got this award right

AFAN (Air Force/Army/Navy) stories: My series is about more than academy football players. These stories are about future officers selflessly committed to serving their country during a seemingly endless war on terrorism. There are only 0.5 percent Americans making up the military. Throughout our history Cadets and Midshipmen have answered the call to serve in times of war, but this is a generation of volunteers. “I get to work daily with heroes that joined the military AFTER we…

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