Concerns About the USAFA AOG 2022 Survey
by Scott Dunphy, USAFA Class of 1994 The June 2022 issue of Checkpoints published some of the results of the recent survey of United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) alumni with the promise of publishing the full results later this summer. The survey achieved a very large sample size and confidence level, which is excellent and should make the result highly valuable. While the magazine put a positive spin on the results, I find them to be alarming and I’m concerned that the Association of Graduates (AOG) is completely missing the point. I’m writing this document as an open letter to the AOG in hopes that they will address these concerns. The main focus of the issue is on “the six USAFA personas” – a survey question that asked respondents to describe themselves using one of six defined phrases. Here are the six personas and the survey results (Holmquist 17): Actively Engaged 7% Proud and Show It 26% Inwardly Proud 47% Not Valued by USAFA 7% Lost Interest in USAFA 5% At