Accelerate Change: Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

 

 

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2026 Lacerda Cup Promotional (V)
Fort Benning Public Affairs Office
Nov. 17, 2025 | 0:42
The Lacerda Cup at Fort Benning is the Army’s premier all-army combatives championship, where Soldiers face off in a high-intensity display of hand-to-hand combat and resilience. This multi-day tournament tests competitors in various weight classes through a series of full-contact matches that blend wrestling, striking, and grappling techniques. Named in honor of Staff Sgt. Pedro Lacerda, the competition reinforces the "warrior ethos" by challenging Soldiers to maintain tactical composure and physical dominance in the most intimate and stressful forms of engagement.
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