Title	[Group photograph of Academy Winds, 2010]
Date	2010-03-29
Subject headings	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Era	War on Terror, OEF, OIF (2001-Present)
Service branch	Air Force
Item description	Academy Winds, an ensemble of members of The United States Air Force Academy Band, are seen here in a group photograph. Master Sergeant Cheryl Sizer is kneeling in the front row, first from left, holding a flute.
Veteran's name	Sizer, Cheryl L.
Veteran's biography	Cheryl L. Sizer (b. 1964) served in the United States Air Force as a flautist in the USAF from 1990-2010. She retired with the rank of master sergeant. Cheryl Sizer was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, but spent the majority of her childhood and adolescence in Lafayette, Louisiana." While attending Acadiana High School in Scott, Louisiana, Sizer found a love for playing the flute, and eventually went on to Loyola University in New Orleans where she studied music education. After receiving her undergraduate degree, Sizer decided to attend Temple University in Philadelphia." In 1990, Sizer auditioned for the United States Air Force Band, was accepted, and enlisted with the air force for four years. After basic training, Sizer was initially assigned to March Air Force Base in Riverside, California, before having to reenlist and transferring to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1994." Towards the end of her twenty years in the air force, Sizer was the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge [NCOIC] for the U.S. Air Force Band’s specialty ensemble Academy Winds, as well as for the concert band." After leaving the air force, Sizer and her family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she now works with at a hospice facility.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0543 Cheryl L. Sizer Papers
Collection summary	The collection contains a 21012 oral history interview, digital photographs, three compact discs of music and one DVD of the United States Air Force Academy Band.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0543.6.018
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900815830

[Group photograph of Academy Winds, 2010]

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