That explains things somewhat!
Back around '97, D-M hosted an ACC Crud tournament. It was sponsored by Hiram Walker and the winning team got $10,000.
Every ACC base but one sent a team. It was awesome.
When we got there, the Wing CC Colonel gave a talk to all of the teams in the Club. Cynical me was waiting to hear the usual spiel, blah blah blah.
Instead, he gave a great but short talk about keeping the traditions alive and to make the most of the weekend. I don't remember the specific worlds but it was so refreshing to hear someone tell us to push it up hard and leave exhausted. I have no idea how he got promoted keeping those old school values, but I'm glad he did.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104647/general-john-dw-corley/
We proceeded to have a pretty epic 3-days.
I guess it was in D-M's DNA.