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Tuesday 22 June 2010

Class of 2014 to enter West Point


Candidates get into the routine the
second they get off the bus (file photo)

WEST POINT – The Class of 2014 reports to the US Military Academy at West Point on next Monday, June 28.

The class of 1,400 cadets, selected from over 12,000 applicants, including over 375 minorities, 12 international cadets, and 17 combat veterans who served in Afghanistan, Iraq or both, will report on Reception Day.

There are 250 women in the class, comprising 17 percent. Twenty-six percent of the new class is minorities with 126 African-Americans, 131 Asian-Americans, 125 Hispanic Americans, and 13 Native Americans.

The international cadets come from Cambodia, Costa Rica, Georgia, Jordon, Korea, Lithuania, Qatar, Rwanda, Thailand, Tunisia and Zaire.

During R-Day, the new cadets will begin the process of becoming West Point cadets and future US Army officers.

They will undergo administrative processing, are fitted with their initial issue of military clothing, receive haircuts, medical and physical evaluations, and begin their first lessons in marching, military courtesy and discipline.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How many Cambodian student study at West Point school?

Anonymous said...

At the moment we know two: Hun Sen's son, Hun Manet and Sidney Tan, from Oregon. There might be more, but we don't know yet. West Point is a very prestigious military school which is the equivalent to Harvard University in the U.S or Cambridge University in Britain. Top military university, only the elite can go there by nomination from ambassadors, politicians and congressman etc.