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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: ABX on January 27, 2017, 01:36:03 am

Title: This teen was accepted into all four US military academies
Post by: ABX on January 27, 2017, 01:36:03 am

I can attest to how difficult it is to get an appointment into one. In High School, from my Freshman year through halfway through my Sr. Year, I was obsessed in getting into the AF Academy, to the point I burned myself out and injured my knee that kept me out enough I knew continuing was futile. This kid has a good future ahead of him.

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A Virginia teenager has received an appointment to all four major US military academies, a rare feat he’s been working on since he was a child.

Tim Park of Fairfax, Va. recently received appointment letters for the US Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., according to USA Today......

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-teen-was-accepted-into-all-four-us-military-academies

Title: Re: This teen was accepted into all four US military academies
Post by: EC on January 27, 2017, 02:02:49 am

Impressive young man. I hope he picks West Point.