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Veterans Day Special Pt. 4

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Veterans Day Special Pt. 4

Published: Wed, 11 Nov 2009

Description: What's life like for a freshman West Point cadet?

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" The strategy room on veterans day with some unbelievable young men and women from West Point the American American military academy. These are kids or students and when they graduate they -- that -- army. And serve your country. And so we're very proud to have them today and I want to introduce everybody that the -- do that. If you're a parent or a loved one are you just wanna comment and evasion and and women who -- here today email us and put their name and is subject title and in house's strategy around at facts NASDAQ and we will try to read your emails. And in the last few minutes we actually read -- More than beautiful major Julia -- and we have another fan letter before -- tradition and again. -- She went to the analyst at Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and RTC. And so -- friend Marty Esperanza rights and on behalf of all of Julius college friends who've known her for fifteen years now. We are so extremely proud of her service from her days -- ROTC. To her service and Afghanistan. To her current position as a professor at West Point thank you -- for everything you do and we want to plug that I congratulate. All of them for realizing what a great hurry or fifteen years ago at the frat parties right. Yeah."

" That's Sanchez senses were correspondent and that's what they -- they -- I have always tempted to call them kids to value the -- they're not good so this is the age of our troops who are serving in Iraq -- are defending our freedom peace movement or defending our freedom and and there. They're adults and they're they're worthy of that title."

" Okay so let's hear -- and again status your boxes that -- we will read your emails so tell us you are -- of them. On -- freshman from Indianapolis Indiana. What I can believe it even let you all off. -- supposed to be bigger Internet push ups and I guess the answer. Ones yeah that's not an architect okay talk about himself."

" And then -- now from -- Texas a and I senior. Right okay okay I'm Kimberley Reid amendment from Detroit Michigan -- my junior and senior and -- of action that John number from don't know Jesus I'm also."

" Does Massachusetts. Not a lot of people out of the military academy from Dartmouth Massachusetts avenue could play left wing Brad -- Anyway I wanna find out here and I want his job saluting all they've got -- you Abington talk. You're playing here here's the press the say there are Oakland -- Eric semi just doesn't have sort of for a responses a bit superior officer Clark you."

" Yes sir no sir sir -- and --"

" And then -- then thorough find out right. Okay now it's basically don't know if you use yeah."

" He's well he's got 1 advantage over morning courtroom -- boot camp you can assume we're all right I'll remember for yourself is it. Value exists after."

" So how does that them. After -- not to that if you really need to talking coupon upperclassmen can. -- that you really can't talk inside the content area or in excited another first year student. If you talked over -- You can't talk to upper class. That they have to initiate the conversation -- you can initiate it. If it's something -- behave Galley and -- I think important usually initiated writing senator rebellions on fire you can initiate that conversation right. But other than that. It's pretty limited and I relay chat -- is -- right okay that's how we've got we're seeing here dissident and everything very smart because you've got the -- this thing when you mention operations research and what does that mean."

" It's a math major."

" But it's also systems -- he did best of both houses in this mention that this is like they're really branding of the prank friends houses and and what's -- read glamorous. About a three point nine question the three point night. SOS to class --"

" Less is -- ninetieth."

" And the class period three point nine gets you -- ninetieth some of I don't know a class. Black and in slowing count to be perfect 5% of -- let them."

" Okay so we have a -- rank and it takes in the three pillars which is our academic military and physical. Parts so act and accounts. About 35% and then military counts 30% less military man we'll take. So every year we have a leadership position that we take on reiterated on. Then throughout the summer we do some returning where we -- good on that as well."

" And Hillary train your training -- in the sense that -- this is basically your leadership ability. It's best military means leadership ability OK and then what's the third category physical physical."

" Credit so integrated we have our fiscal fitness test -- that we do every summer we are currently sensitive you."

" It's is that what you have to do that."

" We have two mile run then we have -- those are two minutes incidents for a minute okay let me ask you."

" How fast can Iraq. To my fastest time -- point six seconds. That considered fast. -- it's it's and that's on the."

" you we have put -- remedial physical fitness program pork -- platoons are tough. How did you. Apart haven't America this is reviewing the city -- request -- them."

" So in other words you're -- and you're doing -- you're going to miles and sixteen minutes and here on our part that I didn't so what happens to you about I'm sure you never remember what happened they get put into. Workouts Monday Wednesday and Friday money's money was there in the morning -- early morning workouts just doing. Running encryption and now I can get out here on -- I -- your parent says out right that's correct yeah as a group the entire. And the fishing -- that and threw it throughout the entire court tomorrow."

" Form of -- Monday and Wednesday morning."

" right and -- is okay Aaron and it is part of -- academy I don't do sport nation's strength team but."

" It counts as -- basically the strength in just a bunch personal trainers and athletes committed engine and they --"

" We coach them up on the lifting -- how much formula. Posted a bench yeah whatever it's -- yeah. -- three plates and insolent."

" I'm like bad -- the people aren't coming out 315. I think yeah. It doesn't have Iraq. 77. Record. That. Wow that's pretty impressive throwing great and pleasure and instead of -- favorite golf. -- this is good for you and what service to Atlantic islands -- when that thing. What will warning letter that fascinated."

" I want immigrants -- announcement -- Again now we have a million to tell you guys hasn't junior in the integration -- tell -- that's your -- as senior imaging emerging here as well. Okay so we're seeing. This -- means -- airmen right. And that one measure is smart and that's why I'm international war what's the other one of you I don't mind it was a proficiency in -- M at issue are -- summer. Going into -- and and that -- proficiency man's gotten marching I think it was actually is a series of events and -- do right I -- triathlon. Thing. They're there was. Many requirements and on the -- because you're just about everything. Yeah I gotta get a rifling around us footprint. For great it's and -- have."

" Do not point fingers at the -- expected to go to -- sort of."

" Right is that you don't -- the ammunition. What's the worst part of the -- given -- What have been the hardest thing for you to do this year this is your first year and yeah. It's just managing your time this really the biggest thing from a 71 it's if you that you love to do in a lot of times you don't have enough time to do it. So what it -- how do you make that decision to decide on like an exercise I'm gonna study are -- and I have lunch or a lot of time just."

" He's -- time do you have efficiently like -- you're studying. -- you're gonna do and then sometimes TV per ties you know -- with sleeping be better if you can studying or things like that."

" Right and then you guys are back at Harris a -- kind of at a town I can -- six ranked in the -- you know now we're gonna. Now that just -- forgot about that time. At -- what is the latest in sleeping in any day of the way. Send in sending him. You can you think that as a freshman any day. On the weekends just on a weekend but everyone else you know for breakfast formation and we write and more time this breakfast -- 655."

" In the morning yeah -- here hungrier Matt Bryant missed. Now I want to ask Natwest US the Grand Island everybody else and look at all the girlfriends are."

" A lot of young high school students are wondering how to get into west Cornwall with you guys that could put together what was -- your application process. That gives you that extra something that you'll be looked at him and then -- into something like what sport."

" Make it definitely helps a starter only -- Please contact West Point and now doesn't mean the paperwork for starting a file when she started to file then. There's certain requirements yet to -- in there. If the -- nomination. Which will come in --"

" Yeah Clemens might have a financing that's not easy Bryant and in Nielsen taking a medical exam review -- accident."

" In -- medically qualified."

" They also think that is now heart murmur is Noelle can hear me from playing football -- about it goes drug testing that some of them. And -- think -- Jack budget that's perfect that's I know human you got laser surgery -- pick out to send my lizard through right."

" Medical waiver from that I actually have an issue with laser surgery are going through it. -- you get a waiver."

" Night with the January contacts somewhere on the other hand and you -- and that's just sign it via Turkey anyway. Carry you through it with -- contacts are you. Cancer usually lose besides I want you have a laser surgery as well how -- you I'm so. Okay when your senior and I got a laser surgery."

" Could you -- your soft or semi should know pretty early on when. If you actually wanted to West Point I think when -- you decide you would like to -- it was just."

" Who is sort of a seventh grade -- and visited identity there hidden camera and a military any connection building any you have family in the mountain. -- this is really after is you are you -- who was in the military my Brothers in the army had he gone to the west might as well and amendments and the most good for you -- you were right for a talk about one -- the elder brother and I want to read here from may vary vary. The crowds parent. -- And his mom patty says thank you so much for the interviews with the West Point cadets and major. You know or understand the commitment required that -- man to become West Point cadets and future leaders and Miami. My son cadet -- as there today would you please tell him how proud his father and I honor him. And the opportunities that West Point is allowed him to purchase it. So how can that -- get well. It is. So my throwing crowd data throwing perhaps and I you -- am proud. Yeah I'm glad to -- and mom I would make sure that while there in New York. They don't get into any trouble okay let me make sure about that. I thank you all very much for your time and then we'd like to have one last group to -- thank you all lengthening and then --"

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