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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 -- benefits army. And serve your country. And there were very proud to have them today and I wanna introduce everybody that the finding that. If you're a parent or loved one are you just wanna comment and evasion and and women who were here today email us and put their name and is subject title and in house's strategy around at facts is that and we will try to read your emails. And in the last few minutes we actually read -- ladder. More than beautiful major Julia all and we have another fan letter before a grand tradition and again. Another fan letter. She went to the viewers to Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and RTC. And so close friend Marty Esperanza rights and on behalf of all of Julius college friends who've known her for fifteen years now. We -- so extremely proud of her service from her days -- RTC. To her service in Afghanistan. To her current position as a professor 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 one thing one thing I always tempted to call them kids to value the again they're not good so this is the age of our troops who are serving in Iraq hey are defending our freedom peace movement or defending our freedom and and there. They're adults and their their world view that title."

" Okay so let's hear -- and again static here at -- is that common we will read your emails so tell us you are wearing them. -- freshman from Indianapolis Indiana. What I can't believe it even lets 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."

" then I'm -- now from -- Texas a and I senior. Right okay okay I'm Kimberley Reid amendment from Detroit Michigan in my junior and senior and -- of -- 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 I want his job saluting all they've got -- you Abington talk. You're playing here here's the path that say there are Oakland based Eric semi just doesn't have sort of four responses a bit superior officer Clark you."

" I yes sir no sir sir I understand."

" And then -- thorough find out right. Okay now it's basically -- no excuse yeah."

" He's well he's got one advantage over him in -- for -- boot camp you can't assume we're all right I'll remember for yourself -- you -- It's except that."

" So how affect them. After -- not to that if you really need talking coupon upperclassmen -- He really can't talk inside in an area or in if I talk every other first year student. If he 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 Saturday I -- I important usually initiated writing senator rebellions on fire you can initiate that conversation I. But other than that. It's pretty limited and I -- chat them up. Is -- right -- can't tell -- about -- dissident and everything very smart because you've got the start this thing when you mention operations research and what does that mean."

" It's a math major."

" But it's also systems engineer and two he did best of both houses in this mention that this is like -- really branding of the prank friends houses and and -- glamorous. About a three point nine question the three point night how SOS for classroom."

" Less is about ninetieth."

" And the class period three point nine catch up later ninetieth some of I know they're a class. Black and in slowing count to be perfect 5% of them claim that -- them."

" Okay so we have a -- and it takes in the three pillars which is our academic military and physical. Parts so act and accounts. About 55% and then military counts 30% less military man I'm okay. So every year we have a leadership position that we take on reiterated on. Then throughout the summer we do some returning we're really good on that as well."

" And Hillary train your training underclassmen during this isn't so isn't this is basically your leadership ability. It's best military and leadership ability OK and then what's the third category physical physical."

" Credit so integrated we have our fiscal fitness test -- 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 fast times columnist point six seconds. That considered fast. -- I'd -- it's -- on the PT -- what I have one what happened what if bail out how slow how fast you have to be I figured out what -- eighteen minutes twelve seconds and these fifteen and if you can't get him out than fifteen math."

" You're out there -- you we have put on remedial physical fitness program pork -- platoons are tough. Yeah apart haven't America this is reviewing the -- through some requests for all of them."

" So in other words you're copying and you're doing -- you're going to miles and sixteen minutes and here on our part that I didn't so what happens -- 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 right early morning workouts -- doing. Running encryption and now I can get out here on -- Chicago -- an I -- Sanger -- says out right that's correct yeah as a group the entire. And to fishing -- that and threw it throughout the entire course of tomorrow."

" Form of -- Monday Wednesday morning."

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

" It counts as a sport we're basically the strength in just a bunch personal trainers and athletes committed engine and they list."

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

" I'm right back to the people aren't coming out 315. -- think. It doesn't have Iraq. Seven them record. That. Wow that's pretty impressive throwing great and positive -- for us -- like -- But this is good for you and what service to Atlantic going to -- that thing. -- let me read this fascinated."

" I want -- into your announcement thinking. Again now we have a million to tell -- if it hasn't junior in the integration. That's coming that's your yard as senior imaging emerging here as well. Okay so we -- seeing. This fun and humor 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 some surgery. M at issue are where it's summer. Going into ourselves -- and and that it proficiency man's gotten marching I think it was actually is a series of events and you do right I -- triathlon. Thing. They're there was. -- requirements of on the -- you are sick of writing because you're just about everything. Yeah I gotta get a rifling around -- footprint. For great it's and I have."

" We have an important. Do not point fingers at -- expected to go to reclaim territory."

" Right is. That you don't keep the ammunition. What's the worst part of the -- given talent. What have been the hardest thing for you to do this year this is your first year and it. It's just managing your time this really the biggest thing from a 71 -- if you that you love to do and 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 gonna have lunch or a lot of time just."

" Easy time he -- efficiently like planet are you studying. Wouldn't you know you're gonna do and then sometimes -- per ties you know he was sleeping be better if you can studying or things like that."

" Right and then you guys are back at Harris asleep kind of at a town I can have the -- right none of them now and -- legislators forgot about that I. At that what is the latest in sleeping in any day of the way. Send in send him. You can you think 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 them at a wedding here hungrier Matt Bryant missed -- now I want to ask them Natwest US the Grand Island everybody else look at all the girlfriends are."

" A lot of young high school students are wondering how to get into west Cornwall with you. Together what was in your application process. That gives you that extra something that you'll be looked at him and that connection that -- evidence -- northwest --"

" Make it definitely helps a starter only. I mean and using ingredients and suffering here. Just 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 here."

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

" Any medically qualified."

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

" Medical waiver from that I actually have an issue with laser surgery aren't going through it. You get a waiver."

" Night where the January -- somewhere on the other hand and you and and that's just sign in via Turkey anyway. Carry you through it without context are you. Cancer usually lose besides I want you have a laser surgery as well how are 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 west where it was just."

" It is -- in the seventh grade cannon and I visited identity there hidden camera and a military any connection building any you have family in the -- this is really after is 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 sir you were right for a talk about one happening elder brother and I wanna read -- here from may vary vary. I'm proud parent. And this is for cap that cadets -- Rican. And his mom patty says thank you so much for the interviews with the West Point cadets and nature -- You know or understand the commitment required to send them to become West Point cadets in future leaders in Miami. My son cadet -- Reagan as there today would you please tell him how proud his father and I honor him. And the opportunities that West Point has allowed him to purchase it. So how can every get well. It is. Semi throwing crowd data throwing perhaps and I met him I am proud. Yeah I'm -- your dad 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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