Cadet Benjamin Michael Crabtree, son of Mike and Diana Crabtree of Marion, recently completed Cadet Basic Training (CBT) at the U.S. Military Academy.
Crabtree entered West Point on July 1, 2013 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT. CBT is considered one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course of their four years at the academy.
The initial military training program provides cadets with basic skills to instill discipline, pride, cohesion, confidence and a high sense of duty to prepare them for entry into the Corps of Cadets. Areas of summer instruction included first aid, mountaineering, hand grenades, rifle marksmanship and nuclear, biological, and chemical training.
Crabtree began classes August 19. The West Point curriculum offers 37 majors balancing physical sciences and engineering with humanities and social sciences leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.
Crabtree graduated from River Valley High School. He plans to graduate from West Point in 2017 and be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army.
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