Becoming Quote by George Stoneman

My son's a West Point cadet.

— Victor Mitchell

There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's…

— Mike Pompeo

When I went to West Point, I was there with cadets from 50 other states and territories. Cadets from other countries, and you learn…

— Mark Esper

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished…

— Manfred von Richthofen

I graduated boot camp with meritorious promotion.

— Randy Orton

After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills…

— Roman Romanenko

My experience at West Point and my service as an army officer have molded the way I look at the world.

— John Bel Edwards

My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given…

— John Eisenhower

They were saying you would be a tremendous addition to the military, and we can get you into West Point with a full scholarship.…

— Benjamin Carson

I tried to join the RAF cadets at school so I could fly a plane but then I realised you had to do all…

— Grace Chatto

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military…

— Chris Cannon

But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot…

— Alan Shepard