Off to the U.S.

TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the U.S. embassy celebrated the achievement of two members of the GDF who have received full scholarships to attend two of the most prestigious academies in the United States. Errol Van Lange will be a cadet at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York and Czedra Frank will be a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the U.S. embassy said in a release. These academies only accept 15 international students each year and have had a number of distinguished graduates, including six heads of state,two Nobel peace awardees, 116 Rhodes scholars, and many ambassadors and generals. Both Van Lange and Frank will be studying engineering while they are in school.

U.S. Ambassador D Brent Hardt and GDF Colonel Bruce Lovel with the two cadet officers

Related posts

Comments are closed.