Jewish Cadet with a West Point Legacy

G.I. Stein: Local Woman Heads for West Point

July 10, 2008 – Aaron Passman

It takes a lot of chutzpah to apply to just two colleges – especially when your safety school is Stanford. But that’s exactly what Anna Stein did, withdrawing her application there in December after receiving her appointment to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

“I want to serve my country,” said the teen. “For me, this is the most direct route to do that.”

The recent graduate of the Episcopal Academy in Merion reported for basic training on June 30, bringing only the essentials – socks, underwear and running shoes, among other things – with the academy taking care of providing the rest. She’ll spend the next seven weeks enduring “Beast Barracks,” the basic-training process when cadets make the transition from civilian life to the military. She will also spend a week at Camp Buckner, an encampment some 12 miles from the academy.

Read more at the Jewish Exponent.