Gov. Perdue with studetns during June "send-off"
Governor gives send off to Academy bound students

By Seth Stark
GADOD Public Affairs

Atlanta – Governor Sonny Perdue invited Georgia’s U.S. academy-bound cadets to the capitol building for a sendoff and luncheon Friday, June 13.

Future West Point, Naval, Air Force, and Coast Guard Academy cadets and their families arrived in Atlanta around noon to meet each other, greet the governor, and convene with some of the officers who had played a hand in the cadet selection process.

Brigadier Gen. Maria L. Britt, Commanding General Georgia Army National Guard, served with Senator Johnny Isakson on the committee that awarded a small group of promising Georgia high school seniors a scholarship to attend West Point.

As a West Point alumna herself, Britt remarked, “It’s important to take an interest in the future of our military academies. These are tomorrow’s leaders, and this is an exciting time for both us and them.”

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