West Point Military Academy Founders Day commemorated at National Military Academy of Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

03.28.2008

Courtesy Story

NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

By Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino
Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan — Army West Point Military Academy graduate Lt. Col. Scott Hamilton, chief of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan support team, and NMAA staff plant apple trees March 27 at the NMAA in commemoration of West Point Academy's annual Founder's Day celebration. Three trees were dedicated to the memory of three West Point graduates who were killed in Afghanistan during the past calendar year. The event was held shortly after NMAA students and staff celebrated the beginning of the academy's fourth academic year.

• Date Taken: 03.28.2008
• Date Posted: 03.28.2008 13:54
• Story ID: 17860
• Location: KABUL, AF