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Update on Lee's Summit Community Christian School student Steve Santon
August 10, 2010
Steve Santon…
Photo courtesy of the Commant's BG William Rapp Facebook.
Steve Santon, LSCCS graduate and United States Military Academy at West Point Class of 2014 appointee is half way through BEAST his first duty assignment. BEAST crams 12 weeks of enlisted basic training into 6 weeks along with academic placement testing and sports tryouts. Steve is allowed three phone calls home during the 45 day Beast experience and provided this update via his father.
1. Food is phenomenal -cadets receive between 3,500 -5,000+ calories per day
2. Love cadence songs
3. Motivated!
4. OOOOAH!
5. ACU’s Army Combat Uniforms are awesome!
6. PT is fun - Physical training, which begins each morning @ 5:30 AM ET
7. This is similar to boy’s state only we carry machine guns
8. Squad leader is awesome
9. 2nd week went by much faster then 1st week
10. Days are long (5am -10pm ET) but go by pretty fast
11. I have received NO DEMERITS
12. I am in Foxtrot Company of about 170 cadets
13. Roommate is from Florence, AL
14. I have to "PING" when I walk (120 steps per minute)
15. We have to stare at the West Point crest on our dinner plates while eating
16. He has seen only one person from KC area so far
While Steve does not have frequent access of the internet he was able to provide a status update recently via Facebook. at the sponsor's house during the Ice Cream Social on Cadre change on Sunday, July 18th. “Steve here.. Just finished the first 3 weeks of Beast Barracks.. Literally the most intense thing any 18 year old could go through.. 3 weeks to go.. Out in the field a lot now.. I have lost 10 pounds already... the d-1 coach sees potential in me... crazy stuff. ... Rock the black and gold.”
Steve is working out with the baseball team (ARMY Black Knights) Division I in the Patriot League (Sports are required at West Point). He was scheduled to pitch this week.
Steve is requesting as much snail mail as possible. He really enjoys current events...You can print something off the internet and send to him. Political, sports, religious doesn't matter. He is so out of touch with the world right now...No TV, radio, iPods, mp3's, PDA's, blackberry's, computers, phones, cell phones etc.
Steve's mailing address is :
(do not deviate from this address and send postcards or white envelopes only)
New Cadet: Santon
PO Box 3643
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10997-3643
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