Lieutenant Sam Tan Wei Shen, 24, topped his batch of 1,099 American and foreign cadets. Studying at USNA is very competitive as candidates vying for top honours are cadets handpicked by American and selected foreign navies worldwide.
Lt Sam Tan Wei Shen's cohort included 14 cadets from 12 countries, including Pakistan, Taiwan and Romania, reported The Straits Times (ST).
"I was surprised because the guys I was training with were Navy Seals and some were even going to be astronauts. To be training with the best and brightest, and still come up tops is pretty amazing," Lt Sam Tan Wei Shen told ST from his hotel in Annapolis, Maryland in the US.
Former graduates of the academy include US former presidential candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain, former US President Jimmy Carter, and the first American to journey into space Alan Shepard.
Lt Sam Tan Wei Shen graduated from the Officer Cadet School here in 2008 and received the Singapore Armed Forces Merit Scholarship to study in USNA.
He began his training at USNA in 2008. There, he became the first foreign cadet in USNA's history in charge of administrative duties of the 4,400 cadets, the "size of the Republic of Singapore Navy", said Lt Sam Tan Wei Shen. One of his tasks as the brigade adjutant was to command the 4,400-strong ceremonial parades.READ FULL STORY HERE
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