WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadet Ross Allan Louis Poulin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kris Poulin, of Winslow, completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy.

Poulin entered West Point on June 29 and has successfully completed six weeks of CBT, according to a news release from the academy. CBT is one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course of their four years at the academy.

The initial military training program provides cadets with basic skills to instill discipline, pride, cohesion, confidence and a high sense of duty to prepare them for entry into the Corps of Cadets. Areas of summer instruction included first aid, mountaineering, hand grenades, rifle marksmanship and nuclear, biological, and chemical training.

Poulin began classes Aug. 17. The West Point curriculum offers 37 majors balancing physical sciences and engineering with humanities and social sciences leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.

Poulin graduated from Winslow High School. He plans to graduate from West Point in 2019 and be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

About West Point

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America’s first college of engineering and continues today as one of our nation’s premier leader-development institutions, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant–to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U.S. Army.

For more information, visit westpoint.edu.