West Point

Class of 2027

May 2024
Hi Teammates! 

I am writing to thank you for the huge box of goodies you sent to me. Last week was the end of regular classes. This week I start my TEEs (term ending exams). I’ve been super busy since Spring Break and now I’m focused on doing well on the TEEs. All of the snacks you sent have helped me so much this semester. Thank you for the tremendous support you have given me. Plebe year is hard and it gives me strength to know I have so many people rooting for me. I’ve also gotten to share your snack generosity with some of my close friends and they are very appreciative. I don’t think anyone has a more supportive community. 

I will be busy up here through June. I have been assigned the first CFT (cadet field training) rotation right after TEEs. After CFT, I will go to Air Assault school. If all goes smoothly, I will be back in Dunwoody on July 1st. I am looking forward to the break and getting to play tennis with the team this summer. I haven’t gotten the opportunity to play very much up here, so I’m looking forward to the team getting me back in top tennis form.

Thank you again for all you have done for me before I went to USMA and during this year. I am so grateful!

Go Army! 

See you soon,
–Jaxon Jester

July 2023
Cadet Basic Training (CBT), affectionately known as BEAST, is a complex, demanding progression of sequenced training requirements and events, which form the foundation for all future instruction at the United States Military Academy (USMA). It trains, instructs, inspires, and transitions new cadets from civilians to cadets, and begins to inculcate the fundamental military skills and values necessary to develop leaders of character strongly committed to military service. At its conclusion, new cadets obtain the skills and competences necessary to receive academic, military, physical, and character instruction from the USMA staff and faculty.

December 2022
I have been pursing a career in the Army. In the Summer of 2022, I attended West Point Summer Leaders Experience (SLE). Earlier this year, I received a nomination and have been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point Class of 2027.

R-Day
I report at West Point for R-Day in June where I will begin this 47-month experience … starting with 6 weeks of Basic Training aka “Beast”.