Local grad Jesse Horne graduates from West Point
Paso Robles High alumnus reports to Fort Rucker as second lieutenant
Cadet Jesse Joseph Horne, son of Joe and Debbie Horne of Paso Robles, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recently with his family in attendance.
A 2011 graduate of Paso Robles High School, Horne concentrated his studies in Engineering Management with a focus in Environmental Studies. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Aviation branch and recently reported to Fort Rucker, Alabama for his first assignment, according to a USMA press release.
More about West Point
The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is 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 United States Army. 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, go to www.westpoint.edu.
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Meagan Friberg is a reporter for the Paso Robles Daily News and A-Town Daily News.