Spring Break - The West Point Way

Colleges & Universities United States Military Academy - West Point
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<p>Also very cool: USMA sends a select group to participate in Operation Crossroads Africa every summer and has done so for the past 10 years or more (I think).</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dean.usma.edu/sosh/Activities/AIAD/IRCP/crossroads.htm[/url]”>http://www.dean.usma.edu/sosh/Activities/AIAD/IRCP/crossroads.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Operation Crossroads Africa (which was established in the 1950’s and was the prototype for the Peace Corps) organizes 7 week summer programs sending young adults to various African countries to provide support for infrastructure, agriculture, health and education programs. The essays written by USMA participants are a testiment to the power of this program to help those who may be deployed in a foreign culture understand how to acclimate and understand the culture they are immersed in. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dean.usma.edu/sosh/Activities/AIAD/IRCP/AAR%20crossroads.htm[/url]”>http://www.dean.usma.edu/sosh/Activities/AIAD/IRCP/AAR%20crossroads.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I know about the program because one of my children who attends a civilian college will be participating this summer!</p>