SAF Officer Graduated With An Honors Degree, Ranked Top 15% At US Military Academy
Lieutenant Song Wei Kang from Singapore Army Forces has graduated as one of the top few in his cohort from the United States Military Academy at West Point. This former Jurong Junior College student completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering after 48 months with attendance by 1,107 cadets from the Class of 2020.
Before the graduation can be set off, all cadets were sent home in March, and to ensure the safety measures is taken, all cadets had to return during a five-day process at the beginning of May 26. With a 14-day quarantine, no friends and family are allowed to attend this graduation ceremony.
President Donald Trump was addressing the graduates on their graduation commence during the big day at West Point.
*Top photo via Soon Wei Kang, others via West Point – The U.S. Military Academy