His eyes were as clear as a lake, and luckily, he could go to a military academy, where most of the students were aristocrats, without paying any tuition.
Hailing from the West African nation of Burkina Faso — then known as Upper Volta — the 22-year-old soldier had traveled to Madagascar to study at their military academy.
In fact, it's difficult to get accepted to any of the military academies since there are only so many positions that are available in these universities.
The Syrian army has blamed what they called terrorist groups for a drone attack on a military academy in Homs that killed at least 100 people and left dozens injured.
The military academies are supposed to train the future leaders of the military, and so the Naval Academy, of course, is training future leaders of the Navy.
Do you know that when the Yankees were marching on Milledgeville, they called out all the cadets from the military academies, no matter how young they were, and even opened the state penitentiary to get fresh troops?