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West Orange HS Alum Graduates West Point, Blazes Trail For Women
This trailblazing West Point graduate – and her sister – are alumni of the Air Force JROTC program at West Orange High School.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange High School graduate recently blazed a trail as the first woman from the township – and the first woman of color from Essex County – to graduate from West Point.
Vanessa Sofia Lettman (class of 2019) graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 25.
According to a statement from her alma mater:
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“2LT Lettman has chosen the Adjutant General branch of the Army (Personnel Operations). In July, she will start a three-month Officer Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC, and will then report to her first duty station at Fort Cavazos, TX, in November. Following graduation, Vanessa was commissioned as a 2LT in the United States Army by her older sister, Jasmyn Lettman, a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and a 2015 WOHS alum.”
Both siblings are alumni of the Air Force JROTC program at the high school, district administrators said.
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