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WM student accepted into West Point
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By Sgt. Robin Carpenter
Special to The Citizen

Less than one year after enlisting in the Louisiana National Guard, Pvt. Kele Bole is about to make a leap most Soldiers only dream of. This summer she will join the ranks of cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Bole attended basic training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., after joining the Guard in March 2010. Before enlisting, she had no plans of pursuing an education from West Point.
"I was planning to go to LSU and major in kinesiology," said the now 18 year-old Bole, a senior at West Monroe High School. This summer Bole was scheduled to attend advanced individual training to become a combat medic and then join the 39th Military Police Company in Delhi.

Bole's plans quickly changed after one phone call. She now anticipates reporting to the New York campus as a cadet in July.
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