WEST POINT WEST POINT, May 28 (Hina) - 1st Lieutenant Jasen Drnasin is the first Croatian officer to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Saturday's graduation ceremony at West Point was attended, among
others, by Croatia's Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul, and a Croatian Defence Ministry delegation visiting the USA, headed by Deputy Defence Minister Zlatko Gareljic. This year, 943 young officers graduated from West Point. They will continue their military service mostly in the US Army and in about a dozen other countries. 1st Lieutenant Drnasin will soon return to Croatia, where he is expected to take over a unit in the Croatian Army's 4th Brigade. Yesterday's ceremony at West Point was also addressed by US Vice President Al Gore. Attending the event were the US Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera and NATO's former commander, General Wesley Clark, who also graduated from West Point
WEST POINT, May 28 (Hina) - 1st Lieutenant Jasen Drnasin is the
first Croatian officer to graduate from the United States Military
Academy at West Point.
Saturday's graduation ceremony at West Point was attended, among
others, by Croatia's Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul,
and a Croatian Defence Ministry delegation visiting the USA, headed
by Deputy Defence Minister Zlatko Gareljic.
This year, 943 young officers graduated from West Point. They will
continue their military service mostly in the US Army and in about a
dozen other countries. 1st Lieutenant Drnasin will soon return to
Croatia, where he is expected to take over a unit in the Croatian
Army's 4th Brigade.
Yesterday's ceremony at West Point was also addressed by US Vice
President Al Gore. Attending the event were the US Secretary of the
Army Louis Caldera and NATO's former commander, General Wesley
Clark, who also graduated from West Point in 1966.
All 4,000 West Point students and more than 20,000 family members
and friends gathered at the ceremony, including some 30 Croats from
New York and its surroundings, who warmly welcomed Drnasin's
graduation.
(hina) rml