International Cadets Goodwill Tour of NYC

On January 26, 2017, two international cadets from the Republic of Korea, along with COL Yongjun Choi, the current Korean defense attaché to the United States, participated in a goodwill tour to New York City. CDT Dongik Jung ’18 and CDT Jaewook Park ’20 visited the New York City Police Department Special Operations Command, witnessing firsthand operations in the Emergency Service Unit, the Aviation Unit, the Canine Unit, the Mounted Unit, the Harbor Unit, and within a police precinct. The cadets also met representatives of the U.S. Army Fellowship Program at the Headquarters of the National Football League. The tour was organized by Anderson Estrella, a police cadet with the New York Police Department who visited the Korean Military Academy (KMA) in the summer of 2016 and was looking for ways to strengthen South Korean-U.S. relations.