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U.S. Military Academy Cadet Jason Newell, son of Mark and Kerri Newell of Rolla, has received the 2008 First Lt. Amos Camden Riley Bock Memorial Service Academies Scholarship. The Scholarship was established by Bock's parents, Jill and Riley Bock of New Madrid, Mo.
Bock, then 24, was killed while on patrol with his unit near Baghdad in October, 2006, when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne based in Fort Campbell, Ky., and a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Cadet Newell is a 2008 graduate of Rolla High School where he earned varsity letters in cross country, tennis, marching band and jazz ensemble.
He was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Association of High School Scholars and is a Missouri A-plus Scholar.
In addition, he was very active in his church youth program as well as various high school clubs.
Newell has recently completed the seven-plus weeks of Cadet Basic Training, also known as "Beast Barracks," at USMA learning the basic skills of the soldier.
He participated in rigorous physical training, long foot marches, small-unit tactical training and rifle marksmanship; and he learned to respond quickly and accurately to upper class cadre under conditions of mental and physical stress.
He was formally accepted into the Corps of Cadets at The Acceptance Day Parade for the Class of 2012 on Aug. 23 on the famed West Point Plain.
With the academic year now in full swing, he is busy with the traditional USMA engineering course load and recently made the Army Crew (rowing) team.
Newell chose to attend the academy for what he describes as a conviction.
"I felt that, with all of the freedoms my country has given me, I should give something back. It's a passion that I've had for as long as I can remember."
His father was also in the Army and Newell said that he had a large impact in his decision.
"Growing up with a family member in the Army, you get used to that lifestyle. The camaraderie and friendship in the Army is something you'll never find anywhere else and the principles that the Academy lives by reflect the very beliefs that I've been brought up with."
Cadet Newell is grateful to the Riley family for the scholarship and is honored to be a part of the West Point tradition.
The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.
U.S. Military Academy Cadet Jason Newell, son of Mark and Kerri Newell of Rolla, has received the 2008 First Lt. Amos Camden Riley Bock Memorial Service Academies Scholarship. The Scholarship was established by Bock's parents, Jill and Riley Bock of New Madrid, Mo.
Bock, then 24, was killed while on patrol with his unit near Baghdad in October, 2006, when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne based in Fort Campbell, Ky., and a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Cadet Newell is a 2008 graduate of Rolla High School where he earned varsity letters in cross country, tennis, marching band and jazz ensemble.
He was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Association of High School Scholars and is a Missouri A-plus Scholar.
In addition, he was very active in his church youth program as well as various high school clubs.
Newell has recently completed the seven-plus weeks of Cadet Basic Training, also known as "Beast Barracks," at USMA learning the basic skills of the soldier.
He participated in rigorous physical training, long foot marches, small-unit tactical training and rifle marksmanship; and he learned to respond quickly and accurately to upper class cadre under conditions of mental and physical stress.
He was formally accepted into the Corps of Cadets at The Acceptance Day Parade for the Class of 2012 on Aug. 23 on the famed West Point Plain.
With the academic year now in full swing, he is busy with the traditional USMA engineering course load and recently made the Army Crew (rowing) team.
Newell chose to attend the academy for what he describes as a conviction.
"I felt that, with all of the freedoms my country has given me, I should give something back. It's a passion that I've had for as long as I can remember."
His father was also in the Army and Newell said that he had a large impact in his decision.
"Growing up with a family member in the Army, you get used to that lifestyle. The camaraderie and friendship in the Army is something you'll never find anywhere else and the principles that the Academy lives by reflect the very beliefs that I've been brought up with."
Cadet Newell is grateful to the Riley family for the scholarship and is honored to be a part of the West Point tradition.
The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.
