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Future Spanish Officers visit Washington D.C.

14

Nov

Studying at US Military Academy and US Naval Academy

Cadets and Midshipmen visit the Embassy of Spain
Cadets and Midshipmen visit the Embassy of Spain

A group of cadets of the General Military Academy that, as a result of an exchange program, is attending a semester at the US Military Academy in West Point, in the state of New York, together with the Spanish military professor who is part of the department Tactic of the aforementioned Academy, they made a visit of professional interest to the capital of the country. Two spanish Midshipmen, in a similar situation at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, also participated in it.
They visited emblematic places in Washington DC, such as the Arlington Cemetery, coinciding with Veterans Day, The Pentagon, The White House, the Capitol and some museums. They were also received by Ambassador D. Santiago Cabanas at the Spanish Embassy, ​​and finally visited The Defense Attaché Office where they were welcomed by their head, Rear Admiral D. Fernando Poole, as well as the rest of the attachés, and where they received explanations of the mission carried out by the Defense Attaché Office in the field of the Defense diplomacy.