First Iraq, and now West Point

YOUNGSTOWN —  Matthew Rosebaugh isn’t the typical West Point cadet. It wasn’t until he was serving with the Army in the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq that he even thought about enrolling in the military service academy.

At 24, he’s seen a lot more of the world than most cadets who enter West Point right out of high school.

He was in Iraq from the start of the invasion by U.S. forces in March 2003 until January 2004. It was during that time that a group of soldiers were talking about things they did at home before the war, and his second lieutenant began talking about West Point and what it was like.

“I said, ‘That sounds like fun. How do I get in?’” Rosebaugh said.

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