Singaporean is first foreigner to be tops at US naval academy

[RonRon]

Naval officer Sam Tan Wei Shen won top honours at the prestigious United States Naval Academy (USNA), beating 1,099 American and foreign cadets.

Lieutenant Tan, 24, is the first-ever foreigner to top a batch of naval cadets in the academy's history.

The naval officer is part of a cohort that included 14 cadets from 12 countries, including Pakistan, Taiwan and Romania.

Speaking to The Straits Times last night from his hotel in Maryland's Annapolis city in the US, Lt Tan said: 'I was surprised because the guys I was training with were Navy Seals and some were even going to be astronauts. To be training with the best and brightest, and still come up tops is pretty amazing.'

 

[erection2015]

earmarked for rear admirership no doubt.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Who are the ones kpkb recently that navy produces fucktards?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

Hope this chap don't anyhow enters another's room. Good Job & Well Done!

 

[crackhead]

Congrats to LTA Tan, its a tough course and he made it, deserves credit.

Top Honours - right place, right time. he won prob because the USN knows this will help his career and they will want a friend high up in one of the navies in this region. political conditioning.....

look at the speech given by the Secretary of Defence, quite focused on US' role in Asia:

.....And yet we still face significant challenges and risks: we continue to face the threat of violent extremism, those who continue to threaten attacks on our homeland; we're still at war; we confront proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; the destabilizing behavior of Iran and North Korea; military modernization across the Asia-Pacific......

......We need you to do the important work of strengthening and modernizing our historic alliances with Japan, with Korea, with Australia, with the Philippines, with Thailand. We need to you to build robust partnerships throughout the region; with countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia; with Vietnam, Singapore, India and others. We also need you to strengthen defense ties with China. China's military is growing and modernizing. We must be vigilant. We must be strong. We must be prepared to confront any challenge. But the key to peace in that region is to develop a new era of defense cooperation between our countries – one in which our militaries share security burdens to advance peace in the Asia-Pacific and around the world.......

full speech http://www.cfr.org/defense-strategy/panettas-speech-naval-strength-us-naval-academy-commencement-may-2012/p28395?cid=rss-defense_homelandsecurity-panetta_s_speech_on_naval_stre-052912

maybe choosen also because he is "Chinese" to keep China happy or to spite them depending on how you look at it....

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

wah power sia!

 

[streetsmart73]

Hope this chap don't anyhow enters another's room. Good Job & Well Done!

hi there


1. bro, good one!
2. we never know such top dog may have some secret fetish too!
3. like stealing undies or what.
4. hahaha!

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

fantastic news..................for him only...................


terrible news for us.................


another PAP running dog in the making i bet................

 

[batman1]

fantastic news..................for him only...................


terrible news for us.................


another PAP running dog in the making i bet................

Pray not another loud-mouthed kuai-lan TCN.

 

[RonRon]

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Congratulation, Lieutenant Sam Tan Wei Shen.

-->His mother is a housewife and his father owns a cleaning firm. Both parents were at the full-regalia parade in the academy, where he received his award from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday. He was also awarded a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Systems Engineering.

'I was put in an environment in which I challenged and pushed myself beyond my limits and became stronger physically and mentally,' said Lt Tan, who said he hopes to take part in international peace support operations like the anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

this chap read medicine.....so how to be rear admirer? SAF head of medicine only COL

 

[ReadySteadyGO]

So what? Open table celebrate?

 

[Cruxx]

Singapore has no talent. Military intelligence is an oxymoron. Being a disciplined, obsequious dog isn't a talent. This lad is definitely not a talent

"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." - Henry Kissinger

 

[cocobobo]

this chap read medicine.....so how to be rear admirer? SAF head of medicine only COL

Well done to the lad.

Btw he didnt read medicine. Twas a BSc in Eng

 

[steffychun]

Naval officer Sam Tan Wei Shen won top honours at the prestigious United States Naval Academy (USNA), beating 1,099 American and foreign cadets.

Lieutenant Tan, 24, is the first-ever foreigner to top a batch of naval cadets in the academy's history.

The naval officer is part of a cohort that included 14 cadets from 12 countries, including Pakistan, Taiwan and Romania.

Speaking to The Straits Times last night from his hotel in Maryland's Annapolis city in the US, Lt Tan said: 'I was surprised because the guys I was training with were Navy Seals and some were even going to be astronauts. To be training with the best and brightest, and still come up tops is pretty amazing.'

Meanwhile, his RSN counterpart did something dishonourable

 

[makapaaa]

But expect his brain to stop functioning once he is being co-opted into the FAP.

 

[singveld]

too bad, no war to be fought in singapore navy. The only hazard of singapore navy is being hit by a slow moving cargo ship in our busy waters.

 

[Froggy]

Waaaaaaa same name as boss

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

Waaaaaaa same name as boss

A well known road just off Jalan Besar and Syed Alwi Rd.

 

[besotted]

You guys are clowns to believe this is on merit

Singapore is hosting American clitorral warships, of course, Uncle Sam will let Sinkie win

It's just like fish supplier pretend to lose snooker to me even though he plays like Steve Davis