Cadet Collin Jeffrey Parker

WARSAW — Cadet Collin Jeffrey Parker, son of Chris and Melissa Long of Warsaw, and Jeffrey Parker of Pierceton, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, May 27.

Parker graduated from Culver Academies in 2013. While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in Management. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Army Aviation branch and will report to Fort Rucker, Ala., for his first assignment.

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.