Trump says this private boarding school gave him more military training than the Army could
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On April 6, the Trump authorized the first direct American assult on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the country's six-year civil war. The night's events marked one of the first known military actions of President Trump's time in office.
During his run for office, however, Trump faced scrutiny for his lack of military service. He received five draft determents ("four for college, one for bad feet") over the course of the Vietnam War.
But before he became a billionaire real estate developer, reality TV star, or commander-in-chief, Trump was a cadet who attended the New York Military Academy.
Founded in 1889, the private school is spread across 120 acres in rural Cornwall, New York, located 60 miles north of Manhattan. The cost of tuition is $41,210 a year at the school, which ranks No. 128 on a list of the best boarding schools in the US by education resource Niche.
The story goes that Trump's parents shipped their 13-year-old son off to NYMA when he began acting up and it became a problem. Some 50 years later, Trump would tell his biographer that his five years' education there gave him more military training than the military could.
Here's what it's like at NYMA.
The New York Military Academy opened doors in 1889 with the hopes of preparing cadets for "further education and to be effective leaders and responsible citizens."
Classmates.
Source: New York Military Academy
Charles Jefferson Wright, a Civil War veteran and teacher, founded the school under the belief that a military structure provided the best environment for academic achievement.
Classmates.
Source: New York Military Academy
Through the years, the student body has remained small. Two classroom buildings and three dorms accommodate the 28 students who enrolled in the 2016-17 academic year.
Classmates
Source: New York Military Academy and Wall Street Journal
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