Cadet Tristan J. Long of Redmond recently graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Lt. Long graduated from Redmond High School in 2010 where he was a member and co-captain of the football team. While at West Point, he majored in environmental geography. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army joining the Infantry branch and has now reported to Fort Benning, Ga., for advanced leadership and Ranger training. Following this training, he will post to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, where he will join the 1st Stryker Brigade.

The U. S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America’s first college of engineering and continues today as one of our nation’s premier leader-development institutions, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant—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 U. S. Army.