Julia Farris was driving home from softball practice when she got the news.
Immediately, the 18-year-old texted her older sister Olivia: The pair had both been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
“I had to pull over and call everyone I knew,” Julia said.
For most of their lives, the Farris sisters have done everything together. Growing up, the two were so close they joked they should have been born twins. A year apart in school, they both played softball at Delaware Military Academy, and for the Virginia Glory travel team.
And in the coming weeks, they’ll both be heading to West Point and playing together on the softball team.
4 Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Dziezynski assumed command of the Army Reserve’s Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC) in a ceremony, June 5 at Fort Belvoir’s John S. Mosby Army Reserve Center.
Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, the 34th Chief of Army Reserve and the 9th Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, hosted the ceremony.
“Any time I have the opportunity to participate in a ceremony that recognizes one of our outstanding leaders is a great day,” Daniels said during her ceremony remarks. “And today I have the privilege of welcoming [Dziezynski] as the new commander of the Army Reserve’s Military Intelligence Readiness Command.”
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 10:14am katie
Vermont Business Magazine It makes sense that a business CEO who graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point would think the best place for leaders to be is in the trenches with their troops. And that s precisely the philosophy Steve Cannon espouses. Great leaders are present; they are there on the field, not sitting in a corner office trying to absorb data through spreadsheets, said Cannon, who is CEO of AMB Group, which operates Atlanta s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the NFL s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer s Atlanta United and the PGA Superstore retail chain. Instead, Cannon said, great leaders are absorbing data through observation, through contact, and I find that model of leadership. is very, very powerful.