Pope native commissioned as second lieutenant

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet Robert Eli Campbell, son of Thad and Emy Campbell of Pope, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday, May 27. Campbell graduated from South Panola High School in 2019. 

While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in Foreign Language: Portuguese. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Armor branch and will report to Fort Cavazos, Texas, 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.

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 the world’s premier leader-development institution, 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.