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Cadet Benjamin R. Ostrander, son of Robert and Alyssa Ostrander of Norwood, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy on May 21.

Ostrander graduated from Gray Stone Day School in 2018.

While at West Point, he concentrated his studies in Russian history.

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army within the Field Artillery branch and will report to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, 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.