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Matt Radik: Missionaries and Emissaries
Matt was interested in the Service Academy’s at an early age. This early interest drove him to focus on sports and grades and being well rounded.
Matt had family in the Marine Corps, but he was drawn towards West Point. Matt was accepted into West Point and walked into Beast barracks with the Class of 1999.
After Matt’s Yearling Year in the Summer of 1997, he resigned West Point and went to Taiwan for two years as a Mormon missionary. Matt returned to West Point in the fall of 1999 and graduated two years later with the Class of 2001.
Matt branched Armor and posted to Fort Carson, Colorado with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Deploying to OIF I in 2003.
Matt transitioned branches to Military Intelligence serving in South Korea and Iraq before returning to West Point to teach.
Matt transitioned from Military Intelligence to become a Foriegn Area Officer with a focus on China and Taiwan. Matt would spend the remainder of his career digging deep and investing in Indo-Pacific Foreign policy, culminating as a Security and Cooperation Officer in Taiwan.
This is his story.
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By Fred & Joe HarrisonMatt was interested in the Service Academy’s at an early age. This early interest drove him to focus on sports and grades and being well rounded.
Matt had family in the Marine Corps, but he was drawn towards West Point. Matt was accepted into West Point and walked into Beast barracks with the Class of 1999.
After Matt’s Yearling Year in the Summer of 1997, he resigned West Point and went to Taiwan for two years as a Mormon missionary. Matt returned to West Point in the fall of 1999 and graduated two years later with the Class of 2001.
Matt branched Armor and posted to Fort Carson, Colorado with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Deploying to OIF I in 2003.
Matt transitioned branches to Military Intelligence serving in South Korea and Iraq before returning to West Point to teach.
Matt transitioned from Military Intelligence to become a Foriegn Area Officer with a focus on China and Taiwan. Matt would spend the remainder of his career digging deep and investing in Indo-Pacific Foreign policy, culminating as a Security and Cooperation Officer in Taiwan.
This is his story.