The two-day event celebrated members of the Exeter community who have served or are currently serving in the armed forces of the United States.
Every year, around Veterans Day, Exeter Salutes celebrates faculty, staff, alumni and their family members who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. military. This year was no different with two days of programming that included guest speakers, panels and the chance for the alums to spend time with current students.
The celebration kicked off on Thursday with a virtual panel of young alums detailing their time since leaving the Academy. With their Exeter experience still fresh in their minds, featured speakers Layne Erickson ’18, Aaron Baez ’19, Cooper Walshe ’21 and Ursula Wise ’21 detailed how the Academy prepared them for life in the military. “A lot of my peers there in my plebe year were really overwhelmed by the amount of work,” Erickson said. “Academically [Exeter] set me up to be very, very successful.”…