Bound for great things
PASADENA - Throughout their 13-year friendship, Steven Longfellow and Dennis Lowe have attended the same elementary school and risen through the ranks of the Boy Scouts together.
With the end of their high school days approaching, the two teens - who live down the street from each other - now will attend West Point Military Academy together this fall.
Longfellow, 18, will graduate from Polytechnic School and Lowe, 19, from Flintridge Prep. They met at Chandler School in kindergarten and have been friends ever since.
“It’s going to be great for moral support,” Lowe said of them attending West Point together. “Just to have someone you’ve known for a long time there … it’s kind of difficult to relate to if you have not been through it.”
Both say they want to serve their country.
“There is something I need to give back,” Longfellow said.
In preparation for basic training camp, which begins at the end of June, the teens are following a strict workout regimen - running and doing push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups. Several times a week, they train with a former Marine in La Crescenta, who tries to instill discipline and give an early introduction to what military life will be like.
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