U.S Embassy Presents Lithuanian Military Cadets with U.S. Scholarships

During a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy on June 5th, U.S. Ambassador Anne E. Derse presented full scholarships to two Lithuanian military cadets to attend U.S. Military Service Academies, as part of the Class of 2016: Cadet Gytenis Borusas to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, and Cadet Aurimas Juodka to the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. COL Gintaras Bagdonas, the Commandant of the Lithuanian Military Academy, as well as Rima Malakauskiene, deputy director of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Department from the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, represented the Lithuanian military at the event. "The U.S. Government and the American people are deeply grateful for the great cooperation of the Lithuanian Military in operations in Afghanistan and in general, and we are delighted to continue strengthening this excellent relationship by providing annual scholarships to deserving Lithuanian cadets to attend our service academies," said Ambassador Derse. She told the cadets that she sees them "as part of the framework on which Lithuania’s future peace and success is being built. You are Lithuanian’s future leaders and it all begins now." The cadets were also joined by their families at the ceremony.