Imani Dupree: Always practicing.

West Point was a culmination of goals and challenges that Imani had for himself in highschool. Imani wanted to play in Division I College football, he wanted to challenge himself academically and personally, and he wanted to prepare himself for a career in medicine. Early visits and interactions with West Pointers further solidified those goals. Imani didn’t go to the preparatory school, but went straight into West Point. Accepting the new challenges of College Football, Military training, Leader Development, and Academics. Shocking his system, and facing the challenge head on. Imani threw himself at sports, academics, and everything West Point had to offer him. Imani tackled the long path to prepare for acceptance into the Medical Branch and the path to being a doctor. Imani completed all of the prerequisites and submitted his packet, but fell just short of being accepted. Imani would branch Field Artillery and serve in South Korea, Germany, and deploy to Iraq two times. All the while Imani was focusing on the next step, preparing for the MCAT and preparing for Medical School. Imani would transition out of the military after the end of his second deployment and the end of his initial military service obligation. Soon after he was at the University of Washington and focusing on orthopedic medicine. Fast forward several years and Imani is now a Commander in the U.S Navy and an orthopedic surgeon in Annapolis, Maryland. This is his story.