Aaron, Lilliebeth and Pollyanna Halling tend to do things together. They were born together, grew up together and are attending Texas A&M University together. They also decided to join the Corps of Cadets together and become members of the Aggie Band. Being triplets, it just seemed natural to the three freshmen from Kingwood.
They came to Texas A&M in a roundabout way, having started their college careers as cadets at the university’s branch campus in Galveston — Texas A&M University at Galveston. They say it was a good place to get their first taste of college before moving to Aggieland.
Though academically sophomores, they are now settling into their second semester as freshmen – “fish” – in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
Pollyanna and her siblings say they believe joining the Corps of Cadets is the best way to experience being an Aggie.
“The leadership, discipline, tradition, dedication and camaraderie are all things I want to take out of the corps and apply to my life forever,” she says.
“I feel the only way to fully gain the most of my time at A&M is to be a member of the Corps of Cadets,” Lilliebeth adds.
In a talk at Texas A&M’s Bush School, historian Phillips O’Brien said the Russian invasion, now in its third year, raises a number of difficult questions about military power in the 21st century.
While recent wars have sparked speculation about an ensuing global conflict, military scholars say comparisons to past world wars are largely overblown.