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8. Montel Williams

Television host and motivational speaker, Montel Williams, enlisted in the U.S. Marines after graduating high school in 1974. Williams completed basic training and was recommended for, and accepted to, the Naval Academy Preparatory school. He completed his course, and was accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis where he was honorably discharged as a corporal from the Marines, and enlisted into the Navy as a midshipman. At Annapolis, Williams studied Mandarin Chinese and graduated with a degree in general engineering and a minor in International Security Affairs. Upon his graduation, he became the first black enlisted Marine to complete and graduate both the Academy Prep School and Annapolis.

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