"I've never felt anything like that before," said the female cadet.

Just a few inches to their side sat the mother of the female cadet.

The program is open to male and female cadets alike.

The first female cadets graduated from the Academy in 1997.

Further, later that year, amid much controversy, the first female cadets arrived.

In the same year, a first female cadet was recruited.

Until 1960 female cadets had been admitted to the Academy.

"I didn't like the idea of a female cadet," he said.

A female cadet was found at a rest stop outside Baltimore three hours ago.