Now in his second semester of college at Virginia Tech, Sam Philips speaks on the podcast about his experience with STEM, his time as a cadet last semester, and what he plans to do throughout his time in college.

• Brandon K. Hedgepeth is a digital content creator and college student with over five years and a half of experience in content creation, and over three years in television production. He created the Bran'sTech brand in May 2016.
• Sam Philips is an Eagle Scout college student intending to major in computer engineering. He intends to work in the defense sector, and he currently does Artificial Intelligence (AI) research.

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Notes:

After completing the interview, we did want to note some details to be more precise:

1. The list of senior military colleges is University of North Georgia, Citadel, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, VMI, and Norwich University.

2. The list of events in the National Cyber Exercise is cryptography, malware, software development, and policy. After all that is the cyber combat exercise.

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