U.S. Army veteran and Syracuse University Army ROTC Cadet George Canino was born in Madrid, Spain while his father was serving in the United States Air Force. After George’s father retired from the Air Force, his family remained in Spain where George attended Schiller International University and received an associate degree. After living in Spain for 21 years, George moved to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was stationed with the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment in the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. His unit deployed to East Africa to assume the Quick Reactionary Force mission covering nine countries in the region.
In 2017, George was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. There, he applied for and was accepted into the Army’s “Green to Gold” Program and chose to attend Syracuse University. Today, George is a senior at Syracuse University and he will earn his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army this spring.
In April 2019, Canino was featured as our Military-Connected Student of the Month. Read his full story here.