Military service holds in itself a great honor, and Bradley McIntire and Patrick Gandini, both of Gilford, have answered the call, while receiving some of the best education possible to prepare them for their futures.

The recent Gilford High School graduates are attending prestigious military academies — McIntire is a student at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Gandini at the U.S. Naval Academy — and the pair traveled back to the Lakes Region this week as part of the Hometown Visit program, sharing their experiences at local schools.

McIntire, in his penultimate year at West Point, and Gandini, in his second year at the Naval Academy, had plans to speak with students at Inter-Lakes and Laconia high schools, along with their alma mater.

“Since we both went to high school toge

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