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Little Silver Quadruplets Congratulated on Appointments to Military Programs

Two of the quadruplets attend Red Bank Regional High School.

Little Silver quadruplets Max Neubelt, Gabi Neubelt, Heidi Neubelt and Ethan Neubelt were congratulated by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) this week for their decisions to attend military programs during their collegiate years.

Max, Gabi, and Heidi Neubelt were appointed to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and Ethan enrolled in Rutgers University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.

Gabi and Ethan attend Marine Academy of Science and Technology in Highlands and Max and Heidi attend Red Bank Regional High School.

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The Neubelts were among the 15 students appointed to United States military academies welcomed by the Senator along with their families to a special reception in the Newark office, according to a release from Menendez's office.

“Max, Gabi, Heidi and Ethan are all remarkable young people who have enormous promise, and I am very proud of all of them,” Menendez said in the release. “The Neubelts and all of New Jersey’s young people who will enroll in our nation’s military academies and programs possess exceptional talents and abilities."

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"But what makes me most proud is their personal choice to use their abilities in the service of their country," he continued. "I am grateful to all of them for their sense of duty as Americans, and wish them God’s speed as they set off to meet the challenges ahead.”

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