Singing, dancing, shooting all the way to the top

Shipshape: Cadet Sukcha standing at attention during the Regimental Change of Command Ceremony at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

PETALING JAYA: From being a nationally-ranked sharpshooter to singing in the glee club, all-rounder Malaysian cadet Saranjoe Sukcha is making waves at the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he is in his third year.

The Old Putera (alumni) of the Royal Military College said he was “shy, quiet and did not speak English well” when he first arrived in the United States.