The night before the Army-Navy Football Game, the West Point Debate Team beat Navy at the site of the Army Navy Gala in Downtown Philadelphia. Cadets Seamus Matlack and Isabella Minter won on the negative concerning a resolution with the Veteran Affair's CARE Act proposal. This win keeps the Commander-in-Speech Trophy at the academy.
Army Retains Commander in Speech Trophy
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Army Powerlifting Beats Navy
The Army Powerlifting team competed against Navy in the Army Navy Championship in the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center Class of '62 Room. Both the Men's and Women's team came away with a victory, extending the Men's winning streak to 16 consecutive meets. The newly formed Women's team earned their first victory since the late 90s. The men's team outperformed Navy 415 to 379, while the women's team edged out Navy 335 to 333. Top performers for the team were CDTs Stephen Porada (480 Wilks), Morgan Willcox (436 Wilks), Brenden Brown (428 Wilks), Denny Chung (421 Wilks), Omotoysi Oyeideiji (420 Wilks), Elaine Haggard (353 Wilks) and Annette Yoon (358 Wilks).
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Cadets in Muscat Visit Lebanon
Cadets studying in Muscat, Oman took advantage of a three-day break in their studies to visit Lebanon. A former US diplomat with previous duty in Beirut also spoke with the cadets, providing them advice and recommendations on cultural and historic sites and restaurants to visit. While in Lebanon they visited the Jeitta Grotto, Pigeon Rocks, Mount Lebanon, and several coastal cities enjoying Lebanese culture and the life and scenery of towns located on the Mediterranean Sea. Most importantly, cadets engaged with the Shammi (Levantine) dialect of Arabic, having spent their semester in Oman studying Fusha (or formal) Arabic. Their visit, the first cadet visit in over two decades, coincides with renewed interest from the Lebanese Military Academy in reestablishing a relationship with USMA, as relayed by the US Embassy - Beirut.
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Army Tae Kwon Do Defeats Navy
The Army Tae Kwon Do team defeated Navy in spectacular fashion to secure the Army/Navy Warrior Cup for the second year in a row. The event, held in Ike's Riverside Café, was the first time West Point hosted the event, well attended by both cadets and faculty alike, creating an environment that promoted Army's close, but decisive, victory. The night started out with three exhibition matches featuring An Vu, Madeline Ryu and Takhyun Cho, with Vu and Cho claiming victory against higher ranked opponents. The main event consisted of ten black belt matches, with scoring being dependent on the sum score of all the matches, not individual match wins, although match wins can be indicator of a close match and can rule as a tie breaker.
The Army team consisted of cadets Natasha Chick, Hevin Na, Anthony Chargualaf, Jordan Nettles, Ziwei Peng, Mathew Galea, Nicole Nettles, Taylor Reim, Eli Eichenberger and David Kim. It was constant battle for points, the lead changing four times before the end of the match. Navy started out in front, but Chargualaf's stunning 20-point win against Navy's MIDN Michael Kron put Army ahead. The Army team was winning by four points going into the final match, pitting CDT David Kim against MIDN Brian Tat. Both fighters fought well while Tat gained a two-point lead in the last minute of the match, but Kim pressed forward and scored a head kick to win his match and finalize the score to 152-146 Army. At the end of the day, the Army Taekwondo team lifted the Warrior Cup high above their heads in celebration. MVP of the match was CDT Anthony Chargualaf.
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Pipes and Drums Thoroughly Defeats Navy
The USCC Pipes and Drums, along with the West Point Celtic Dancers participated in the 2017 Army-Navy Battle of the Pipe Bands and Dance Competition in Philadelphia, PA. The Pipes and Drums thoroughly defeated the Naval Academy's Pipes and Drums in all three judged categories (Piping, Drumming, and Ensemble) and regained the coveted Battle of the Pipe Bands trophy. Though they were unable to secure a victory over Navy, the Celtic Dancers performed to an exceptionally high level in highland dance and showed a great level of improvement over recent years. The following day, the group gallantly led the Army Football team out of the tunnel and onto the fields of friendly strife and to an extraordinary victory over Navy.
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MAJ Song General Biology Guest Lecture
MAJ Steve Song, an instructor from the Department of Systems Engineering served as a guest lecturer in General Biology. The lecture, “Thinking about Systems” served as an introductory lesson to systems theory, covering the characteristics of a system, systems thinking, and systems dynamics. The lecture was positioned as the first lecture in the human physiology block. During this block cadets will explore various organ systems in the human body and seek to understand how those systems function and interact to maintain homeostasis. MAJ Song used various examples of common systems to challenge cadets in their approach to problem solving, while also relating systems thinking to previous lessons such as cellular systems, ecosystems, and population dynamics. The feedback from the cadets was extremely positive, as they enjoyed an instructor from a seemingly “unrelated” department “tying together” so many of the concepts they have been discussing throughout the course.
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Army Football Touches Down in Texas
The Army West Point football team arrived in Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon and practiced for the first time before the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. The Black Knights practiced at Wildcat Stadium on the campus of Kennedale High School. Click here to watch the video: https://youtu.be/aTGlJMAQLRQ. It wasn't a comfortable afternoon as the team played through some rain, but was able to get out there to get ready for San Diego State on Saturday. Army focused on special teams for the first portion of practice and then broke into individual and team drills for the final hour. The Black Knight have two more practices and then a walk through on Friday before the game on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Central on ESPN.
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Historical WWII 10th Mountain Division Display
MAJ Kyle Hatzinger and CPT James Villanueva teamed up with ODIA and Nike to put together a historical display at the new Malek Visitor Center in conjunction with the gift shop's grand opening. They displayed WWII 10th Mountain Division uniforms and insignia next to the historically-themed football uniform for the 2017 Army-Navy Game.
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Prof Schmitt Awarded the Order of the Cross
The President of Estonia, Her Excellency Kersti Kaljulaid, awarded Professor Michael Schmitt, the Francis Lieber Distinguished Scholar at West Point, the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana. The award, which is given to foreigners who have made a significant contribution to the nation, recognizes his work as Director of the Tallinn Manual Project and his broader contributions to cyber security. The effort resulted in publication of the 2013 Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare and the 2017 Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations. Schmitt was in Estonia to direct the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence’s course for legal advisers on cyber law and to speak at the Senior Executive Seminar on Cyber Conflict. He also serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center.
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69th annual Army/Navy OCF Banquet
Fifty Cadets from the Officers' Christian Fellowship (OCF) participated in the 69th annual Army/Navy OCF Banquet, held in Cherry Hill, NJ this past Army/Navy weekend. The combined banquet not only allowed cadets and midshipmen of their respective OCF clubs to fellowship together, but several cadets from Valley Forge participated, as well. The CICs of each club gave short testimonies, and guest speaker, COL(R) Steve Banach, delivered a powerful message on being a Christian leader of character in the military. After the banquet, the cadets and midshipman had the opportunity to build relationships between the academies; yet again, it was Army's turn to be the gracious victor. Sunday morning, LTC(R) Colin Wooten shared his memories and the history of 1LT Thomas Martin '05, fallen graduate honored during Firsties' Cadet Field Training, "Taskforce Martin." LTC(R) Wooten described what it means to be a Christian leader and what makes a leader of character.
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Judge Castel Visits with Cadets
US District Court Judge Kevin Castel visited with cadets in the Advanced Constitutional Law seminar taught by Associate Professor and Constitutional Law Chair, Tony DiSarro. Judge Castel was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush in 2003. Prior to that, he was a practicing lawyer in Manhattan, specializing in business litigation. He also teaches as an adjunct professor in the field of Professional Responsibility at NYU School of Law. Judge Castel spoke with the cadets about the Sixth Amendment and the Assistance of Counsel Clause. He traced the origins of counsel being permitted to advocate on behalf of those accused of crimes to Greek and Roman times. He noted that the right attained constitutional status in the United States prior to achieving the same status in England.
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Russian and Turkish Baths Health Club Visit
The Department of Foreign Language (DFL) Russian Language Forum traveled to the "Russian and Turkish Baths Health Club" in Manhattan. The trip provided Cadets with the opportunity to experience an integral part of Russian culture, the bathhouse, while also affording them the opportunity to enjoy Russian cuisine and speak Russian with patrons and staff.
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Cycling Wins ECCC Cyclo-Cross
The West Point Cycling Team won the 2017 Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Cyclo-Cross Championship in Warwick, Rhode Island. The championship was awarded based on the most points scored as a team throughout the season. This is a tough group competing and winning every weekend. Eight cadets will be going to Reno, Nevada to the Cyclo-Cross Nationals in January.
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"High-Impact Peer Workshopping" Mounger Writing Center
Cadet Writing Fellow and International Relations major Nate Kreher '19 led a workshop on how cadets can get the most out of peer review sessions. Kreher focused particularly ways for cadets to address 'higher order' concerns of substance and organization with confidence and precision. By testifying to his own experiences as a Writing Fellow, and outlining strategies routinely employed at the Mounger Writing Center, cadet Kreher made the case that becoming a better reader of others' writing will also help one become a better writer oneself.
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Fireside Chat with Demetriouse Russell
Excel Scholar cadets and faculty attended the third Fireside Chat of the 2018 academic year. The guest speaker was Demetriouse Russell, Managing Director and Founder of Venn Diagram Partners. Venn Diagram is a global consulting collaborative specializing in leadership development, executive coaching and diversity and inclusion. Russell centered his talk around the concept of being an agent for change in a community. He challenged the audience with the question "who are you as a possibility in the community?" He made the point that cadets do not come to USMA to "play small," as they have a real opportunity to effect change on a world-wide scale. Russell argued that a leader championing new ideas or concepts must enroll members of the community to rally behind the cause, emphasizing the need for leaders to focus not on "I," but on "we."
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Cadet Capstone Presents Final Briefings to Lockheed Martin
Cadets in the Core Engineering Sequence Capstone Project Course (SE450) presented their final decision briefings to their clients from Lockheed Martin. One team conducted analysis to determine the functions and needs of a new Advanced Visualization system to help commanders make informed decisions in a more timely manner. The second team analyzed how tactical Directed Energy weapons could be integrated into operational units to defeat Unmanned Aerial Vehicle threats. At the conclusion of each brief, Lockheed Martin officials presented the Cadets with coins.
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Cadets Visit Google Headquarters in NYC
Cadets and faculty from Multivariable Calculus and Military Innovation visited Google headquarters in Chelsea, NY. They received a tour of the building, participated in an "innovation exercise" hosted by Google, and participated in Google panel discussions. The panel included Keith Weinstein '99 and retired EECS Department Head, BG(R) Gene Ressler, along with a USAFA graduate and a civilian engineer. Topics of discussion focused on Google's model of innovation, accountability, and technical leadership, and the shared lessons for military leaders.
In a collaborative exercise, cadets learned about Google's principles of innovation (e.g. "focus on the user," "fail fast,"...), and participated in a hands-on project to develop, test, and deploy an innovative design for a paper airplane. The Defense Strategic Studies program seeks to introduce cadets to the innovation process of Fortune 500 companies each semester. The course on Military Innovation primarily focuses on military case studies. The quarterly collaboration with Google provides cadets with firsthand experience in innovation in civilian industry. The cadets were selected for displaying creativity and technical ability beyond course expectations in a recent week-long "technology application" project.
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Ellis Island Staff Ride
The History Department conducted an Immigration in America Staff Ride. The trip went to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, the Museum of Chinese in America, Chinatown, and Little Italy. Participants looked at the history of immigration to the United States, paying particular attention to factors that pushed them from their homes and drew them to the US. Additionally, they focused on the reception and integration of these groups into American society.
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USMA Storm Water Mgmt Plan Guest Lecture
Ms. Julie Stein of the New York City engineering firm HDR, Inc. presented a guest lecture on West Point’s Storm Water Management Plan to cadets enrolled in Water Resources Planning and Design. She discussed her firms work in designing storm water management systems for USMA that will alleviate issues with the existing infrastructure, and have a low impact on the surrounding environment.
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Circle in the Spiral Art Exhibit
Cadet Publications hosted over seventy cadet artists and their guests to the 2017 Circle in the Spiral Art Exhibit Opening. The Circle in the Spiral is a literary magazine, published once a year, and includes original artwork, photography, and narratives. There were over One-hundred cadet contributors this year. The exhibit, which includes mounted enlargements of each page of the magazine, will be hosted in Eisenhower Hall's 5th Floor Class of '29 Art Gallery and will be open to the public for one year. This year's event was enhanced by a wonderful performance by the Cadet Strings Group playing holiday music. Cadets also had the opportunity to participate in a scavenger hunt and to select their top three favorites.
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