Pipes and Drums: The Pipes & Drums held their first performance of the year as part of Acceptance Day festivities for the Class of 2017. The band played a pre-parade performance for the Corps in Central Area and North Area and then moved to Daly Field to play a post parade performance for families of the Class of 2017. With the first performance in the books, the group is preparing to compete in the Capital District Scottish Games Grade V Band competition in Albany, NY at the end of the month.
Combat Weapons: The Combat Weapons Team competed in their first US Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Match at the Dutchess County Pistol Association Range Complex. The match consisted of five different categories of shooters and seven stages involving multiple target engagements, speed reloads and utilization of cover. Cadet Jim Fiser finished 2nd with 454.49 points, Cadet Andrew Zech finished 3rd with 440.77 points, and Cadet Danny Freeman placed 5th with a final score of 419.71.
Foreign Language and Culture Forum (Polish Language): The Kosciuszko Squadron cadets and members of the Color Guard participated in a series of events at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown to commemorate Polish Soldiers Day. Squadron members assisted in laying a wreath at a stature in a cemetery containing the graves of 5,000 veterans of the Polish Army and Polish American veterans of the US Armed Forces. The color guard and squadron then participated in a larger wreath laying with other Polish veterans groups, a review of troops, and a parade attended by several hundred onlookers
Scuba Team: Members of the USMA Scuba Club went on a trip section to Jersey City, NJ and linked up with the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment. The Scuba Club was able to interact with and get hands-on with equipment from an Active Duty Dive Detachment.