Grads know what August is supposed to be like at West Point: hot and humid. How grateful they must have been to have had sixty-degree weather and a cool breeze for the 2014 March Back with the new cadets of the Class of 2018. Two-hundred and forty three “Old Grads” participated this year, the most ever. Most of these made the 12-mile trek from Buckner starting at o-dark thirty. The rest, including 88-year old COL (R) Roger Conover ’48, the oldest grad participating, joined the group at the ski slope and marched the remainder of the way to Quarters 100. Throughout the March Back, grads had several opportunities to interact with the new cadets. “They asked us a lot of questions such as what we branched and what re-orgy week is like,” said Ted Russ ’91. But Georgina Biehl ’92 said that she asked just as many questions of the new cadets, who surprised her by being willing to talk about themselves. “I wanted to know things like what brought them to West Point and what they did before coming here,” Biehl said. Luke Leineweber ’18, a new cadet in Delta Company, came away impressed with grads from the Class of 1968, the soon-to-be plebe’s 50-Year Affiliation Class. “I learned that two ’68 grads who marched with us were roommates during their own Beast Barracks,” said Leineweber. “It just shows that the friendships I’ve formed these past few weeks suffering through Cadet Basic Training will likely stand the test of time.” In fact, the Class of 1968 tangibly demonstrated the bond between its members by featuring 76 participants in the March Back, nearly a third of all the grads marching. “We are all here to support the Class of 2018, gripping hands across the Long Gray Line,” said Dutch Hostler ’68, Class President. Read More.
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Class of 2018 March Back
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