Cadet troop leader training gives USMA cadet taste of officer life
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – A cadet from the U.S. Military Academy recently participated in a 20-day mentorship program with junior officers of the 212th Combat Support Hospital, 30th Medical Brigade at...
View ArticleWalker Challenge Ends CBT-I
The first half of Cadet Basic Training for the Class of 2018 came to an end today with the six-site Walker Challenge. Named for 1LT Laura Walker ’03, who was killed in action in 2005 while serving in...
View ArticleUSMAPS R-Day 2014
Two Hundred Thirty-Four cadet candidates reported to the United States Military Preparatory School today to begin Cadet Candidate Basic Training (CCBT) and the one-year USMAPS program in military...
View Article‘Can Do’ mortarmen familiarize cadets with indirect fires
WEST POINT, N.Y. – From July 7-13, 2014, the mortar platoon of 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, introduced United States Military Academy...
View ArticleArctic edge: Battling cold
Serving in the cold doesn’t just include the temperature.A summer day on a glacier can feel like winter, but if that’s where Alaska soldiers are called to fight, they have to be ready.That’s where the...
View ArticleGymnastics Team Members Earn All-America Academic Honors
The United States Military Academy men’s gymnastics team along with Connor Venrick and recently commissioned 2nt Lt. Kip Webber have been honored with All-America Academic honors.Venrick landed on the...
View ArticleRooms with a View, Coming Soon
By JoAnne CastagnaU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, N.Y. DistrictCourtesy of Pointer ViewNot too long ago, dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy became very ill and missed classes. According to the...
View ArticleWest Point Rankings
West Point on Forbes Top 10 listThe U.S. Military Academy was placed ninth in Forbes list of the top colleges for 2014. The academy listed at seventh among schools in the Northeast and fourth among...
View ArticleDean's Weekly, August 8th
Cadet Conducts Biomechanics Research at Army Research Laboratories (AIAD): CDT Christal Theriot ’15 participated in an AIAD at the Army Research Laboratories’ Dismounted Warrior Branch, a part of the...
View ArticleYour Financial Support Enhances Cadets Experience
For the last two years Partners has hosted a cadet from West Point for several weeks in the summer as part of their introduction to civil-military relations. The internship placement is facilitated by...
View Article75th Commandant Stresses Cadets
Brigadier General John Thomson ’86 assumed command of the United States Corps of Cadets on August 11, 2014 at a ceremony in Crest Hall. During his remarks to the audience after the passing of the...
View ArticleClass of 2018 March Back
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...
View ArticleGrads help cadets to do AIADs in Vietnam
“Grads in the West Point Society of Singapore have been setting up AIAD opportunities for cadets in SE Asia for the past three years. This summer, two cadets did AIADs in Vietnam with Banyan Tree...
View ArticleDean's Weekly, August 15th
Department of Law: For the fifth and final year, West Point cadets traveled to Liberia for an AIAD to study the rule of law in a post conflict country. Law Majors CDT Colton Giordano ’14 and CDT Betsy...
View ArticleClass of 2016 Affirmation Ceremony
On August 17, the Class of 2016 affirmed their commitment to complete their final two years of study at West Point and serve at least five years in the U.S. Army. In Robinson Auditorium, the 50-year...
View Article“A” Day to Remember
Every graduate is likely to remember what it was like to lose the “new cadet” moniker and be officially welcomed into the United States Corps of Cadets. After enduring six weeks of Cadet Basic...
View ArticleUSA Basketball's Men's National Team Visits USMA
The United States Military Academy at West Point hosted a visit by USA Basketball's Men's National Team on Monday as the team prepares for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.The team and its coaching...
View ArticleUSMA, West Point, #1 fittest American University
The United States Military Academy, West Point, has topped the list of fittest American Universities by "The Active Times".Only academically good and physically fit individuals can secure admission at...
View ArticleDean's Weekly, August 22nd
From 30 May to 12 June, the Department of History and the Department of English and Philosophy conducted an AIAD staff ride, “World War I in Memory and Literature” in France and Belgium. Following...
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