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Easy Co CBT Coverage
It has been a week since R-Day. While the new cadets have been busy with in processing, issue points, placement exams, and of course PT, the commander and platoon leaders of Easy Company have spent the...
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Ferrell '14 Serves as Platoon Leader in Training Exercise at Fort Hood
While other units were jogging down Battalion Avenue in formation and singing cadences during morning physical training, “Warhorse” soldiers were in full battle gear as they prepared for confrontation...
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'14 Cadets Experience Army's Best Aviation Systems
An academic assignment at Redstone Arsenal turned into an opportunity of a lifetime for two West Point cadets to experience the Army’s best aviation systems.Victoria Walling '14 and Jason Sommerfeld...
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New Cadets Begin Etiquette Skills
The Cadet Hostess, Sharyn Amoroso, began a series of 16 Etiquette Meals and 8 Social Development Classes for the New Cadets during CBT 1. During the Etiquette Meals, New Cadets enjoyed socializing and...
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C-Store Activity
The C-Store surged this week with an influx of both CBT new cadets and CFT cadets; this all occurred while the C-Store and building 606 experienced an air conditioning system failure during a week of...
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Dean's Weekly, July 11
Cadet Erik Hegeman joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Entomology Section for his AIAD summer research in Atlanta, Georgia. In the picture he is working with preventative netting...
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Cadet Field Training (CFT) Makes a Splash
The rising yearlings of the Class of 2016 participated in the Dry Outdoor Obstacle Course and the Water Confidence Course at Camp Buckner during Cadet Field Training recently. Their training provided a...
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CBT-I: The Squad Leader's Mission
It may have been only the second week of CBT-I for the new cadets, but the squad leaders of E-Company are already making sure they will be ready for CBT-II. “My number one goal is to get my squad...
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Change of Command: Caslen '75 Appointed 59th Superintendent
LTG Robert L. Caslen Jr. '75 assumed command of the United States Military Academy at West Point from LTG David H. Huntoon Jr. '73 today at an indoor ceremony at Eisenhower Hall. Army Chief of Staff...
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Dean’s Weekly, July 18
Physics in the Field:The Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering has worked with the Department of Military Instruction to pilot an initiative at this year's CFT field artillery training site to...
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CBT-I: Culminating Challenges for Cadre and New Cadets
In the final week of CBT-I, both the new cadets of E-Company and its cadre had the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned during their summer training. For the new cadets, it was about...
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New Cadet Continues Family Tradition
Commitment is a tradition for 18-year-old Alex Vinson and her family.The Class of 2017 new cadet has seen the tradition in three generations of her military family. Now she’s made that military...
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USMAPS Welcomes the Class of 2014
Cadet candidates in the Class of 2014 were welcomed to the United States Military Academy Preparatory School on July 23, 2013. During Reception Day (R-Day) the candidates went through in-processing,...
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West Point Ranks 1st Among Public Colleges, 7th Overall
The rapidly changing landscape in higher education is the theme of this year’s Top Colleges. For the sixth year, FORBES has partnered exclusively with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for College...
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Cadets Help Build Renewable Energy Resources in Uganda
As the human population increases, natural resources are rapidly being diminished, which puts pressure on energy conservation, especially to those living in developing countries. In countries where...
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Dean’s Weekly, July 25
ASME 2013 Young Engineer Award:A technical review of Cadet Daniel Eichner’s paper entitled “Utilizing X-Ray Computed Tomography in Spray Nozzle Analysis” identified him as a finalist for the ASME 2013...
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Cadre Bring Back Drill and Ceremony Competition
New cadets recently participated in a drill and ceremony competition -- something that has not happened during Cadet Basic Training for a very long time. Alexander Canacci ‘14, CBT 1 Cadet Command...
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PHOTOS & VIDEO: Class of 2016 Run Back
This morning, cadets in the Class of 2016 ran back from Camp Buckner to Washington Hall, the culminating event of Cadet Field Training. After more than six miles the cadets and Academy leadership...
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E-Company Reflects on CBT-1
For their summer leadership detail, which is a requirement for graduation, the cadre of E-Company prepared the training orders, procured supplies for these events, and counseled the new cadets on both...
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PHOTOS: G Company Weapons Training
New cadets in G Company rotated through three stations on July 30, 2013: M203 grenade launchers, Claymores, and M249 machine guns.After a full day of pre-marksmanship training on July 29 (then a...
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