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Army Men’s Basketball to Host Duke in 2025
Army West Point Athletics and Duke Athletics have announced that the two basketball programs will meet again in 2025. The Army Men’s Basketball team will host Duke University at Christl Arena next season on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.
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West Point Graduates To Be Honored During POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony
n conjunction with annual POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremonies, Vietnam veterans, including 11 West Point graduates, will be honored during a special ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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The West Point Coaches’ Character-Building Formula
Using an unwritten formula, West Point coaches have inspired and helped train thousands of cadets to become commissioned leaders of character. What principles would be on the West Point coach’s blueprint for character? It could start, “I am a West Point coach who coaches warrior athletes,” and would likely include an ethos about Duty, Honor, Country and the Army values. Coaching philosophies from each West Point coach would provide additional principles to the formula.
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“Duty, Honor, Country” Meets “Faster, Higher, Stronger”
Every living graduate is familiar with General Douglas MacArthur’s famous dictum: “Every cadet an athlete.” MacArthur, Class of 1903, introduced this philosophy when he became West Point Superintendent in 1919, realizing the importance of physical fitness and intramural athletic programs in the wake of the modern warfare he witnessed in World War I.
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Be Thou at Peace Marilee P. (Simonds) Meyer
It is with profound sadness that we inform the West Point community that Marilee Meyer, our Associate Director of Memorials & Archives passed away on July 2, 2024.
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Nachhaltiger Einfluss (Lasting Impact)
Twenty graduates from the Class of 1969 never forgot what they learned from “Herr Major” Paul Parks ’55 when he had them as students in his Advanced German class nearly 60 years ago.
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DPE Recognizes Cadet Athletes During Coach K Awards
The Department of Physical Education (DPE) hosted the 18th annual Coach Mike Krzyzewski Teaching Character Through Sport Award May 9 at the Thayer Awards Room.
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West Point Glee Club Performs at National Cathedral, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The West Point Glee Club recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to perform in “A Celebration of Character and Courage,” a program commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War at the National Cathedral.
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A Conversation with Marc E. (Dewey) Boberg ’92: Leading the Native American Heritage Forum
Marc E. (Dewey) Boberg ’92 serves as the USMA Class of 1969 Chair for the Study of Officership and is the OIC for the Native American Heritage Forum.
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Leading through Volunteerism
Over the years Nina Leslie and COL (R) Robert Leslie ’69 have played a significant role supporting cadets and Old Grads with their time and through donations, with a focus on the West Point Society of the San Francisco Bay Area and the West Point Cyber Research Center.
