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Leveraging West Point for Innovation
Starting on R-day, all new cadets begin to internalize the adage “collaborate to graduate,” which includes forming shared experiences with their classmates and eventually bonding with fellow alums while serving domestically or abroad (and even at the Army-Navy Game). The West Point experience develops this spirit of collaboration in all graduates.
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New Captains Lead with Vision
On June 13, 2020, members of the Class of 2020, sitting six feet apart due to the COVID-19 pandemic, graduated on the Plain, without any friends or family present.
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CDTs Bradley, Strohman Take Home Weekly Patriot League Awards
Army West Point Women’s Soccer began the season on a high note, receiving two weekly Patriot League awards after going 1-1-0 in its first week. Senior Captains Kaelan Bradley ’25 and Sage Strohman ’25 took home Offensive Player of the Week and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively.
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The Fable of the Goat Gift
Richard Olson, who graduated as the Navy Goat’s goat (lowest rank at graduation) or “anchorman” in 1954, is the earliest documented service academy graduate to get one dollar from each classmate.
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Cushing ’17 Wins 2024 Best Sapper Competition
CPT Matt Cushing ’17 and teammate Joseph Palazini recently won this year’s 17th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition, making history not only as the first team to win the competition twice, but also back-to-back.
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Eyes Right: A West Point Story
Imagine a “good cadet.” Picture the cadet in crisp India whites, red sash cinched across the waist, ring securely affixed to the finger, with stars and wreaths and wings glistening on the chest. Imagine someone in a position of responsibility and effortlessly mixing with foreign dignitaries. Imagine the unrivaled “best of the best of the best” that West Point has to offer.
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The Class of 2017 Graduation
While the motto for the USMA Class of 2017 is “So Others May Dream,” its members themselves having been dreaming of today, their graduation day, for 1,426 and a butt days.
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Branch Night for the Class of 2017
Branch Night electrifies First Class cadets like no other event, save for Graduation. “We are super excited, super pumped up,” said CDT Bobby Provine ’17 as he and his E-4 company mates entered Eisenhower Auditorium for the event.
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Class of 2017 Ring Weekend
Surrounded by family and friends, the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2017 assembled at Trophy Point Aug. 26, 2016 to receive their class rings during the annual Ring Ceremony.
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Ring Melt for Class of 2017
CDT Taylor Endres ’17, Secretary for the Class of 2017, arrived at the Pease & Curren refinery in Warwick, RI on the morning of February 22, 2016 with eight of her classmates confident that she knew what the 16th Annual West Point Class Ring Memorial Melt was all about.
