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Profile: Harker Heights Man Arey ’88 Grew Up Outside Boston; Graduated from West Point
COL (R) Howard “Scot” Arey did not set out to join the United States Military Academy at West Point, but with sometimes not-so-gentle encouragement from his parents, he arrived at the historic campus along the Hudson River after graduating high school in 1984 and began what turned out to be a 25-year career in the military.
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Becoming an Army Engineer to Continue a Life of Service All Over the World
When CPT Ben Ketchum ’13 celebrated his 12th birthday at a hotel in the West African nation of Benin back in 2002, he would have never guessed that he’d be back in that same hotel nearly 20 years later traveling as an engineer officer with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Graham ’03 Helps Highland Falls Community Rebuild After Flooding
When USMA Class of 2003 graduate Edward Graham saw the flooding devastation on the news, he knew he had to find a way to help the Highland Falls community rebuild.
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Q&A With 2LT James C. Burroughes ’23
2LT James Burroughes ’23 spent four years at Clovis High School in New Mexico and is a May graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
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Profile: The Remarkable Life of CPT Shalela Dowdy ’12– West Pointer, Beauty Queen, Supreme Court Plaintiff
You might be tempted to look at CPT Shalela Dowdy 12 ’—one of the plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark voting rights decision this week—as an exemplar of the American Dream. And why not? She fits that bill. Then again, who could dream this stuff up?
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Ronnie Caldwell ’66: A Veteran’s Story of Bravery and Resilience
Ronald “Ronnie” Caldwell ’66 graduated from Pampa High School in 1962 and went straight to West Point. Caldwell attended West Point on the referral of his local congressman.
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Black Hawk pilot 1LT Cervantes ’20 Finds Her Calling in the Army
In the heart of the Mojave Desert, tucked under the grip of a harsh dry climate, 13-year-old Georgia Cervantes flourished.
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COL Nick Gist ’94 Helps West Point Cadets Become Fit To Serve
Most Americans who pay attention to the United States Armed Forces have heard of West Point. The four-year educational institution was founded in 1802 and is where many future members of the Armed Forces go to begin their journeys in service. West Point’s mission is “to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U.S. Army.”
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First West Point Graduate to Make it to MLB Now Getting Law Degree
When throbbing pain developed in his shoulder, CPT Chris Rowley ’13, the only graduate of the U.S. Military Academy to play in Major League Baseball, reacted as he always does when challenged. He did not blink.
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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Soldier Bourque ’07 in the Spotlight
Red Hill (JTF-RH) Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), LTC Jillian Bourque ’07, has 16 years of military service and numerous notable achievements. Outside of serving in the Army and joint force at the tactical and strategic level, Bourque was a four-year collegiate basketball player and a graduate from the United States Military Academy. She balances her duties as an army officer and a dual-military spouse while being a mother of two small children. She attributes her achievements to having a tremendous support system at home, and having great role models to look up to throughout her career.
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Important Update
Important Update
Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual Meeting for regular members of the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time in the Herbert Hall Alumni Center, 698 Mills Road, West Point, New York 10996. The business of the meeting will be to elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, five members to our Board of Directors, and six Advisors at Large.
