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MG (R) Martin ’79 Discusses Mental Health, Seeking Help
Retired Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin ’79 served in the Army for 36 years and deployed to combat multiple times, all while battling undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
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Parallel Lives of Service: 2 West Point Graduates Reflect on Military Service
To honor military veterans this month, Village Living spoke with two Mountain Brook businessmen, William ‘Bill’ Clark ’63 and Marshall Clay ’01 about their time in service and their civilian careers.
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Past in Review: Richard Willis, West Point’s First Teacher of Music
In 1816, a young Irishman set sail across the Atlantic toward the promise of a new job and a better life in America, beginning a journey that would change the course of not only West Point, but the entirety of American music history.
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Foley ’67 to Become Honorary Nevada Army Guard Commander
Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley ’67 will become an honorary commander in the Nevada Army National Guard.
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Anderson ’65 Releases ‘Broad Stripes and Bright Stars’
LTC (R) Robert M.S. Anderson ’65 has published “Broad Stripes and Bright Stars,” a collection of 23 stories on military service from all five service branches.
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Past in Review: West Point and the Vietnam War
Spanning the classes of 1941 to 1970, 333 West Point graduates died during the Vietnam War, which lasted from the formation of MAAG Vietnam (Military Assistance Advisory Group) on November 1, 1955 to the withdrawal of the last American combat troops on March 29, 1973.
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Banks ’87 Named New Director of Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders
Bernard “Bernie” Banks ’87 will join Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders as its director, effective Jan. 1. He is a noted expert on leadership and organizational change, a sought-after speaker and an Army veteran.
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Day ’78 Sworn in as PRC Commissioner and Named Vice Chairman
Thomas G. Day ’78 was officially sworn in as a commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission and named vice chairman of the agency by a unanimous vote of commissioners.
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LTC McKinley Wood ’01 Receives Nininger Award
At a ceremony in the Mess Hall on October 25, 2023, Lieutenant Colonel McKinley Wood (USAR), Class of 2001, accepted the 2023 Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms.
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Army Cyber Snapshot: 1LT Wesley Swain ’20
First Lieutenant Wesley Swain ’20, from Baton Rouge, La., is a 17D, cyber capabilities developer, assigned to Detachment Texas, 782d Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (Cyber) and earned a position on the 780th MI Brigade (Cyber) 39th Army Ten-Miler Team, October 8. Swain is pictured here with Leia (left) at the 2023 Cypress Doggie Splash’N Dash in Cypress, Texas, July 22.
