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Medal of Honor Recipient COL (R) Puckett ’49 Dies at 97
Recent Medal of Honor Recipient and 2004 West Point Distinguished Graduate Award recipient COL (R) Puckett ’49 has died at the age of 97.
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West Point Cadet Glee Club Visits Greece
The West Point Glee Club recently embarked on a trip to Greece. Their first performance of the trip was in Kavala, Greece and featured the U.S. and Greek national anthems as well as a mixture of West Point traditional songs and Greek folk songs.
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Army Women’s Lacrosse Earns Four Weekly Patriot League Awards
Four Army West Point Women’s Lacrosse athletes have been recognized as Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week.
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Keeping a Father’s Legacy Alive
Every West Point class ring allows the legacies of the Long Gray Line to live on, but for yearling Cadet Dennis “Ricky” McMahon IV ’25, his ring will ensure his father’s legacy and memory are always close at hand.
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Garcia ’96 To Be New Commandant Of Cadets
The Chief of Staff of the Army has announced that COL R.J. Garcia ’96 will be promoted to brigadier general and become the next Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.
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West Point Law and Legal Studies Majors Awarded Gold Medals in International Competition
Cadets from the Department of Law’s Sanremo Team competed in the 22nd Competition on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for Military Academies. This prestigious week-long event brings together 100 cadets from 24 academies across 14 countries.
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CDT Mikayla Cheney ’27 Breaks Mile Record at West Point
From the playing fields of Coal Ridge High School to the prestigious grounds of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, CDT Mikayla Cheney ’27 has made an indelible mark on the track, breaking the school mile record at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational on January 26.
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USMA Among Top Colleges for High-Paying Careers in Finance, Tech and Consulting
The colleges putting graduates onto the most lucrative pathways in finance, tech and management consulting include many schools you’d expect—Ivy League schools, for instance, and top public universities. But it also includes some surprises.
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West Point’s CDT Kohen Rankin ’26 Becomes First Army Swimmer to Qualify for NCAA Championships Since 1987
Army West Point Swimming & Diving yearling CDT Kohen Rankin ’26 became the program’s first NCAA qualifier since 1987, when selections for the Championships were announced March 13 by the NCAA.
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Past in Review: West Point’s Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity
Only four years after the Academy’s founding, President Thomas Jefferson appointed the first Catholics to the Corps of Cadets, French-speaking Americans from the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
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