As they entered the hallowed grounds of the West Point Cemetery, cadets from the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2028 were reminded of their class motto, “No Calling Too Great,” and the responsibility they carried during the annual “Inspiration to Serve” Cemetery Tour and Pre-Affirmation Reflection event on April 23....

Cadet Ananya Ganesh did not expect to be a math major. Cadet Babe “BK” Kwasniak was planning to study history. Together, they are using one of the most counterintuitive concepts in mathematics to solve one of the Army’s most pressing drone vulnerabilities. ...

Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy are enhancing battlefield adaptability with a new weapon mount that increases the versatility of the Army’s next-generation M250 automatic rifle. In support of the 2026 Projects Day Research Symposium focus on supporting the warfighter, cadets in the Small Caliber Weapon Mount capstone design team developed solutions for real-world applications. ...

In the summer of 2025, Cadet Amani Haskins and a group of fellow West Point cadets stood at a monument in the French countryside – the sister monument of one they had seen only weeks before in Harlem, New York. Same stone. Same shape. Same names. An ocean apart....

As a Division I wrestler, Class of 2026 Cadet Cole Stone developed an interest in human performance through training and weight cutting for competition. That curiosity deepened two years ago during a treadmill run, sparking a question about the limits of the human body and how lessons from combat sports could apply to Soldiers operating in austere conditions....

Class of 2026 Cadets Boston Graf, Maksymilian Olszowka and Elizabeth “Ezra” Bardales labored on a capstone project, a philosophy-centric venture as part of the Department Law and Philosophy, focusing on the “Training Ethical Employment of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems,” or TEELAWS....

As unmanned aerial vehicles continue to shape the landscape of war, a team of cadets collaborated at the cutting edge of autonomous study through the Swarm Troopers research project in the lead-up to the Projects Day Research Symposium, April 23 at the U.S. Military Academy. This research aims to use drones to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to determine the location of mines with acute accuracy....

Participants ran and rucked along the roads of West Point, pushing their physical limits while honoring the memory of fallen U.S. Military Academy graduates....

Braving the intense heat and treacherous mountain trails south of Mexico City, 11 cadets from the U.S. Military Academy competed in the Chimaltlalli International Military Skills Competition, earning third-place overall behind Mexican teams Heróico Colegio Militar A (first place) and Heróico Colegio Militar B (second place), while securing first place among international teams on March 10-12 at El Heróico Colegio Militar in Tlalpan....

The New York Legislature welcomed cadets and leadership from the U.S. Military Academy during the 74th annual West Point Day in Albany on March 19 at the State Capitol Building in Albany, New York....