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Civilian instructors get immersed in cadet field experience

Normally, their uniforms are professional civilian attire, but for these few days in the late spring, they suited up in Army uniforms with tightly laced boots....

Cadet candidates receive insight on academy during SLE

High schoolers donned their war paint as they readied themselves for one insightful week of the West Point experience. Eager and ambitious, the young hopefuls explored what it meant to be a cadet while performing military and academic duties during the annual West Point Summer Leaders Experience between May 28-June 10 at the U.S. Military Academy. ...

West Point honors those who gave the ultimate sacrifice

Col. Evangeline Rosel (left), the West Point Garrison Commander, Lt. Col. Donald Williamson (right), the West Point Garrison Chaplain, and Spc. Dylan Bocash, member of the West Point Military Police Company, presented a wreath in front of Battle Monument during the Memorial Day Observance May 30 at Trophy Point. ...

Lafayette’s visit to West Point honored with historical marker

Jérémie Robert (above right), consul general of France in New York, helped unveil a new historical marker (above) commemorating the 1824 and 1825 visits to West Point of Maj. Gen. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the American Revolution....

Honoring Gavin, D-Day

A wreath-laying ceremony to honor Lt. Gen. James Gavin, U.S. Military Academy 1929 graduate, at his gravestone took place Monday at the West Point Cemetery....

Cadet Summer Training: Training future leaders

The U.S. Military Academy started its Cadet Summer Training at Camp Buckner and Camp Natural Bridge in late May....

A celebration of West Point authors

Christopher Barth, the associate dean and director of Libraries and Archives at the U.S. Military Academy, was the master of ceremonies during an event that highlighted more than 300 works of scholarship produced at the academy between July and December 2021 on May 5, 2022, at the Haig Room in Jefferson Hall. ...

BSA, GSA honor fallen by planting flags at WP Cemetery

Members of the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America planted flags at each headstone in the West Point Cemetery May 26 to honor those who served and those who died in service to the United States....

WPES students receive lessons in The House of PANE

Energetic and curious students from the West Point Elementary School went on a school field trip to visit the U.S. Military Academy on May 25 at Bartlett Hall....

Task Force Leader training validation

In preparation for its upcoming mission to support the U.S. Military Academy with Cadet Summer Training 2022, Task Force Leader participated in a training validation provided by the Department of Military Instruction from May 16-19, 2022. ...