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Army veteran leaves retirement, returns as West Point FMWR director

This is not the first-time that 84-year-old retired Army Col. Robert Schloesser has been pulled out of retirement for a job. It all starts w...


USMA cadet shows resiliency, determination by running IOCT twice in one day

Partway up the rope that marks the end of the ground-phase of the Indoor Obstacle Course Test, Class of 2021 Cadet Sophia Suri began to feel...


USMA Company C2 "Flying Circus" takes flight with precious cargo

Over the past few years, extensive barracks renovations and construction across the cadet area couldn't go unnoticed at the U.S. Military Ac...


Army's Best of the Best, Cadets reach out to Philly HS students

The Army-Navy Game at Lincoln Financial Field and the Patriot Games events throughout the city takeover Philadelphia for a weekend each Dec...


West Point freshmen get first taste of Army-Navy, bask in the experience

Sitting in the stands with his dad watching Army beat Navy in the 2018 Army-Navy Game solidified for Class of 2023 Cadet Ryan Williams that...


Win or lose, West Point alma mater ties together Long Gray Line

After the clock struck zero at the end of the 120th Army-Navy Game, players from both teams walked toward the Corps of Cadets seated in the...


West Point Middle School students learn beyond textbooks

"I shall not spare any effort or trouble for the benefit of the colonies." These bold words demonstrated the courage of Bernardo de Galvez f...


Wreaths Across America, a family tradition for West Point & civilian communities

Several years ago, a truckload of over 5,000 balsam tree branches was about to go to waste, but Morrill Worcester knew exactly how to put th...


Firsties reflect on Army-Navy rivalry before last game as cadets

Saturday, the cadets in the U.S. Military Academy's Class of 2020 will try to do something few have done in the academy's history-beat Navy ...


SWAT-C brings cadets, midshipmen together for greater good

When the U.S. Military Academy's close combat team faced off against the U.S. Naval Academy this past weekend in Quantico, Virginia, each te...