Family, friends and West Point community members filled the streets from Washington Gate to the end of Washington Road as more than 1,200 Class of 2026 cadets marched about 12 miles, known as March Back, from Lake Frederick to the academyʼs central area marking an end to Cadet Basic Training (Beast) on Monday at the West Point. ...
Members of the West Point Sergeant Audie Murphy Club (SAMC) welcome the newest members (standing, fourth through sixth from the left) of the SAMC July 29 at Jefferson Hall. ...
Capt. Kelvin Riddle, a tactical officer at the U.S. Military Academy, knew his wife would eventually give birth to their fourth child, Hudsyn Claire Riddle. However, he did not foresee how that unique birth would transpire, for Lindsey Riddle would give birth under painstaking circumstances that would speak to the virtue and unyielding strength of motherhood. ...
Improving data collection and communication methods on the battlefield is an ever-evolving process at the U.S. Military Academy. Because of this, professors in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science lent their robotics expertise to cadets to expand their training in battlefield tactics through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) during Cadet Leadership Development Training from July 26-28. ...
New cadets from the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2026 receive familiarization training with the M320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) during Cadet Basic Training July 21 at West Point. ...
On July 20, West Point hosted the annual Community Fair and New Leader Orientation. Organizations within the local area gathered at Eisenhower Hall and connected new community members to local resources and activities....
The U.S. Military Academy is leading the way toward meeting the Army’s goal to strengthen water and energy resilience on its installations. ...
Army Astrobotics, West Point’s first lunar robotics team, secured a slot as a top-48 team in the NASA LUNABOTICS Robotic Mining Competition. As part of the honor, the team traveled to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in May to put their robot, “Pathfinder,” to the test. ...
Soldiers from the 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 101st Airborne Division collaborated with the New York Police Departmentʼs (NYPD) Emergency Service Unit (ESU) to learn the nuances of close-quarters combat on July 14-15 at the U.S. Military Academy....
Water droplets fell upon the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Roland taxied for the last time as a military aviator. Exiting the cockpit, Roland gave a wave of gratitude to dozens of family members and colleagues as he stepped out of his first airframe, for the final time. He gave a hearty “thank you” to the fire department for supporting the “Wash Ceremony,” which is a time-honored tradition where an arch of water washes over the helicopter as the crew taxies together for the last time at Stewart Air Base on July 15. ...