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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....

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....

Twenty-one officers, one NCO graduate Eisenhower Leader Development Program

The Eisenhower Leader Development Program starts with a competitive selection process at West Point. Every year, scores of senior captains apply to the program from across the Army, and only the officers with the strongest records of proven leadership and highest intellectual potential are selected. This year, 21 officers and one NCO graduated Friday in the Haig Room, to include two guest officers who participated in the ELDP: 1st Lt. Christos Tamouridis from the Greek Army and Maj. Kimberly Guest from the U.S. Air Force, and the first USMA NCO graduate, Sgt. 1st Class Donnie Seidle. ...

Honoring Thayer, alumni

Retired Col. Peter Russell, U.S. Military Academy Class of 1942 graduate and the oldest living graduate in attendance, watches as the Corps of Cadets march by during the Alumni Review Tuesday on The Plain. This is Russellʼs 80th class reunion. ...

Laundry facility keeping things clean at West Point since 1954

Nestled just inside Washington Gate, the West Point Logistics Readiness Center Cadet Laundry Facility has turned dirty laundry items into clean ones since 1954....

Task Force Leader ready to support Cadet Summer Training

Soldiers assigned to Task Force Leader, from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), deployed May 10 to Camp Natural Bridge, a training area at the U.S. Military Academy to assist with Cadet Summer Training 2022. ...

West Point celebrates Earth Day, Arbor Day

The Green Team Environmental Club, the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Public Works teamed up to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 27 outside of Pershing Barracks to plant a new Red Maple “Red Pointeˮ tree....

SHARP Program observes SAAPM with Walk A Mile

With observing April as the Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month (SAAPM), the West Point Sexual Harassment, Assault Response & Prevention (SHARP) Program hosted the annual “Walk A Mileˮ April 27 along Thayer Statue and The Plain....

West Point participates in honoring Grant

Several members from the U.S. Military Academy, including the U.S. Corps of Cadets Regimental Staff and Color Guard, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams and the USMA Band, took part in the Ulysses S. Grant Wreath Laying Ceremony to celebrate Grantʼs 200th birthday April 27 at the Gen. Grant National Memorial in New York City....