West Point is my home. It is where I learned what it meant to be an Army officer and leader of character and where I mentored and taught others to do the same....

Friends, family, staff and faculty gathered for the Eisenhower Leadership Development Program graduation of ELDP Cohort 16 Friday at Trophy Point. ...

West Point observed a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration April 22. Dirt Man, Dirt Woman and cadets from the Green Team Environmental Club (right and above) assisted in planting a tree in front of the Dental Clinic at Building 606. The Directorate of Public Works Management Agronomist Phil Koury and his team created a space and provided a tree for the planting. Dean of the Academic Board Brig. Gen. Cindy Jebb read an Arbor Day proclamation while cadets, staff and faculty from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering attended the event. Arbor Day began in 1872 as West Point has been a Tree City USA town, as declared by the Arbor Day Foundation, since 1998. ...

Instructors from the U.S. Military Academy can attest, profoundly, to the saying “show, don’t tell.” The act of leadership and its description are not always one and the same, as the officers would put it. It is not enough to simply bark orders or appear as if a person knows what they are doing. As Maj. Will Fuller would explain, a true leader not only “talks the talk,” as it were, but takes the proverbial leap into the unknown to show their cadets how to navigate uncertainty. ...

The streets of Little Haiti gave him his bearings. He knew the neighborhood well enough, at a young age, to avoid the stereotypical traps that landed his father in prison and kept his old friends stuck in the slums of Miami. ...

Friends, family and honored guests gathered at the Haig Room in Jefferson Hall Library to recognize three non-commissioned officers as they were inducted into the West Point Chapter Sgt. Audie Murphy Club during an Induction Ceremony on March 29. ...

The Directorate of Emergency Services performed an active shooter exercise at Thayer Hall March 22....

Constitution Island is a sprawling landmass haven within a hop, skip, jump, short swim and view of the northeast part of the U.S. Military Academy with the Hudson River separating the two.  ...

The U.S. Military Academy is known, by and large, for guiding cadets into the ranks of officership. The cadet company tactical non-commissioned officer is a part of a cadet’s leadership development during their four-year tenure. What training do these NCOs go through to improve their leadership skills, and educate cadets? What steps do they take to synchronize their leadership methods with officers to complete a mission successfully?   ...

It happened in February. A snowstorm had hit West Point causing a Code Red shutdown. Maj. Will Fuller, an operations officer and instructor in the Department of Physical Education at the U.S. Military Academy, was driving by the Hudson River on his way to pick up his child from childcare. ...