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Class of 2022 celebrates YWW, Gen. Garrett speaks of leadership lessons

The U.S. Military Academy Class of 2022 held Yearling Winter Weekend Friday to celebrate what they have accomplished thus far and look ahead...


Twenge speaks to Class of 2020 on effects of smartphone usage

The U.S. Military Academy hosted Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego University, Jan. 31 as part of its Modern War Institute...


West Point's CMO center trains cadets to bridge civil-military divide

When U.S. Military Academy graduates commission in the Army starting as second lieutenants, their careers will likely take them combat zones...


West Point cadets develop first eSports club

A new cadet club at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point engages in electronic sports, also called eSports, and offers the same sense of...


USMA Class of 2021 celebrates 500 days until graduation

For over a century, 500th Night at the U.S. Military Academy has remained a traditional banquet symbolizing the amount of days the cow...


WPAOG binds together classes with annual ring melt ceremony

Standing in front of the crucible during the West Point Association of Graduates' ring melt Friday with his grandfather's ring in hand, Hoba...


West Point academic open house helps plebes find majors

Class of 2023 Cadet Jack Perreault had until March 2 to choose one of the 36 majors available to him at the U.S. Military Academy, but withi...


Cyber Policy team sweeps Texas Cyber 9/12 competition

The West Point Cyber Policy Team won both first and second place out of 19 teams competing in the Atlantic Council's Cyber 9/12 Student Stra...


Commandant's reading list meant to build better officers

Since taking over as Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy last summer, one of Brig. Gen. Curtis A. Buzzard's main focuses has...


Cadet ski patrollers care about the well-being of West Point skiers

At the beginning of each academic year, the U.S. Military Academy hosts a Club Night to introduce cadets to all the extracurricular activiti...