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SCPME hosts Inspiration to Serve event for Yearlings to reflect on their upcoming affirmation

As the Yearlings entered the hallowed grounds of the West Point Cemetery, they met with the leaders from the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic before their “Inspiration to Serve” tour. At the steps of the Old Cadet Chapel, they met with Dr. Pete Kilner, the chair of Character Development in SCPME and U.S. Military Academy Class of 1990 graduate, who gave an introduction to each member of the USMA Class of 2025 of what to expect before they proceeded on the tour....

Cadets Present Innovative Research during the Projects Day Research Symposium

The U.S. Military Academy hosts the 24th Annual Projects Day Research Symposium. Cadets from all West Point Academic Departments showcase their intellectual capital and their important work with faculty and external collaborators, providing an opportunity to strengthen their role in the academic community, to exercise self-reflection to deepen their knowledge base, and to celebrate bold innovation. May 4, 2023, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. ...

West Point hosts the annual National Gen. Tadeusz Kościuszko Observance

The U.S. Military Academy hosted the annual National Gen. Tadeusz Kościuszko Observance at the Kościusko Memorial, commemorating the 277th Anniversary year of the birth of Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817).Polish born Brigadier General Thaddeus Kościuszko was a Patriot of the American Revolution....

USMA Rupert H. Johnson Grand Strategy Program, Vassar College host first workshop

The Hudson Room of the West Point Club resembled a think tank on April 14, 2023, as cadets and students from Vassar College, Bard College, and Yale University gathered in small groups around tables engaged in deep conversation. The subject? Grand strategy....

Teams brave obstacles during 2023 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition

It was a rousing display of determination and grit as 48 teams battled through two days of rainy muck and mayhem for a chance to earn the coveted Reginald E. Johnson Memorial Plaque during the 2023 International Sandhurst Military Skills Competition from April 28-29, 2023, at the U.S. Military Academy....

New York State Legislature honors USMA during West Point Day in Albany

The State of New York honored members of the U.S. Military Academy during the 71st annual West Point Day in Albany on April 24....

West Point celebrates Arbor, Earth Days with a tree planting ceremony

The West Point Directorate of Public Works Environmental and Grounds Team and West Point’s Green Team Environmental Club recently celebrated both Arbor and Earth Days by planting a Swamp White Oak tree behind the greenhouse of West Point Superintendent’s house. ...

West Point, SHARP Program observes SAAPM with Walk-A-Mile, Denim Day events

“Every 68 seconds, someone in America is sexually assaulted,” reads a sign laying in the grass among cadet silhouette cardboard cutouts placed along diagonal walk in Central Area as part of West Point’s observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) on April 26....

West Point hosts, athletes compete at 48th annual Hudson Valley Special Olympics

Screams and cheers of excitement billowed through the Class of ‘62 Room of the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center as powerlifting competitors dug deep and used all their strength to thrust their weighted bar into the sky. This same scenario of encouragement from family, friends and volunteers also took place at Crandall Pool as swimmers navigated the water and track and field athletes executed their talents at Shea Stadium and the athletic field in its vicinity....