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The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 8th Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard in Our Nation’s Capital will take place on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker for the dinner is General Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The annual event in Washington honors the heroism and bravery of the Coast Guard’s men and women, and recognizes their families for their sacrifices and support. This year’s event will also highlight the 200th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner. A 1974 graduate of the United States Military Academy, General Dempsey’s assignments have taken him and his family across the globe during both peace and war from Platoon Leader to Combatant Commander.

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On Saturday, May 5th, Hun School junior Christopher Cardinali ’13 was awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Nominated by the faculty of The Hun School of Princeton, Chris was honored for his demonstration of exceptional performance and potential in the areas of academics, athletics, and community service as well as his leadership ability. Chris was one of 125 students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York to be recognized.

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The U.S. Mint worker dons surgical gloves as she sprays down the large silver pieces like flowers in a garden. They clank and jingle in the tray as liquid beads up on their mirror-like surfaces and they are sent on their way, to be transformed into medals in memory of the Sept. 11 attacks. The mint next to U.S. Military Academy, specializes in producing bullion coins made from gold, silver and platinum, but since last year has also been making medals that help raise funds for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan. The memorial receives $10 from the sale of every silver medal, which is roughly the size of an old dollar coin and sells for $66.95.

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Applying to colleges is the starkest economic lesson most high school seniors learn. All of a sudden, unlimited desires (you want the best education possible) crash head-on into the reality of finite resources (you can only afford to spend so much on tuition). Some students and their parents don't even concern themselves with the latter point, borrowing whatever they need - and often taking decades to pay it off. Fortunately, there's a smarter way to go about it. These zero-cost education institutions would be the service academies, which include the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; and the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co. Supply, demand and the lure of free tuition would seem to dictate that the service academies would be overwhelmed with applications each year. And they are, but that's not how the admissions procedure works.

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What happens in West Point competitions, stays in West Point competitions, including the presence of Chinese military cadets; their presence not reported by the official West Point website or the AP. Very quiet history was made after a team of Chinese military cadets, students from the University of Science and Technology of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, joined the annual West Point Sandhurst Military Skills Competition held on the banks of the Hudson River in New York state on April 21, 2012.

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When Boy Scouts and adult leaders from Foxboro's Troop 7 attended the troop's third West Point Camporee for the third year recently, they were greeted by a familiar face. The second in command at this year's 50th Annual Camporee was Foxboro's own Patrick Mitchell, an FHS graduate and Eagle Scout who is in his third year at West Point.

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Banner Health is pleased to announce that Van Wahlgren, M.D. has joined Ogallala Community Hospital and Ogallala Medical Group. “We are excited for Dr. Wahlgren to join our team and are fortunate he chose to come to Ogallala,” said Ogallala Medical Group Clinic Manager, Alyson Coffman. “He will be an asset to the community with the orthopedic experience he will bring to our patients locally.” Dr. Wahlgren is an alumnus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and served in the military until 2005.

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The young Army Contracting Command is celebrating a milestone as Maj. Gen. Camille M. Nichols becomes its first commanding general in a time-honored flag ceremony this morning on Redstone Arsenal. Nichols, then a brigadier general, was named the first ECC commander in September 2008. She enlisted in 1975 in her hometown of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and went on to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned as an engineer officer after graduating in 1981.

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The Cheshire Veterans Council will hold its annual Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday, May 26, at 10 a.m. on the Church Green across from Town Hall. Cheshire veterans Russell Baril and John White, as well as U.S. Military Academy cadet Jack Senft, will speak at the ceremony.

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