I’m sure if you’re a member of the Class of 1999 you remember LTG Christman. Below is his farewell speech to the Corps, complete with reference to our classmate Rex Storch.
Thank you, Cadet Uthlaut. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Corps:
“As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, Where are you bound for, General? and when I replied, West Point, he remarked, Beautiful place, have you ever been there before?”
What could be finer than an authentic, medium-quality graphic of our class crest bouncing around your screen? If I recall, we had a screen saver similar to this (with only the USCC crest) loaded on our computers right from the issue point. If this doesn’t bring you right back to August of 1995, I don’t know what will.
-Alex
Still catching up..
Sean Kilbride sent me a note — he’s doing well, as is his family. If you recall, the Kilbride may have had a family majority at West Point while we were there. His older sister was a firstie in my company, class of ‘95 if I recall. Something tells me there was one before her and one or two after Sean.
More updates that have stacked up while I ignored the website:
Dan Czirjak and Becca Platt married relatively soon after graduation. Becca sent a nice update with a picture that I’ll post below. As an interesting historical footnote, Dan and I fought in plebe boxing for our first graded bout. It lasted all of 15 seconds before Dan landed a nice shot and knocked me right on my butt. It wasn’t one of my finer moments; and given my boxing skills, I’m fairly certain Dan doesn’t count it as one of his great accomplishments either. This update is probably about 10 months old, so keep that in mind. Becca writes: