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DeKalb County School System Appoints New COO

The DeKalb County Board of Education voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the appointment of Stephen Wilkins as Chief Operating Officer for the DeKalb County School System. He is a retired U.S. Army colonel, and served in key leadership positions over a 27-year military career. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University and is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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OSU grads fight for troops’ religious freedom

Two of the most-prominent national organizations fighting for religious freedom in the U.S. military have roots at Ohio State University. Retired Army Capt. Jason Torpy incorporated the nonprofit Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers while getting a master’s in business administration at Ohio State in 2006. He was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1996.

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Military Commission passes judgment on 78 cases

WASHINGTON — The assistant adjutant-general of the Army of the Potomac wrote to S.S. Merrill of Jefferson City that Maj. Gen. George McClellan was working to free his brother, Lt. William Merrill, from a Confederate prison. Lt. Merrill was an 1859 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. A native of Wisconsin, Merrill had been captured by the Confederates in September in West Virginia.

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West Point group teaches art of negotiation

The success of a mission, deployment or career often depends on relations with local nationals, coalition partners and subordinates. If they become disengaged, operations can go crashing down. Perhaps no Army organization values the power of persuasion like the West Point Negotiation Project, a group that is changing the way cadets and soldiers communicate — often by teaching techniques that fly in the face of traditional Army bravado.

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The West Point Class of 1861

At the June 2011 ROADSHOW event in Eugene, Oregon, a guest named Orinda, from Portland, brought in an archive of family materials relating to her great-grandfather Eugene Carter's years as a cadet at West Point, including an 1861 class book and his appointment as a 1st lieutenant in the U.S. Army 8th Infantry, signed by President Lincoln, all of which appraiser Martin Gammon valued at between $16,000 and $23,000. In the course of the appraisal, Gammon mentions that the West Point class of 1861 graduated in two groups. But why was that?

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HINGHAM ENGAGEMENT: Wells-Mangurian

Gail and Glenn Mangurian of Hingham announce the marriage of their daughter, Laura Alyse Mangurian, to Captain Daniel Wells, United States Army. He is the son of Jean Allen and John Wells of Annapolis, Md. The bride graduated from Thayer Academy and received her bachelor’s degree in marketing from UMass-Amherst in 2005. She is employed as the director of marketing at Madden Real Estate in Fairbanks, Alaska. The groom graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2005 with a degree in military history and science.

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TeleCom Systems Exec Appointed to the TechAmerica Board

ANNAPOLIS, MD, Jan 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) TSYS +0.43%  , a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that Michael Bristol, senior vice president and general manager of its Government Solutions Group, has been appointed to the Public Sector Board of Directors of TechAmerica, the technology industry's largest advocacy group. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.

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Richard H. Groves, Army lieutenant general, dies at 88

Richard H. Groves, 88, a retired Army lieutenant general whose father led the U.S. atomic bomb effort known as the Manhattan Project, died Dec. 26 at his home in Fort Belvoir, Va. He had congestive heart failure, said his daughter Carolyn Lewis.

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West Point speaker is former officer critical of Islam

A controversial retired Army officer who has drawn attention worldwide for speeches against Islam will be the keynote speaker at a prayer breakfast Feb 8 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin was a top Pentagon official in 2004 when he was reprimanded for saying in uniform that Muslims worship idols and not “a real God,” and for depicting the war against Muslim radicals as a Christian struggle against Satan.

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West Point summer seminar open to high school juniors

Local high school juniors can apply for the annual Summer Leaders Seminar at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. About 1,000 juniors will be accepted into one of two sessions, June 2-8 or June 9-15

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