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By RICHARD DEGENER Staff Writer, 609-463-6711 Published: Saturday, May 03, 2008 LOWER TOWNSHIP - You would figure a link between Villas and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point would have to come with a few strange twists, and this one sure does.
Brig. Gen. Michael Linnington, a native of Lower Township, Cape May County, who next week will become commandant of the country's top training ground for young soldiers, almost followed a different path. |
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The Black Knights are led by Olympic air rifle qualifier Steven Scherer and World Cup participant Chris Abalo. Last month Scherer, 19, became only the third West Point shooter to qualify for the Olympics and the first since 1936. He will be the first active cadet to compete at the Olympics since 1960, and the 86th West Pointer dating back to 1912. Read More... |
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COL Whitehouse, the oldest living graduate at 105, died quietly in his sleep on February 13, 2008. He was born in Fredericksburg, VA and entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1923 through the Virginia National Guard. He graduated four years later and left the military in 1929. The day after Pearl Harbor was attacked he re-enlisted. By the time he resigned in 1957 as a full colonel, he had served served in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and earned two Bronze Stars. Following his military retirement, he worked at the The Babston Institute until 1991 when he finally retired from work but remained active until his death. He is survived by two children, 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. His son is a graduate of the West Point class of '65 His eulogy page can be accessed by clicking here . |
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On Dec. 14th, the Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. James Peake, USMA 1966, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The former Army surgeon general retired from the Army in 2004 after 40 years of service in military medicine. President Bush nominated Peake to replace James Nicholson, who stepped down as VA secretary Sept. 30.
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Matt Mabe '02 shares some of his personal thoughts for Newsweek on attending his five-year reunion, from remembering lost classmates to watching football. All that resonates from that day is what President Bush said to me when I stood before him on the graduation platform.
“Take care of those soldiers, son,” the president told me.
I said that I would. |
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By Alexa James
November 09, 2007 West Point — A black figure emerges from an inky corner at the top of the mess hall steps. He looks left. Right. "What's up, boys?" he says, voice gravelly, barely above a whisper. With that, others emerge from cold shadows cast by the Gothic stone barracks of the United States Military Academy. |
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Persistence pays off for Guard's first female brigadier general
By STEVE VISSER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/05/07 Maria Britt was a lieutenant when she learned prejudice was the most insidious enemy she would face in the Old Army. It was 1984, and her company commander had been asked to send his best platoon officer to supervise a river crossing during Army exercises at Fort Hood, Texas. He sent Britt. On her arrival, the requesting officer saw she was a woman and sent her back. It was a humiliating moment. "I was mortified," the 45-year-old West Point alumna said Sunday. "I just couldn't believe anybody saying you're not the best because you're a woman.
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