Handmade Cadet Bear

This charming Cadet Bear was created by Barbara Lewandowski, a sustaining member.  The bear is made exclusively from cadet clothing and no two are alike. The Cadet Bear will be raffled off at the July 11^th picnic.

Please join us for a West Point family picnic at Bradley Lake Park in Puyallup, WA

Welcome the new Plebe Parent Members and Families!!

Hear their exciting stories about Beast and ‘R’ Day

Hot dogs and beverages will be provided

YUK and COW parents please bring a salad/side dish

FIRSTIE parents bring desserts

Plebe Parents are the guests!!

RSVP  by July 3, 2009

Sharon Losey

loseyfamily@Juno.com

**Directions

Sat, July 11, 11am – 2pm
Bradley Lake Park 531 31st Ave. SE Puyallup, WA – map
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directions to Bradley Lake Park.

Take I-5 to exit number 127, Hwy 512, toward Puyallup.
The exits are not numbered on Hwy 512, but take the exit for Hwy 161 – Eatonville (the next exit after the one for the Southhill Mall). Turn right off the exit and immediately get over to the left turn lane and turn left at the first light, no street sign but it is Meridian. Take the first right onto 31st Street SE. Go to the end of the road and at the “T” turn left onto 5th. The park entrance is on your right.

http://www.cityofpuyallup.org/page.php?id=497

West Point Parents Club of Washington State

Spring Meeting

And

New Parent Seminar

Sunday, May 17, 2009 — 12:00 noon -3:00 pm

Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Washington

The West Point Parent Club of Washington would like to invite all parents and sponsors of offered or accepted candidates to attend a New Parent Seminar on Sunday May 17, 2009, from 12 noon-3:00pm at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma. The purpose of this Seminar is for the new parents to receive information regarding all the exciting events that will happen over the coming year for you and your Cadet, and to meet parents who have experienced this journey. Lunch will be catered and will be $22 per person. The cost of the binder of materials given to each family will be $15 and is geared towards the new parents. RSVP by May 9th

If you have any questions please email me at loseyfamily@Juno.com<mailto:loseyfamily@Juno.com>, or call 360-456-0136.

I look forward to seeing you on May 17th at the Hotel Murano.

Sharon Losey

Sharon Losey
President, West Point Parents Club

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Craig was at West Point last week – and his book signing was a sell-out … It was such a huge success that he is returning to West Point on Friday, March 13th for another book signing.

A West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unparalleled education in the art of war and reckons with the hard wisdom that only battle itself can bestow.

One haunting afternoon on Losano Ridge in Afghanistan, Captain Craig Mullaney and his platoon were caught in a deadly firefight with Al Qaeda fighters when a message came over the radio: one of his soldiers had been killed in action.

Mullaney’s education had been relentlessly preparing him for this moment. The four years he spent at West Point and the harrowing test of Ranger School readied him for a career in the Army. His subsequent experience as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford couldn’t have been further from the Army and his working class roots, and yet the unorthodox education he received there would be surprisingly relevant as a combat leader. Years later, after that unforgettable experience in Afghanistan, he would return to the United States to teach history to future Navy and Marine Corps officers at the Naval Academy. He had been in their position once, and he had put his education to the test. How would he use his own life-changing experience prepare them?

The Unforgiving Minute is the extraordinary story of one soldier’s singular education. From a hilarious plebe’s-eye view of the author’s West Point experience to the demanding leadership crucible of Ranger School’s swamps and mountains, to a two-year whirlwind of scintillating debate, pub crawls, and romance at Oxford, Mullaney’s winding path to the battlegrounds of Afghanistan was unique and remarkable. Despite all his preparation, the hardest questions remained. When the call came to lead his platoon into battle and earn his soldiers’ salutes, would he be ready? Was his education sufficient for the unforgiving minutes he’d face? A fascinating account of an Army captain’s unusual path through some of the most legendary seats of learning straight into a brutal fight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, The Unforgiving Minute is, above all, an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge while coming to grips with becoming a man.