Elizabeth Betterbed, the Deputy Brigade Commander, asks Ross Perot a question during a lecture in Jefferson Hall on Thursday. Perot was on campus to receive the Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates. The Thayer Award, given annually since 1958 in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, “Father of the Military Academy,” is presented [...]
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
The 2009 Boodle Book is ready!
What is Boodle? When can you send it? What should you include? How to pack it; how to ship it. Over 40 cadet-approved recipes plus tips, tricks, and ideas!
“This is something every parent of each new cadet should have.” (unsolicited testimony by a plebe)
Reminder: No boodle [...]
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.
est Point crowned eleven champions during the 53d Annual Brigade Boxing Open Championships. Tyler Elliot, USMA Class of 2012, earned the Most Outstanding Boxer award from the ESPNU announcers for his Technical Knockout in the 195 pound classification.
Tyler, as a plebe, who began boxing after taking the required course at West Point, was the [...]