Publications Archive

The intent behind this archive is to assemble on-line, those documents which help to explain how West Point has evolved over the years. There have been many significant changes, and the issues which caused them may not be familiar to graduates from earlier years. There is a good bit of work required to scan these documents into HTML format for the web, but we will progress as we have the capability. Paul Werner '83 is our project manager for this. Should you have a suggestion for additional documents, contact Jack Price to have them considered.

MULTIMEDIA

"President Bush Deserved Better," U.S. Naval Institute "Proceedings," November 2003 by LTG (Ret.) John H. Cushman Planning and Early Execution of the War in Iraq: An Assessment of Military Participation by LTG (Ret.) John H. Cushman Lieutenant General John H. Cushman, U.S. Army (Retired), Speaking at the Army War College on Iraq (original planned text) VIDEO - Lieutenant General Joh H. Cushman, U.S. Army (Retired), Speaking at the Army War College on Iraq

SPEECHES

ADM William H. McRaven, Commander USSOCOM, 500th Night Speech to the Corps of Cadets

ARTICLES

Afgan Brief For Troops Deployed to South Asia

Duty, Honor, Country and Too Many Lawyers John Harry Jorgenson, USMA 1967 Written in 1976 and published in early 1977, this article describes the Honor System as it existed at the time of the Electrical Engineering cheating scandal.

Gen Colin Powell's acceptance speech at the Thayer Award Ceremony AOG General Colin Powell's speech on the occasion of the USMA Thayer Award Ceremony September 15, 1998. This is available in both 'streaming audio', and as a zipped download.

Honor System and SOP Cadet Honor Committee The purpose of this SOP is to serve as the authoritative document on matters relating to the Honor Code, the Honor System, and Honor Committee Procedures. Cadet Honor Committee United States Corps of Cadets West Point, New York 10997 MACC-CPME-H 1 April 1999 "ON HONOR" by Robert Wood Editorial in the "Pointer," 12 April 1929 FOREWORD THE CADET HONOR CODE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4

Marshall Brief Center for Naval Analysis PowerPoint charts A Strategy for a Long Peace Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments A "Quick Look" Assessment 12 Feb 01

Ranger Attrition Power Point program

Report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Retention To the Board of Trustees, Association of Graduates 18 May 2001 Submitted by Randy Pais, the Chairman of the Committee

Response to Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr. from Capt. Vernon R. Bush RE: 20 July letter to the USNA alumni

Retention White Paper (pub. to WP-ORG Nov. 2004) Retention of USMA Graduates on Active Duty: Should the Association of Graduates Address This Problem? by Geoffrey Cheadle Brig. Gen. USAF (Ret.) BS, MSE, EE, CISSP Class of 1944 WORD version ADOBE version

Preparing for West Point's Third Century Larry Ronald Donnithorne A summary of the years of affirmation and change, 1986-1991 (West Point, NY: United States Military Academy [1991]), 97 pages. Zip self extracting version

Service Academy Retention Rates - Dec. 2000

Taking Chance - Tribute to Chance Phelps

Thayer Award Speeches (audio) Thayer Award Speeches (AOG Archives)

The Truth -- The Secretary of the Army by the Borman Commission on USMA Frank Borman This is the defining document that laid down changes that reshaped the U.S. Military Academy for the past 25 years

US Army Stryker Interim Armored Vehicle: Issues & Questions October 17 2002 STRYKER BRIGADES Versus THE REALITY OF WAR

Vietnam: Looking Back - At The Facts 1 Jun 01 © By: K. G. Sears, Ph.D. mrken @saigonnet.vn

War on Terrorism So, like, what's with this terrorist war thing? By Denny Gillem

WEST POINT, ITS GALMOUR AND ITS GRIND By Captain Harold Hammond, USA

Images

1995 - 2001 Average ACC continuation rate by source of commission

Morale boosters

Operation Support Our Troops PowerPoint presentation

Stand Tall

Until Then

The following are presently in the queue with these next up:

Taylor, Maxwell D. Aptitude for the Military Service: A Program of Career Guidance in the Corps of Cadets (West Point, NY: USMA Adjutant General, 1948)

Taylor, Maxwell D. West Point Honor System: Its Objectives and Procedures (West Point, NY: 1957)

Forman, Sidney, "Scandal Among Cadets: An Historical Verdict," > Teacher's College Record (vol. 66, no. 6, March, 1965), 485-491.

United States Military Academy. Institutional Self-Study, 1988-1989: Report to the Commission on Higher Education Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools In Preparation for the 1989 Decennial Reaccreditation (West Point, NY: 1989)

Rogers, Bernard W. Final Report of the West Point Study Group (Washington, D.C.: Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff For Personnel, 1977); reprinted in 1981.

Each copy of Bugle Notes entry on honor (1919 and 1971 completed)

 

Misc WP-ORG publication items:
Parent list brochure
Business cards for parent clubs
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