Bill Montgomery (A1) ’89 is running for Attorney General in Arizona this year. To read more about it, check out his web site at www.montgomery4ag.com.
ADSO Program Results
Reprinted with permission from the wp-forum:
By now, most of the members of this forum will have heard about the Army G1’s three incentive programs to strengthen officer retention. The first offers cadets, both USMA and ROTC, the opportunity to attend graduate school at government expense in exchange for an active duty service obligation (ADSO) of eight years. The second gives cadets the chance to select branches they might otherwise not have gotten; again, the cost is an eight-year ADSO. The third allows cadets to choose posts for additional ADSO.
Here are the results for the USMA Class of 2006: a total of 331 cadets will have eight-year active-duty obligations. That’s 38% of the 878 who will be commissioned into the Army. 236 took the graduate school for additional service option; 61 participated in branch for service; and 34 cadets got their choice of post for ADSO.
I understand that the graduate-school-for-ADSO program will also be offered to junior officers, but I don’t know which year groups will be involved.
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Ring Recovery Report – Mar ’06
This report may be shared with anyone who may be considered a member of the West Point Community; graduate, spouse, family, descendant, parent, friend all come to mind.
This report includes ring recovery activity and finances for the period 1 July – 30 September, 2005.
We recovered two class rings in this period, and initiated purchase of a third.
The Class of 1935 ring of the late Major General Melville Brown Coburn, 10447 was recovered from an Ebay seller on 2 July. His widow preferred that the ring go to West Point rather than be returned to her. Consequently, we donated the ring to the Military Academy Museum where it became the first example from this class to join the collection.
Here is a photo of this ring, about 100 Kbytes in size to that it can be more easily downloaded through a dial-up modem.
The second ring was also a Class of 1935 ring that of the late Lieutenant General Harry Herndon Critz (who, incidentally, as a Major General was my Commanding General in the 1966-1967 time frame at Fort Sill).
This ring had been stolen not long after General Critz’s death in Lawton, Oklahoma on 2 May 1982. It was recovered on 14 July from a person who had contacted AOG to begin an effort to dispose of it after "my son found the ring in a curb side gutter on his way home from school when he was nine. He’s now 21." In the intervening 12 years, the ring sat forgotten in the bottom of a cigar box.
We were delighted to be able to bring this ring back into the hands of the West Point Community by returning it to General Critz’s daughter, Terry Mericle, and her husband, Colonel (Ret’d) Russell Mericle. Here is a link to a photo of the ring, also about 100 Kbytes in size.
The third ring was the initiation of the purchase of an unnamed Class of 1994 ring that had been purchased from an Ebay seller who is a friend of West Point and who desired to begin the process of returning the ring to the West Point Community. This purchase is not yet complete, however.
This ends ring recovery activity in the 2nd Quarter of 2005. Our financial activity for the this quarter may be seen at this link.
We are overdue with a report for the 4th Quarter and we will send that report along shortly.
Donations to help ring recovery continue this effort are very much needed, would be most welcome and greatly appreciated . Donations may be made by credit card or by check may be mailed to:
West Point Ring Recovery Program
c/o: William P. O’Neill
26 Canton Street
North Easton, MA 02356-1345
If there are questions or comments, we would be really happy to respond to them. Please send them to us:
usmarings@west-point.org
If you are interested in being included on our ring recovery list, please use the "subscribe now" option at:
http://www.west-point.org/wp/ring_recovery/
or contact me directly. We’ll be glad to sign you up; only takes a minute and it takes a lot less than that if you wish to unsubscribe later.
On behalf of Bill O’Neill, ’92 and LTC Michael McGurk, ’85 and very respectfully submitted,
David McClellan
’01 Father
ring recovery
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Afghani Cadet in ’09
In light of the recent news about the former ambassador for the Taliban, Rahmatullah Hashemi, who has been admitted as a 27 year-old freshman at Yale despite his service as a spokesman for the hated regime and his 4th-grade level education, I thought I’d highlight how West Point has done this right. Yale could learn something from our nation’s oldest military academy — go over to Afghanistan and find the best and brightest:
Yosoufzai, then a sophomore at Kabul University, wanted to follow his father’s footsteps to help his country’s military become more professional. He could have pursued a military academy education in Kabul where his family lives, but instead applied to West Point, which he calls the top military academy in the world.
He comes to the academy under the international cadet program designed to generate goodwill and inculcate American military ethics and values abroad. The long-running program has taken in cadets from dozens of countries, from Nigeria to Singapore to Croatia.
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Womens BB in NCAA Tourney
On March 8th, the Army Womens’ Basketball Team fought back from a 10 point deficit in the second half to win the Patriot League Championship game 69 -68 over Holy Cross. The team will now go to the NCAA tournament. There were over 1000 cadets in attendance and they rushed the court at the final buzzer lifting the Army players and coach on their shoulders. You can read the full article in the local press. To see an online video of the last seconds of the game, go to the GoArmySports.com article and you will see video links at the top of the text to play.
On Monday, 13 March at 7:00 pm ET, the pairings for the Women’s Basketball Team for the NCAA Tournament will be announced. This will be Army’s first trip ever to the NCAA tournament.
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New Supe Named
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that the President has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Hagenbeck is currently serving as deputy chief of staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
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Class Ring Melt Ceremony
Monday morning a contingent from West Point to include the 2007 Vice President, Cadet Tim O’Connor, the Ring & Crest Chair, Cadet Tim Allen, Cadet Dan Fisher (nephew of one of the donors), the Class OIC, MAJ Mike McCoy ‘97 and the Class Advisor and Regimental Tactical Officer, LTC Tom Macdonald will accompany John Calabro and me to the ceremony at the Pease & Curren refinery in Warwick, RI, to melt the twelve rings that have been donated to the program. We will be joined there by two living donors and the families of three other donors. As in the past it will be a solemn ceremony. A news release is available with more details. One addition to that release is that in addition to the 12 rings donated this year I will be bringing back a sample from last year which contains some gold from every one of the 91 rings previously donated to the program. The management and staff of the Pease & Curren refinery have been full partners in this process for the past five years and have offered their services gratis.
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AOG Publications
The Assembly is your alumni magazine, operated and supported through your subscriptions. It includes current events at West Point, exciting feature stories, “Class notes,” memorial articles, and much more. ASSEMBLY, the magazine of record for the Long Gray Line, is your way of staying in touch with classmates and West Point graduates all around the world.
Please accept on our behalf, a complimentary copy of the current online version.
The Assembly magazine! It’s one more way AOG supports your quality of life from gray to green and beyond!!
In addition to the Assembly magazine, we offer the one thousand paged, 2005 Register of Graduates, a directory of all living West Point graduates and friends of West Point with career bios, postal addresses, and e-mail addresses. It is the premier networking tool for West Pointers and is available both in print and online. Whether you travel or deploy, Assembly and the Register can go with you! (Just a few more remaining of this special Register of Graduates from 1802-2005.)
Should you subscribe to the Assembly and/or order the Register today, you can lock in the prices below for your subscription length.
- 4 years of Assembly (05/06-0710) $132
- 4 years of Register of Graduates (2005-2008) $130
- 4 years of the Assembly & Register $250
- Lifetime to Assembly $660.00
- 8- Issue Assembly Special (05/06-07/07) $44.00
- 2005 Register of Graduates $35.00 (only few remaining)
- 2006 Register of Graduates $35.00 (shipping will start 12/06)
- e-Assembly (Graduates only) $20.00
- Online Register of Graduates (Graduates only) $20.00
For your convenience, we’ve included our web page address for you to order your subscription at www.aogusma.org . Your selection to subscribe will secure your order of the Assembly at the current price along with authorizing AOG to withdraw the selected amount from your credit card.
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Update from Coach Ross
Dear Army Football Alumni,
This letter is long overdue, and I apologize for being so long in getting it done, but I wanted to wait until recruiting was completed so that I could give you an update on where we are recruiting wise.
Let me first begin, however, by reviewing our 2005 season. We went into it concerned about three (3) major areas:
(1) Defensively, we had ranked dead last in Division I-A in 2004 (117), giving up an average of 490.09 yards per game. We made great improvement in this area. In 2005, our total defense was 346.55 yards per game which ranked us 37th in the country. We reduced the yardage per game by 143.54 yards and improved our national position by 80 places;
(2) We were most concerned about our Offensive Line. Six of the top seven linemen in our program were all seniors, and we had to start all over again in this critical position (O.L.) I personally feel that next to quarterback, this might be the second most difficult position to learn in our program. Going into the season, we had only one starting lineman returning from 2004. We were very inexperienced. Although we weren’t as consistent on offense in 2005 as we were in 2004, we made good progress;
(3) Finally; our early season schedule was a real tough one. In listing our first six games, three of our opponents were listed in the top 25 in the country throughout the year – Boston College, Iowa State and T.C.U. All three were bowl participants. As a matter of fact, six of our opponents in 2005 were bowl participants. To our squad’s credit, they showed true grit and strength of character by coming back from a 0-6 start and putting together a four game winning streak. Those wins included a win over Air Force at Air Force. It was our first win over Air Force since 1996 and our first win at Air Force since 1977. Two of the other victories were over Arkansas State, the eventual Sun Belt Conference Champion, and Akron, the eventual Mid-American Conference Champion. Both were bowl participants.
Overall, I was pleased with our season, but somewhat disappointed in our last game versus Navy. I do not, however, want to allow thirty-one minutes of not-so-good football to distract from the progress we made in 2005. Our loss to Navy only strengthens our resolve to win that important game.
In summary, we made some improvements but we are still climbing the mountain. Below is a listing of some accomplishments:
* 1st four game winning streak since 1996.
* 37th best Defense in the country.
* 10th best Pass Defense in the country.
* Zac Dahman, QB, accomplishments:
* All-time career total offensive leader in the history of West Point football.
* Career passing leader in:
* Attempts
* Completions
* Yardage
* Most career 200 yard passing games.
* Ranked 2nd in history of Army football for touchdown passes.
* Carlton Jones, RB, accomplishments:
* 2 consecutive 1,000 yard rushing seasons.
* 2nd in career rushing in history of Army Football.
* 3rd in career all-purpose yards.
* Scott Wesley, RB, became the #1 Kick-Off Return Specialist in total yards in the history of Army Football.
Now for an update on recruiting. Up to this point, it has gone well. We currently have twenty-eight commitments to our prep school, and twenty-nine direct commitments. We have one more weekend of visits, and are hopeful of having around thirty-five direct commitments, and around forty prep commitments. The numbers are good, and we are equally pleased with the quality of the student-athlete we are bringing into West Point. You never know how any class is going to turn out until they have been here a year, but I have to say at this time, we are pleased.
Looking to 2006, our schedule is a tough one. It includes road games with Texas A&M in San Antonio, Texas and Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. TCU, the eleventh ranked team in the country in 2005, will visit us in October, and as always, we have our rivals, Air Force and Navy, both with good returning squads. Offensively, we must find a new quarterback, running back and tight end. We return every offensive lineman in our program, and have a good collection of receivers returning. There will be stiff competition in the spring at quarterback and running back. Regardless of who wins out, we will be inexperienced. Tim Dunn should prove to be a very adequate starter at tight end since he has had extensive playing time. Defensively, we must fill both corner spots and one defensive tackle spot. We will be very inexperienced at corner regardless of who wins the position and we lost three key performers at defensive tackle; although junior Tony Fusco (6’00", 290) does return as a starter.
All in all, we return eight starters from 2005 on offense, and seven/eight starters on defense. Both kickers are back (a big improvement in 2005), but we must find a return specialist. We lost a good one in Scott Wesley.
Our off-season program is now in full swing and we are anxiously working toward our test week in March to measure our improvements. Spring Ball begins Tuesday, March 28th, and concludes with our Black/Gold Spring Game on Saturday, April 22nd. We are hopeful some of you can get back for our spring game.
Speaking for all of our coaches and players, we thank you for all you have done for us. Hopefully, we can make you proud in 2006! If we don’t see you in the spring, we look forward to seeing you at our annual golf outing in July!
Sincerely,
Coach Bobby Ross
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2006 Awards
Thayer Award: MG (R) Bob St. Onge ’69, the Chairman of the Thayer Award Committee, has asked me to inform you that the recipient for 2006 will be Tom Brokaw. The date for the Award events is 21 September.
Distinguished Grad Awards: COL (R) Seth Hudgins ’64, President of the AOG and Secretary of the Distinguished Graduate Committee, has asked me to notify you that the following graduates have been selected for this year’s Awards:
Distinguished Grad Awards: COL (R) Seth Hudgins ’64, President of the AOG and Secretary of the Distinguished Graduate Committee, has asked me to notify you that the following graduates have been selected for this year’s Awards:
- THOMAS B. DYER ‘67
- HERBERT S. LICHTENBERG ‘55
- WAYNE A. DOWNING ‘62
- NICHOLAS S. KRAWCIW ‘59
- ARTHUR E. DEWEY ‘56
- HOWARD T. PRINCE II ‘62
- RICHARD G. TREFRY ‘50
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