Feb. 3, 2010WEST POINT, N.Y. – The New York Yankees will bring their 2009 World Series championship trophy to West Point on Tuesday, Feb. 9 in recognition of West Point’s support during this past season.

West Point elements such as the Cadet Color Guard, Glee Club, band and soloists have provided support to the Yankees for more than a decade.  This year, the academy had the opportunity to participate in pre-event support for the first ever games in the newly erected Yankee Stadium and take part in the opening games of the playoff series.

The trophy is scheduled to arrive at West Point at 10:30 a.m. and will be introduced to the Corps of Cadets during lunch in the Cadet Mess Hall.  Immediately following, the trophy will be on display in Jefferson Hall for the West Point community from 1-3 p.m.

Dept. of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership to host GatheRING-- of past, present, and future faculty on the theme of Service on 8-10 April.  Events include a wine & cheese social, presentation of Distinguished Alumni award, award dinner with guest speaker Margot Tyler (senior program officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and a department showcase.

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 Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The military memoir by Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Jack Jacobs, USA (Ret.) has won the 2010 Colby Award.

Named for the late Ambassador and former CIA Director William E. Colby, the Colby Award recognizes a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a significant contribution to the public’s understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs.  The $5,000 award will be presented by Tawani Foundation in association with the Pritzker Military Library on October 22, 2010 at Chicago’s Palmer House Hotel, in partnership with the Library’s 2010 Liberty Gala (pritzkermilitarylibrary.org). At the same time, the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing will be presented.  The 2010 recipient will be announced via live webcast from the Library on June 21, 2010.

In his memoir, If Not Now, When? (Berkley, 2008), Jacobs describes his childhood in post-World War II New York City, his experiences at Rutgers University where he joined the ROTC program, and how that decision eventually led him to his service in Vietnam.  As an advisor to a Vietnamese infantry battalion, Jacobs was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving the lives of 13 allied soldiers during an intensive firefight despite severe wounds. 

“I am honored that my book has been chosen for an award associated with William Colby,” said Jacobs.  “His legacy stands as a model for all members of our Armed Forces, past and present.” 

Jack Jacobs is a faculty member here at the Academy (Dept. of Social Sciences).  He is in the chair of Robert F. McDermott Professor of Humanities and Public Affairs.

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Distinguished Graduate Award: 
LTG(R) Frederic J. Brown ’56
LTG(R) Daniel W. Christman ’65
HON Robert M. Kimmitt ’69
GEN(R) Barry R. McCaffrey ’64
HON Thomas E. White, Jr. ’67

Thayer Award: 
Honorable James A. Baker / Brief Bio...

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New Haven Register, CT--23 Jan. 2010--MILFORD — Col. Daniel Bruno, commander of U.S. Army Garrison West Point, relayed a simple yet profound message of gratitude to the men and women who sacrificed life, blood and limb in defense of America and the principle of liberty.

“I’m going to say, ‘Thank you’ for what they do, what they’ve done and what they represent,” Bruno said during a reception held for him and his wife, Kitty.  The event was held at the home of Elliott Storm, a disabled Marine Corps veteran and district judge advocate for the American Legion 2nd District. Bruno is a speaker for the American Legion, Department of Connecticut, weekend Mid-Winter Conference at the Rocky Hill Marriott.

He and Storm became friends last year when Storm, author of the novel “These Scars Are Sacred,” went to West Point to give a presentation on post-traumatic stress disorder and for a book signing.  Storm returned to West Point in November on Veterans Day. He was wounded by a grenade in the Vietnam War and received two Purple Hearts.

Storm gave Connecticut service men and women a chance to meet Bruno, as well as friends, neighbors and state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Marine veteran seeking the Democratic Party nod to run for the U.S. Senate.

Graduates who are active duty or reserve officers (or live/work near Army installations):  Do you know a young soldier who demonstrates the potential to serve as an officer? West Point's Directorate of Admissions needs your help to identify and mentor these young prospects.
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(Photo: Pfc. Jordan Leskera [Nat'l Guard] of Edwardsville smiles to learn he has been accepted to West Point, a premier school for young Army Officers and the oldest military academy in the United States. Brig. Gen. Ronald Morrow (right), Assistant Adjutant General for the Illinois Army National Guard, read the acceptance letter in front of Leskera’s Illinois Army National Guard peers and his family at a ceremony at the East St. Louis armory on Jan. 23.) 

From National Guard: "West Point accepts Illinois Guardsman"  EAST ST.LOUIS, Ill., (1/25/10) -- Pfc. Jordan Leskera, a member of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry in Litchfield, Ill., has been accepted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

“I am still in shock,” Jordan said after finding out at a small ceremony on Jan. 23 in front of his military peers at the East St. Louis armory. “This is a great feeling, and I am speechless.”  Read more...

From INC, "The Entrepreneurial Generation" 25 Jan 2010  ... Last month, I had the incredible privilege of having tea with Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts, founder of the Leader to Leader Institute, and now the Chair for the Study of Leadership at West Point (she’s the first woman appointee and the first non-graduate of West Point to hold the position).

Ms. Hesselbein, who Peter Drucker described as one of the greatest leaders he had ever met, knows leadership when she sees it. And she told me with great enthusiasm that she views the current generation of cadets at West Point as the most promising group of future leaders she has ever met. Why? “They understand the importance of service,” she said. And she wasn’t talking just about service to one’s country, but to communities in general.

“The first thing they want to tell you about is the volunteer work they’re doing,” she said. I found the same to be to be true among the young entrepreneurs I interviewed for my book: 70% said their companies had a social mission. But make no mistake: they’re laser-focused on the bottom line as well and they understand why growing a profitable, sustainable company that creates jobs is a social good in and of itself.

It’s pretty clear to me: this is a generation worth investing in.

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On this day in 1802, the House, by a 71-12 vote, approved legislation to create a military academy to train officers in West Point, N.Y. The number of living graduates as of 21 January 2010 is 47,370. (Photo USMA Digital Archives--Members of the WPAOG at the Cadet Chapel, 1910)

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Renowned as the world's premier leader development institution, West Point accomplishes its mission by developing cadets intellectually, physically, militarily, ethically, spiritually, and socially. Allowing Cadets to participate in internships is one tool West Point employs in pursuit of this mission.

The internship program in the BS&L exposes cadets to a broader range of leadership and academic situations than are available at West Point.

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The West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, is an intensive three-week program designed to help scholars increase their understanding of the study of war and military history. The West Point Department of History will conduct the 2010 Summer Seminar from June 1-23.

The West Point Summer Seminar in Military History seeks to improve the teaching of military history at the collgiate level by broadening its Fellows' knowledge of military history and improving their ability to teach it. The Summer Seminar brings together a select group of historians for a series of seminars, lectures, and staff rides of local Revolutionary fortifications and Civil War battlefields. These activities—led by members of the USMA faculty as well as a variety of noted military historians—seek to facilitate detailed discussions of historiography and pedagogy within the field of military history. Upon completion of the seminar, participants are prepared to return to their home institutions and develop or enhance a program in the study of military history.

The generosity of a private donor allows the Summer Seminar to be offered cost-free to participants... 

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WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army Athletic Director Kevin Anderson had been interviewing coaching candidates in the Hilton Hotel at Chicago’s O’Hare airport when Zach Spiker, a 32-year-old Cornell assistant, walked in wearing a Big Red polo shirt and carrying two bags. Anderson turned to his associate Bob Beretta and said, “Who ordered the pizza?”

“I was impressed that he got ready so quickly,” Anderson said.

Hired three days after that Sept. 30 interview, Spiker took over the Army program 10 days before the start of practice.

...On the court, Spiker has spearheaded a 9-3 start with youthful energy and defensive commitment.

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Maj. Jonathan Belmont '99 of West Point Admissions is pictured with with Eagle Scouts Ryan Jutras of Hampstead, Troop 33 of the Hampstead Congregational Church and Daniel Bradley of Haverhill, Troop 1 of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Haverhill.  Maj Belmont was the evening's guest speaker.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. - Newly appointed Army head men's soccer coach Russell Payne announced the addition of Leo Cullen as an assistant coach for the Black Knights, Thursday. The former Major League Soccer (MLS) number-one overall pick joins his old University of Maryland teammate on the West Point staff after a four-year stint as a professional soccer agent as well as a world-class playing career.

"I'm beyond thrilled by the opportunity to join Coach Payne's staff at West Point," said Cullen.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010--Army Center of Excellence for the Professional Military Ethic

What is it?   West Point and its Army Center of Excellence for the Professional Military Ethic (ACPME) serve as the Army's professional military ethic executive agent to increase Army-wide understanding, ownership and sustained development of the Army professional ethic through research, education and publication. ACPME broad objectives are: (1) assess, study and refine the professional military ethic of the force; (2) create and integrate professional military ethical knowledge; (3) accelerate professional military ethic development in individuals, units and Army culture and (4) support the socialization of the professional military ethic across the Army culture and profession.

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