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2025 Wreath-laying, Alumni Review, and Distinguished Graduate Awards
Join West Point in celebrating the 2025 Alumni Exercises and Distinguished Graduate Awards, honoring legacy, leadership, and the Long Gray Line during Grad Week at the U.S. Military Academy.
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Endurance Builds Champions and Leaders: West Point Triathlon Team
All graduates know that it takes endurance to make it through the rigorous 47-month experience at West Point. Similarly, as any athlete knows, successfully competing in a triathlon takes incredible endurance.
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2025 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
The 2025 Distinguished Graduate Award honors six exceptional West Point graduates for their outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to “Duty, Honor, Country.” These recipients have made significant contributions in military, business, and public service. The awards will be presented at West Point on May 20, 2025.
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Physicians of the Long Gray Line
West Point is known for developing leaders of character, and its graduates who go on to serve in the medical field are no exception. There is a rich history of West Point graduates becoming physicians, making an impact in all areas of healthcare, both on and off the battlefield.
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Hatcher ’68 Releases “Son of the Heartland”
Dave Hatcher ’68 released “Son of the Heartland: On The Way to The Promised Land.” Throughout the book, Hatcher traces his life story from Iowa to his West Point graduation in 1968 and active military duty in Vietnam.
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West Point Graduates To Be Honored During POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony
n conjunction with annual POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremonies, Vietnam veterans, including 11 West Point graduates, will be honored during a special ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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The West Point Coaches’ Character-Building Formula
Using an unwritten formula, West Point coaches have inspired and helped train thousands of cadets to become commissioned leaders of character. What principles would be on the West Point coach’s blueprint for character? It could start, “I am a West Point coach who coaches warrior athletes,” and would likely include an ethos about Duty, Honor,…
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Be Thou at Peace Marilee P. (Simonds) Meyer
It is with profound sadness that we inform the West Point community that Marilee Meyer, our Associate Director of Memorials & Archives passed away on July 2, 2024.
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The Fable of the Goat Gift
Richard Olson, who graduated as the Navy Goat’s goat (lowest rank at graduation) or “anchorman” in 1954, is the earliest documented service academy graduate to get one dollar from each classmate.
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West Point Society of Annapolis Holds its 38th Annual Founders Day Celebration
On March 16, 2024, the West Point Society of Annapolis (WPSOA) held its 38th annual Founders Day celebration. The in-person event was held at Café Mezzanotte, Severna Park, MD, and was attended by forty-four WPSOA members and guests.
