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WPAOG Annual Meeting Election Results
At the WPAOG Annual Meeting held on November 18, 2025, the following members were elected to positions on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Council. To serve their term from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026:
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Army Men’s Basketball Sees Historic Night Hosting Duke, Mike Krzyzewski ’69
Army Men’s Basketball hosted No. 4 Duke on Veterans Day in front of a record-breaking crowd at Christl Arena, marking Coach K’s return to his alma mater and a historic matchup.
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Veterans and Survivor Community Welcomed to West Point
This week, West Point Association of Graduates welcomed 101 Veterans and Survivor Community members back to their Rockbound Highland Home.
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Nardotti ’69 To Be Inducted into National Wrestling Hall of Fame
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2026, including Outstanding American honoree MG (R) Michael J. Nardotti, Jr. ’69.
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Army Men’s Basketball to Host Duke in 2025
Army West Point Athletics and Duke Athletics have announced that the two basketball programs will meet again in 2025. The Army Men’s Basketball team will host Duke University at Christl Arena next season on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.
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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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“Duty, Honor, Country” Meets “Faster, Higher, Stronger”
Every living graduate is familiar with General Douglas MacArthur’s famous dictum: “Every cadet an athlete.” MacArthur, Class of 1903, introduced this philosophy when he became West Point Superintendent in 1919, realizing the importance of physical fitness and intramural athletic programs in the wake of the modern warfare he witnessed in World War I.
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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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Nachhaltiger Einfluss (Lasting Impact)
Twenty graduates from the Class of 1969 never forgot what they learned from “Herr Major” Paul Parks ’55 when he had them as students in his Advanced German class nearly 60 years ago.
