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Podcast: West Point Olympians with Tom Lough PhD ’64 and LTC (R) Craig Gilbert ’78
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Tom Lough and Craig Gilbert, two Olympians and West Point graduates, who share their journeys of athletic and military excellence.
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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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West Point Graduates Honor Fallen Heroes On 80th Anniversary of D-Day
In June 2024, LTC (R) Hank R. Fore ’78 joined other members of the Long Gray Line, along with veterans from around the globe in honoring the fallen during the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. This anniversary is likely the last major anniversary that World War II veterans will still be able to attend. In honor of this momentous occasion and those that lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy, several West Point graduates did a static-line parachute jump out of a World War II-era C-47.
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Class of 2028 Begins Their West Point Journey at R-Day
More than 1,200 U.S. citizens and 16 international students, including 280 women, and 445 minorities reported to the U.S. Military Academy on July 1 for Reception Day to join West Point’s Class of 2028.
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2024 Distinguished Graduate Awards
Incredibly Humbling and a Tremendous Honor On a beautiful May morning at the Academy, during a review featuring the entire Corps of Cadets, the West Point Association of Graduates presented the 2024 Distinguished Graduate Awards (DGA) to six esteemed members of the Long Gray Line: GEN (R) Wesley K. Clark ’66, AMB Karl W. Eikenberry […]
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2024 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Please join us in congratulating WPAOG’s 2024 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients.
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Jefferson Hall Wing at West Point Dedicated in Memory of Magness ’86
On February 7, 2024, WPAOG joined Academy leaders and distinguished guests in dedicating the Magness Wing of the United States Military Academy Library in memory of John M. Magness, USMA Class of 1986.
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Anderson ’78 to Receive 2024 Congressman Sam Johnson Defender of Freedom Award
The National Defense Briefing Series (NDBS) announced that Vice Chairman of Hillwood Management and Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for North Texas (CASA), Darcy Anderson ’78, has been selected as the esteemed recipient of the 2024 Congressman Sam Johnson Defender of Freedom Award.
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Veteran COL (R) Bill Hamilton ’78 Visits Elementary School
Retired Army Colonel Bill Hamilton ’78 visited Howard on November 30 to thank second-graders for their letters of appreciation.
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Louisiana National Guard Inducts MG (R) Basilica ARNG ’78 into Hall of Fame
MG (R) John P. Basilica Jr. ’78 was joined by his family, close friends and service members as they celebrated his induction into the Louisiana National Guard Hall of Fame during an official ceremony at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, November 4, 2023.