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Essential Turbines Adds Townes ’75 to Board of Directors
Essential Turbines Inc. (“ETI”), a leading provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft engines, has appointed Steve Townes ’75 to its Board of Directors. The Board also includes Mike Guntner Jr., ETI’s Founder, plus leaders from Swift Anchor Holdings and Balance Point Capital Partners (“Balance Point”). Townes is the CEO of Ranger…
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Alia ’92 Named Vice Commandant for Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Retired U.S. Army COL Craig J. Alia ’92, who has served since 2019 as the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets’ deputy commandant for the 1st Battalion, has been named the vice commandant for the Corps of Cadets and will immediately begin serving in his new role. As the corps’ vice commandant, Alia will serve as…
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Lagasse ’60 Wins ASCE/EWRI Hydraulic Structures Gold Medal
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental and Water Resources Institute awarded Peter Lagasse ’60 with their 2025 Hydraulic Structures Gold Medal for “excellence in the design and performance of hydraulic structures used for bridge waterway, alluvial-channel protection, and coastal engineering.” The annual Hydraulic Structures Medal was instituted in 1983 by Fred W. Blaisdell, F.ASCE,…
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Army Baseball Alum Hurtubise ’20 Makes Reds Opening Day Roster
Army West Point Baseball and United States Military Academy Class of 2020 graduate Jacob Hurtubise has been named to the 2025 Cincinnati Reds opening day roster. Hurtubise is the first ever USMA graduate to make an MLB opening day roster. The outfielder made his MLB debut on May 13 last season and played in 29…
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A Lifetime of Love and Adventure
General Volney F. Warner ’50 (Retired) grew up in Woonsocket, South Dakota. He served as an enlisted man in both the Navy and the Army. By the mid-1940s, Volney was 20 years old and needed to decide how to make a living. He was smart enough for college, but money was tight on the family…
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World Poetry Day
Today is World Poetry Day! The Circle in the Spiral is West Point’s cadet literary magazine published each spring since 1991. The magazine showcases original poetry, artwork, photography, and narratives — all created by cadets.
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West Point Class of 2028 Crest Unveiling
On March 19, the Class of 2028 carved out a small piece of West Point history by publicly unveiling its class crest for the first time.
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USARPAC General Clark ’88 Meets With Fellow Grad Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet ’99
GEN Ronald P. Clark ’88, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific, held constructive meetings with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet ’99 and top military leadership during a visit to Phnom Penh on February 24, 2025. In addition to the Prime Minister, Clark met with Minister of Defense General Tea Seiha, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces…
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Ruta ’24 Signed by Kansas City Royals
Army West Point Baseball Class of 2024 member Sam Ruta ’24 has signed a free agent deal with the Kansas City Royals. Ruta will report to the club’s spring training complex in Surprise, Ariz. The native of Yardley, Pa. graduated from West Point in 2024 as the Army Baseball career as the leader in numerous…
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COL McClain ’02 Returns to Space with Symbol of the Long Gray Line
Crew-10 Commander Brings Gold From Donated West Point Class Rings, Which Will Be Used To Make All Future Class Rings By Erika Norton, WPAOG Senior Multimedia Journalist NASA Astronaut COL Anne McClain ’02 returned to space on March 14, this time carrying with her a special symbol of the Long Gray Line—the Legacy Gold. Through…
