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    • WPAOG Hosts Alumni Night at the Theater

      WPAOG Hosts Alumni Night at the Theater

      By Jane Anderson, WPAOG Staff On the traumatic day of 9/11, a small Canadian town opened its homes and hearts to 7,000 stranded travelers when their planes were forced to land. On April 6, 2025, WPAOG hosted West Point graduates and their guests for an evening at Eisenhower Hall that included a social hour, dinner,…

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    • BWT Alpine Formula One Team Appoints Hurley ’04 as VP of Partnerships

      BWT Alpine Formula One Team Appoints Hurley ’04 as VP of Partnerships

      BWT Alpine Formula One Team announced the appointment of sports sponsorship veteran Braden Hurley ’04 as Vice President, Partnership Strategy & Solutions, where he will lead efforts to secure and guide sponsorships with US brands investing in the industry.  BWT Alpine Formula One Team competes in the FIA Formula One World Championship with Grand Prix…

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    • West Point Glee Club Wows at Founders Day Celebration

      West Point Glee Club Wows at Founders Day Celebration

      The Glee Club’s Knight Caps added their trademark blend of high emotional impact and fun to the West Point Society of the Mid-Hudson Region’s 2025 Founder’s Day Dinner, held at the West Point Club on March 27. At the start of the dinner, John Grisoni paid tribute to fallen soldiers, followed by a stirring performance…

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    • The Long Gray Line’s Memory

      The Long Gray Line’s Memory

      Thro’ the years of a century (and a half) told, the Association of Graduates has been preserving the memory of the Corps of an earlier day.

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    • Essential Turbines Adds Townes ’75 to Board of Directors

      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

      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

      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 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

      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

      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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