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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
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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Army Women’s Rugby Dominates Field at Crimson 7s
Army West Point Women’s Rugby kicked off its 7s season on March 29 at Harvard’s Crimson 7s tournament. Both of the Black Knights’ squads put up dominant performances in Cambridge to open their 2025 7s seasons.
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West Point Cadets Walk the Ground Where History Was Made
Over spring break, West Point cadets stepped out of the classroom and into the heart of history, traveling across Europe to study the events they’ve long analyzed in textbooks—this time, on the very ground where they happened.
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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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Army Sprint Football Empowers Highland Falls Students at CONNECT
By Erika Norton, WPAOG Senior Multimedia Journalist Head Coach Mark West ’91 and the Army Sprint Football team shared their love of the game with Highland Falls students at the CONNECT after school program. On March 27, more than 50 of the cadet squad played catch and engaged Highland Falls Intermediate School students in various…
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Army Softball Extends Winning Streak to Six Games in Sweep Against Rider
Army West Point Softball (18-12, 3-0) returned to the Army Softball Complex on March 27, sweeping their midweek doubleheader with the Rider University Broncos (8-20, 2-1). With the two wins, the Black Knights are now on a six-game winning streak, tied for the longest win streak the program has had since 2022.
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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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