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Major Floren Herrera ’13 Receives Nininger Award
Major Floren Herrera, Class of 2013, received the 2024 Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms, on October 10, 2024.
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COL Anne C. McClain ’02 Assumes Command of Army NASA Detachment
Army astronaut COL Anne C. McClain ’02 assumed command of the Army NASA Detachment from Army astronaut COL Andrew R. Morgan ’98 during a ceremony at USASMDC headquarters on Redstone Arsenal on April 4, 2023.
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GEN (R) Frederick Franks ’59 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
GEN (R) Frederick M. Franks ’59, U.S. Army Combat Veteran and Honorary Director of Home Base Florida, has dedicated his life to serving his country and supporting fellow veterans. During the closing ceremony of the 12th Annual Salute to SWFL Veterans, General Frederick M. Franks was presented with the 2023 Major General Joseph Warren, M.D. Award for his lifetime of service.
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Cadets Attend Joint Service Academies Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium
Last week, cadets attended the Joint Service Academies Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Cadets Present Microplastic Project in Virginia
Geography and Environmental Engineering West Point Cadets Mackenzie Karnig ’24, Colton Snodgrass ’24, and Kyle Bryce ’24, along with Cadets Kristen Guiney ’23 and Kiley Sweet ’23 from the West Point Department of Chemistry and Life Science presented their research on microplastics at Geological Society of America’s Joint Southeastern & Northeastern Section Meeting in Reston, VA.
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Two West Point Grads Named Olmsted Scholars
Two active duty West Point graduates were recently selected by The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation as members of the Olmsted Scholar Class of 2024.
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The Changing Nature of Warfare
This episode of the WPAOG Podcast features a conversation withMG Paul Stanton ‘95, Commanding General of the United States Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon.
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PANE cadets, Excel Scholars Tour National Labs
Over spring break, cadets from the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering and our Excel Scholars Program toured Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Defense Nuclear Weapons School Museum, along with LTC Peter Nelson, Director of our Nuclear Engineering Course, and Mr. Michael Tobin, the Class of ‘67 Endowed Chair in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering.
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Secretary of the Air Force Kendall ’71, DAF senior leaders pay respects at Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Department of the Air Force senior leaders visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., to pay their respects on National Vietnam War Veteran’s Day, March 29, 2023.
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Academy Pentathlete Award Recipients Recognized
On March 22, 2023, West Point recognized the recipients of the Major General William E. Read Academy Pentathlete Award. Pentathletes achieved a term quality point average of 4.0 in the fall semester while also earning an A- or better in all academic, physical, and military courses
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Joint Task Force-Red Hill Soldier Bourque ’07 in the Spotlight
Red Hill (JTF-RH) Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), LTC Jillian Bourque ’07, has 16 years of military service and numerous notable achievements. Outside of serving in the Army and joint force at the tactical and strategic level, Bourque was a four-year collegiate basketball player and a graduate from the United States Military Academy. She balances her duties as an army officer and a dual-military spouse while being a mother of two small children. She attributes her achievements to having a tremendous support system at home, and having great role models to look up to throughout her career.
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