News
Class of 2013 enters West Point Monday
From staff reports
About 1,300 new cadets—including more than 330 minority candidates, 18 international cadets and 24 combat veterans—who served in Afghanistan, Iraq or both are expected to report to West Point Monday, Reception Day for the class of 2013.
< Previous :: Next >New cadets from the Class of 2012 practice marching and other drill and ceremony techniques even though some had not even received their uniforms yet during Reception Day 2008. They started their training in squad formation, progressed through platoon formations and then finished in their Cadet Basic Training companies to march to Battle Monument for their swearing in ceremony.
SGT. VINCENT FUSCO/DCOMM
The incoming class was selected from a pool of more than 11,000 applicants. There are 190 women, who comprise 14 percent of the class.
Minority enrollment, roughly 25 percent of the incoming class, includes 90 African- Americans, 84 Asian-Americans, 10 Native Americans and 127 Hispanic-Americans–...
Read more...Posted on Thursday, 25-Jun-2009 08:42 AM
Sports
Cadets, grads participate with USA Team Handball
A youthful USA Team Handball squad traveled to Lubeck, Germany, May 31- June 8 for the Three-Nation’s Handball Tournament.
< Previous :: Next >Second Lt. John Harmeling, 2008 USMA graduate and member of the Army World Class Athlete Program, goes up for a shot during a practice.
The USA national team came away with a record of 3-2 in five games as three cadets, two recent U.S. Military Academy graduates and the West Point men’s team handball coach participated in the tournament.
Firsties Jason Borchik, Thomas Giordano and Preston Pham took part in the tournament while former team members, 2nd Lts. Keith Fine and John Harmeling, both members of the Army World Class Athlete Program, ...
Read more...Posted on Thursday, 25-Jun-2009 14:44 PM
Community
SOSH cadets travel to Cambodia
By Cow Uzkar Ibrahim
Six cadets took part in a Dept. of Social Sciences Advanced Individual Academic Development trip with Maj. Jeremy Gwinn to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand during May and June.
< Previous :: Next >Firstie Joy Turner (by tree, blue shirt) and Cow Michael Hammond (by tree with scarf) teach tooth brushing to children in a squatter village outside Siem Reap, Cambodia.
COURTESY PHOTO
Firstie Joy Turner and Cows Uzkar Ibrahim, Lauren Looper, Michael Hammond, Christina Tamayo and Andrew Ziebarth were involved in the AIAD. Its purpose was to design, implement and monitor a hygiene curriculum for the humanitarian nongovernmental organization Journeys Within Our Community.
The project entailed educating the impoverished local population of the ...
Read more...Posted on Thursday, 25-Jun-2009 10:10 AM
Leisure
Common snakes found in the Hudson Valley
Story and photo by Kathy Eastwood, Staff Writer
Many people get frightened when encountering a snake, especially if surprised by one resting on a rock, near trash piles or skulking out from the clothes dryer.
< Previous :: Next >This timber rattlesnake was tagged with a microchip to follow its movements through the Natural Resources Branch and caught by Jim Beemer in 2006 to check the chip. The timber rattlesnake is a common venomous snake in the Hudson Valley and West Point. There have been no recorded rattlesnake bites at West Point and no recorded rattlesnake bites in New York State for several decades.
Although most snakes encountered at West Point are non-venomous, caution is still advised as nonvenomous snakes can bite when handled or startled. Both venomous and non-venomous snakes rarely attack people. Aggressive snake behavior is defensive, and its attack posture is a bluff. There are two venomous snake species that have been sighted at West Point.
One venomous spe...
Read more...Posted on Thursday, 25-Jun-2009 14:30 PM