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- Only the strong survive IOCT
  At least twice in their 47-month experience, West Point cadets gauge their strength, speed, agility and endurance in the Indoor Obstacle Course Test. The Cow class participated in its second IOCT Feb. 9.
  
  The IOCT is designed to evaluate a cadet’s muscular strength and endurance, agility, coordination, balance, anaerobic capacity and decision-making skills under pressure, according to Dr. Jeffrey Coelho, Professor, Director of Instruction/Director of Military Movement-Gymnastics.
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  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:19 PM
- Cadets glean insight from leadership lecture
  The earthquake relief effort in Haiti demands the leadership of a myriad of governments, support agencies and non-governmental organizations. Included in that latter list is Save the Children, whose chief executive officer, Charles MacCormack, spoke to an audience of future leaders Feb. 11 at Robinson Auditorium.
  
  MacCormack provides vision to the organization which addresses the needs of children in the U.S. and around the world. Save the Children employs 7,000 people worldwide, with ...
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  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:23 PM
- Additional information on Save the Children:
  According to a press release, Save the Children’s child protection programs have benefi ted more than 15,000 children through 18 mobile child-friendly spaces in Portau- Prince and Jacmel, Haiti.
  
  Fourteen mobile health teams have seen 10,630 patients at 45 locations and distributed food to more than 120,000, including 72,000 children.
  
  The agency also provides clean water, blankets and latrines, and participated in fundraising efforts, including the Haiti Help-a-Thon in Janua...
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  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:25 PM
- Ice Rescue Training
  
  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:27 PM
- Overseas delivery
  
  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:28 PM
- Sunday school—West Point’s oldest ongoing cadet activity
  Susan and Anna Warner, two sisters who taught Sunday school to West Point cadets in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, began the long tradition of Sunday school teaching at West Point. West Point cadets, since 1875, traveled to Constitution Island to study the Bible with the Warner sisters who influenced hundreds of cadets, including Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower.
  
  “West Point Protestant Sunday school teachers started in 1917,” Eric Bryan, religious education coordinator...
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  Posted on Friday, 19-Feb-2010 17:31 PM
- Margaret Corbin Forum cadets attend inclusive forum
  Involving all demographics of the opposing parties is essential to securing a lasting peace after a military confl ict. To better understand this principle, a delegation of six cadets and two faculty members from West Point’s Margaret Corbin Forum attended a conference Jan. 19, hosted by the Institute for Inclusive Security in Washington D.C.
  
  The conference included men and women from all over the world who discussed inclusive security—a concept that all stakeholders need to include i...
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  Posted on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 10:33 AM
- Here she comes ... West Point welcomes Miss USA
  Washington Hall was mobbed with cadets Feb. 4, but it wasn’t just the chow that drew them inside. Miss USA Kristen Dalton made an appearance at the Cadet Mess Hall, where she dined and posed for photos with dozens of cadets.
  
  Dalton is no stranger to a mess hall, as she spent last Thanksgiving serving up a holiday meal to the troops at Fort Drum. A strong supporter of the USO, she said the most exciting part of her job as Miss USA is meeting military members.
  
  “Representing m...
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  Posted on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 10:37 AM
- Gift Shoppe opens in new locale
  The West Point Women’s Club Gift Shoppe opened its new location Feb. 3 and is open most Wednesdays from 10-5 p.m.
  
  and during special events. The new shoppe is located at Bldg. 695, the old Information, Ticketing and Registration, now the Leisure Travel Services building.
  
  “We are also open during academy events and set up tables with merchandise,” Julie Horton, one of the gift shoppe volunteers, said. “We will be at Viva! Las Vegas, Reception Day and Plebe-Parent Weekend— an...
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  Posted on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 10:40 AM
- A cultural explosion hits USCC
  The fourth and fifth floors of Washington Hall became an international zone as more than 1,000 cadets, faculty, Family and staff filled the halls for the first International Day held at West Point Jan. 27.
  
  The event was a collaborative effort of the Depts. of Foreign Language and Social Sciences, the Cadet Respect Staff, the Equal Opportunity Office, the international cadets and the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic.
  
  “Having been an exchange student at the B...
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  Posted on Friday, 05-Feb-2010 12:40 PM
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