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    • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

      The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
      The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

      “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

      “Chocola...
      Read more...

    • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

      Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

      “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
      Read more...

    • Black and Gold volunteers

    • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

      The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

      The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

      The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
      Read more...

    • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

      In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

      One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
      Read more...

    • Black and Gold volunteers

    • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

      As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

      “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

      “We established a staff o...
      Read more...

    • Art with Attitude!

    • The house Gillan built

    • Black and Gold volunteers


  • A Spouse's Point of View

    • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

      The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

      This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

      An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

      I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

      An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

      “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

      Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

      The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

      And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

      However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

      The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

      Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

      I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

      Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

      I have always been a min...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

      Searching for more than a job

      With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

      I expected th...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

      I Love the Way You Move

      Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

      I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

      Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

      Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

      Truth, Justice and the American
      Way

      As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

      Now, more than 25 years l...
      Read more...

    • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

      (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

      I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

      At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

      But instead of sulking...
      Read more...

  • Features

    Archive

    • Articles

      • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

        The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
        The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

        “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

        “Chocola...
        Read more...

      • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

        Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

        “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
        Read more...

      • Black and Gold volunteers

      • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

        The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

        The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

        The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
        Read more...

      • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

        In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

        One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
        Read more...

      • Black and Gold volunteers

      • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

        As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

        “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

        “We established a staff o...
        Read more...

      • Art with Attitude!

      • The house Gillan built

      • Black and Gold volunteers


    • A Spouse's Point of View

      • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

        The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

        This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

        An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

        I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

        An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

        “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

        Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

        The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

        And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

        However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

        The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

        Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

        I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

        Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

        I have always been a min...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

        Searching for more than a job

        With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

        I expected th...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

        I Love the Way You Move

        Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

        I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

        Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

        Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

        Truth, Justice and the American
        Way

        As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

        Now, more than 25 years l...
        Read more...

      • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

        (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

        I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

        At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

        But instead of sulking...
        Read more...

    • Features

      Archive

      • Articles

        • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

          The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
          The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

          “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

          “Chocola...
          Read more...

        • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

          Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

          “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
          Read more...

        • Black and Gold volunteers

        • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

          The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

          The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

          The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
          Read more...

        • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

          In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

          One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
          Read more...

        • Black and Gold volunteers

        • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

          As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

          “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

          “We established a staff o...
          Read more...

        • Art with Attitude!

        • The house Gillan built

        • Black and Gold volunteers


      • A Spouse's Point of View

        • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

          The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

          This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

          An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

          I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

          An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

          “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

          Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

          The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

          And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

          However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

          The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

          Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

          I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

          Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

          I have always been a min...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

          Searching for more than a job

          With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

          I expected th...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

          I Love the Way You Move

          Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

          I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

          Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

          Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

          Truth, Justice and the American
          Way

          As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

          Now, more than 25 years l...
          Read more...

        • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

          (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

          I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

          At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

          But instead of sulking...
          Read more...

      • Features

        Archive

        • Articles

          • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

            The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
            The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

            “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

            “Chocola...
            Read more...

          • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

            Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

            “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
            Read more...

          • Black and Gold volunteers

          • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

            The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

            The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

            The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
            Read more...

          • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

            In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

            One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
            Read more...

          • Black and Gold volunteers

          • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

            As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

            “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

            “We established a staff o...
            Read more...

          • Art with Attitude!

          • The house Gillan built

          • Black and Gold volunteers


        • A Spouse's Point of View

          • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

            The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

            This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

            An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

            I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

            An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

            “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

            Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

            The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

            And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

            However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

            The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

            Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

            I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

            Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

            I have always been a min...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

            Searching for more than a job

            With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

            I expected th...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

            I Love the Way You Move

            Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

            I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

            Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

            Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

            Truth, Justice and the American
            Way

            As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

            Now, more than 25 years l...
            Read more...

          • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

            (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

            I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

            At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

            But instead of sulking...
            Read more...

        • Features

          Archive

          • Articles

            • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

              The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
              The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

              “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

              “Chocola...
              Read more...

            • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

              Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

              “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
              Read more...

            • Black and Gold volunteers

            • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

              The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

              The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

              The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
              Read more...

            • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

              In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

              One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
              Read more...

            • Black and Gold volunteers

            • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

              As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

              “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

              “We established a staff o...
              Read more...

            • Art with Attitude!

            • The house Gillan built

            • Black and Gold volunteers


          • A Spouse's Point of View

            • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

              The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

              This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

              An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

              I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

              An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

              “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

              Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

              The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

              And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

              However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

              The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

              Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

              I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

              Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

              I have always been a min...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

              Searching for more than a job

              With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

              I expected th...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

              I Love the Way You Move

              Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

              I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

              Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

              Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

              Truth, Justice and the American
              Way

              As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

              Now, more than 25 years l...
              Read more...

            • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

              (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

              I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

              At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

              But instead of sulking...
              Read more...

          • Features

            [*description*]

            • Articles

              • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

                The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
                The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

                “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

                “Chocola...
                Read more...

              • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

                Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

                “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
                Read more...

              • Black and Gold volunteers

              • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

                The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

                The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

                The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
                Read more...

              • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

                In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

                One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
                Read more...

              • Black and Gold volunteers

              • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

                As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

                “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

                “We established a staff o...
                Read more...

              • Art with Attitude!

              • The house Gillan built

              • Black and Gold volunteers


            • A Spouse's Point of View

              • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

                The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

                This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

                An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

                I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

                An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

                “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

                Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

                The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

                And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

                However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

                The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

                Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

                I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

                Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

                I have always been a min...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

                Searching for more than a job

                With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

                I expected th...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

                I Love the Way You Move

                Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

                I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

                Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

                Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

                Truth, Justice and the American
                Way

                As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

                Now, more than 25 years l...
                Read more...

              • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

                (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

                I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

                At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

                But instead of sulking...
                Read more...

            • Features

              [*description*]

              • Articles

                • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

                  The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
                  The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

                  “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

                  “Chocola...
                  Read more...

                • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

                  Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

                  “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
                  Read more...

                • Black and Gold volunteers

                • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

                  The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

                  The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

                  The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
                  Read more...

                • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

                  In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

                  One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
                  Read more...

                • Black and Gold volunteers

                • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

                  As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

                  “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

                  “We established a staff o...
                  Read more...

                • Art with Attitude!

                • The house Gillan built

                • Black and Gold volunteers


              • A Spouse's Point of View

                • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

                  The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

                  This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

                  An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

                  I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

                  An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

                  “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

                  Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

                  The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

                  And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

                  However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

                  The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

                  Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

                  I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

                  Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

                  I have always been a min...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

                  Searching for more than a job

                  With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

                  I expected th...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

                  I Love the Way You Move

                  Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

                  I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

                  Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

                  Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

                  Truth, Justice and the American
                  Way

                  As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

                  Now, more than 25 years l...
                  Read more...

                • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

                  (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

                  I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

                  At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

                  But instead of sulking...
                  Read more...

              • Features

                [*description*]

                • Articles

                  • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

                    The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
                    The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

                    “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

                    “Chocola...
                    Read more...

                  • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

                    Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

                    “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
                    Read more...

                  • Black and Gold volunteers

                  • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

                    The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

                    The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

                    The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
                    Read more...

                  • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

                    In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

                    One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
                    Read more...

                  • Black and Gold volunteers

                  • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

                    As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

                    “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

                    “We established a staff o...
                    Read more...

                  • Art with Attitude!

                  • The house Gillan built

                  • Black and Gold volunteers


                • A Spouse's Point of View

                  • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

                    The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

                    This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

                    An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

                    I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

                    An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

                    “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

                    Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

                    The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

                    And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

                    However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

                    The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

                    Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

                    I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

                    Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

                    I have always been a min...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

                    Searching for more than a job

                    With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

                    I expected th...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

                    I Love the Way You Move

                    Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

                    I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

                    Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

                    Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

                    Truth, Justice and the American
                    Way

                    As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

                    Now, more than 25 years l...
                    Read more...

                  • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

                    (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

                    I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

                    At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

                    But instead of sulking...
                    Read more...

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                    • Craft Shop concludes ‘Fun with Chocolate’

                      The West Point Craft Shop has an open door policy for those who want to learn crafts while on their lunch breaks.
                      The Jan. 29 lunch class was the last of a series of chocolate-themed classes—at least for now.

                      “I show how easy it is to manipulate chocolate,” Lori Frisbie, art specialist at the craft shop, said. Frisbie demonstrated how to make a body scrub, lip balm, centerpieces and decorative art—all out of chocolate.

                      “Chocola...
                      Read more...

                    • Army Community Service introduces Out and About

                      Army Community Service, through its Relocation Readiness Program, introduced the Out and About series Jan. 21, which focuses on introducing interesting Family and child-friendly areas of the Hudson Valley to new community members of West Point.

                      “The Out and About Series is a 12-part series focusing on orientating the Total Army Family including Family members, military members and civilians of West Point to the Hudson Valley and surrounding area,” William Luna, program manager for the...
                      Read more...

                    • Black and Gold volunteers

                    • FMWR Fitness Center kicks off Fittest Loser Competition

                      The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fitness Center kicked off the 2nd annual Fittest Loser Competition during the Health and Wellness Fair Jan. 23.

                      The competition is based on several categories within each age group—percentage of pounds lost/total body weight; percentage of body fat percent lost/total body fat percent and the most points based on minutes of exercise performed overall.

                      The competition runs through March 20 and the deadline to register and weigh in...
                      Read more...

                    • Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation accepting scholarship applications

                      In 2009, Balfour Beatty Communities, responsible for the privatized Family housing at West Point, formed the Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to honoring military personnel––active, disabled and fallen––and their Families.

                      One of the primary goals of the Foundation is to promote the pursuit of education and a commitment to community leadership through educational scholarships to the children of active duty military members who reside in Fami...
                      Read more...

                    • Black and Gold volunteers

                    • AFAP at work—tennis lessons now available

                      As a direct result of an issue brought up at the 2008 Army Family Action Plan meeting, adult tennis lessons are now available at the Lichtenberg Center for Department of Defense civilians, Family members, and active duty military.

                      “The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department took the lead to partner with the Directorate of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Lichtenberg Tennis Center,” said Thane Kelley, FMWR recreation division chief.

                      “We established a staff o...
                      Read more...

                    • Art with Attitude!

                    • The house Gillan built

                    • Black and Gold volunteers


                  • A Spouse's Point of View

                    • Viva! Las Vegas: Bigger and Brighter in 2010

                      The Rat Pack-era Las Vegas glamour will be one of several exciting changes to this year’s Viva! Las Vegas event at the Thayer Hotel on West Point. The annual event, sponsored by the West Point Women’s Club, will host gaming and good times from 6-11 p.m. Feb. 26 to raise money for community grants and scholarships.

                      This year’s Viva! Las Vegas night will be bigger and brighter than ever, according to Belinda Bault, WPWC President. The changes the club has made should allow more people...
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                    • A Spouse's Point of View 01-07-2010

                      An old friend from five years and three addresses ago just reconnected with me on Facebook. Regrettably, all of the moving had caused us to lose touch. And, when I tried to find her, Google brought up half a million hits for people with the same name.

                      I met Kim at Fort Drum during my husband’s first deployment. She got me through the ice storms of upstate New York, told me I would be okay when volunteer melodrama erupted and shared a laugh when it seemed no one else got the joke. Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 12-03-2009

                      An acquaintance of mine was walking a few streets down from her military housing when she yelled out for her child. As she did, a woman came running out of a nearby house.

                      “Oh my gosh!” the woman said, “I can’t believe it’s you. I’ve been hearing your voice over my baby monitor for the past few months and I was trying figure out who you were ...”

                      Baby monitor tales are part of the folklore of military living––almost everyone has heard one of these stories. They are a comm...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 11-05-2009

                      The City of Newburgh is an area that I drive through to get to somewhere else. My entire focus when I hit the Dairy Cone on 9W is to make it to the Sunoco near the bridge without getting stuck behind a truck or hitting too many potholes.

                      And, until a few weeks ago, I never stopped in the city.

                      However, Newburgh is the destination for one group of women from West Point and they continue to go back month after month.

                      The women who stop in Newburgh come as represe...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 10-1-2009

                      Tie a Pink Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

                      I have always been fascinated by the things people chose to put on their cars. Because of this, I tend to inch closer to bumpers that are covered with stickers. I don’t want to miss the punch line before the light changes.

                      Sometimes, I feel as if I can learn everybody’s life story from the magnetic ribbons, school spirit banners and pithy stickers they have selected to put on their vehicles.

                      I have always been a min...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 09-03-2009

                      Searching for more than a job

                      With four kids in tow, ours was not a typical beginning to military life. My Army wife life started three years ago with my husband in graduate school and continued with  our move last year to West Point. After we arrived, summer faded, the cool breezes of fall began and the winter I heard so much about was  around the corner. But along with the change in weather, I decided to  make some changes by going back to work.

                      I expected th...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 8-6-2009

                      I Love the Way You Move

                      Along my morning running route, I’ve noticed the signs of Families moving onto West Point. The stacks of cardboard boxes on the corner are a dead giveaway of who is staying up late at night armed with only an Allen wrench and a mug of coffee.

                      I try not to get distracted when I spot the “treasures” abandoned by the Families who have decided that the television, couch or rug that fit in the last place is just not nice enough to try to squeeze in...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse’s Point of View 06-03-2009

                      Do you want to write the July and August “A Spouse’s Point of View” column? Read on to find out the details...

                      Last July, I met with the editor of the Pointer View and asked her if I could do a column about living as a spouse on West Point. I had been writing creative nonfiction pieces for anthologies and gift books–– mostly feel good stuff about being a mom, the impact of cancer on Families and stories about my life as a military spouse. But I looked forward to writing a column. Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 05-06-2009

                      Truth, Justice and the American
                      Way

                      As a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I would spin in front of my bedroom mirror over and over again expecting that (eventually) I would turn into my favorite superhero just as Lynda Carter did in the television show. But instead of my Strawberry Shortcake nightgown turning into Wonder Woman’s dazzling red, white and blue costume, I just ended up with a bad headache from spinning around too much.

                      Now, more than 25 years l...
                      Read more...

                    • A Spouse's Point of View 04-02-2009

                      (Editor’s Note: April is a chance to recognize the important role of children in military Families by celebrating the Month of the Military Child.)

                      I didn’t see how it happened, but I saw the fallout. The sound of the gasps made me look up from the kiss and drop lane to witness the disaster.

                      At the bottom of the final hill to school stood a group of children gathered around an unthinkable sight––birthday cupcakes that had crashed to ground.

                      But instead of sulking...
                      Read more...

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                    • DPW Notes

                      • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

                        North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

                        The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
                        Read more...

                    • What's Happening

                      • What's Happening February 21, 2010

                        Tax center

                        The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

                        documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

                        Read more...


                    • Keller Corner

                      • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

                        Tobacco Cessation Program
                        Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

                        Blood Drive kickoff campaign
                        There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
                        Read more...

                    • FMWR Blurbs

                      • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

                        Round Pond reservations
                        Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

                        Spring Story Hour
                        The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
                        Read more...

                    • Now Showing

                      • Now Showing February 21, 2010

                        Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
                        Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                        Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
                        Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                        Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
                        7:30 p.m.
                        Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
                        THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
                         WWW.AAFES.COM.

                    • BBC Lifeworks Event

                      • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

                        National Chili Day
                        Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
                        Read more...

                  • DPW Notes

                    • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

                      North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

                      The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
                      Read more...

                  • What's Happening

                    • What's Happening February 21, 2010

                      Tax center

                      The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

                      documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

                      Read more...


                  • Keller Corner

                    • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

                      Tobacco Cessation Program
                      Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

                      Blood Drive kickoff campaign
                      There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
                      Read more...

                  • FMWR Blurbs

                    • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

                      Round Pond reservations
                      Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

                      Spring Story Hour
                      The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
                      Read more...

                  • Now Showing

                    • Now Showing February 21, 2010

                      Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
                      Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                      Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
                      Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                      Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
                      7:30 p.m.
                      Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
                      THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
                       WWW.AAFES.COM.

                  • BBC Lifeworks Event

                    • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

                      National Chili Day
                      Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
                      Read more...

                • DPW Notes

                  • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

                    North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

                    The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
                    Read more...

                • What's Happening

                  • What's Happening February 21, 2010

                    Tax center

                    The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

                    documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

                    Read more...


                • Keller Corner

                  • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

                    Tobacco Cessation Program
                    Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

                    Blood Drive kickoff campaign
                    There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
                    Read more...

                • FMWR Blurbs

                  • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

                    Round Pond reservations
                    Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

                    Spring Story Hour
                    The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
                    Read more...

                • Now Showing

                  • Now Showing February 21, 2010

                    Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
                    Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                    Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
                    Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                    Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
                    7:30 p.m.
                    Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
                    THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
                     WWW.AAFES.COM.

                • BBC Lifeworks Event

                  • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

                    National Chili Day
                    Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
                    Read more...

              • DPW Notes

                • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

                  North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

                  The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
                  Read more...

              • What's Happening

                • What's Happening February 21, 2010

                  Tax center

                  The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

                  documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

                  Read more...


              • Keller Corner

                • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

                  Tobacco Cessation Program
                  Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

                  Blood Drive kickoff campaign
                  There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
                  Read more...

              • FMWR Blurbs

                • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

                  Round Pond reservations
                  Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

                  Spring Story Hour
                  The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
                  Read more...

              • Now Showing

                • Now Showing February 21, 2010

                  Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
                  Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                  Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
                  Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                  Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
                  7:30 p.m.
                  Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
                  THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
                   WWW.AAFES.COM.

              • BBC Lifeworks Event

                • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

                  National Chili Day
                  Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
                  Read more...

            • DPW Notes

              • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

                North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

                The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
                Read more...

            • What's Happening

              • What's Happening February 21, 2010

                Tax center

                The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

                documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

                Read more...


            • Keller Corner

              • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

                Tobacco Cessation Program
                Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

                Blood Drive kickoff campaign
                There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
                Read more...

            • FMWR Blurbs

              • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

                Round Pond reservations
                Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

                Spring Story Hour
                The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
                Read more...

            • Now Showing

              • Now Showing February 21, 2010

                Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
                Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
                Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
                Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
                7:30 p.m.
                Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
                THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
                 WWW.AAFES.COM.

            • BBC Lifeworks Event

              • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

                National Chili Day
                Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
                Read more...

          • DPW Notes

            • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

              North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

              The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
              Read more...

          • What's Happening

            • What's Happening February 21, 2010

              Tax center

              The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

              documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

              Read more...


          • Keller Corner

            • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

              Tobacco Cessation Program
              Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

              Blood Drive kickoff campaign
              There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
              Read more...

          • FMWR Blurbs

            • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

              Round Pond reservations
              Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

              Spring Story Hour
              The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
              Read more...

          • Now Showing

            • Now Showing February 21, 2010

              Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
              Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
              Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
              Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
              Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
              7:30 p.m.
              Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
              THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
               WWW.AAFES.COM.

          • BBC Lifeworks Event

            • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

              National Chili Day
              Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
              Read more...

        • DPW Notes

          • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

            North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

            The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
            Read more...

        • What's Happening

          • What's Happening February 21, 2010

            Tax center

            The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

            documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

            Read more...


        • Keller Corner

          • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

            Tobacco Cessation Program
            Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

            Blood Drive kickoff campaign
            There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
            Read more...

        • FMWR Blurbs

          • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

            Round Pond reservations
            Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

            Spring Story Hour
            The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
            Read more...

        • Now Showing

          • Now Showing February 21, 2010

            Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
            Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
            Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
            Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
            Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
            7:30 p.m.
            Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
            THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
             WWW.AAFES.COM.

        • BBC Lifeworks Event

          • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

            National Chili Day
            Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
            Read more...

      • DPW Notes

        • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

          North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

          The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
          Read more...

      • What's Happening

        • What's Happening February 21, 2010

          Tax center

          The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

          documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

          Read more...


      • Keller Corner

        • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

          Tobacco Cessation Program
          Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

          Blood Drive kickoff campaign
          There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
          Read more...

      • FMWR Blurbs

        • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

          Round Pond reservations
          Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

          Spring Story Hour
          The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
          Read more...

      • Now Showing

        • Now Showing February 21, 2010

          Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
          Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
          Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
          Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
          Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
          7:30 p.m.
          Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
          THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
           WWW.AAFES.COM.

      • BBC Lifeworks Event

        • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

          National Chili Day
          Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
          Read more...

    • DPW Notes

      • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

        North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

        The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
        Read more...

    • What's Happening

      • What's Happening February 21, 2010

        Tax center

        The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

        documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

        Read more...


    • Keller Corner

      • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

        Tobacco Cessation Program
        Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

        Blood Drive kickoff campaign
        There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
        Read more...

    • FMWR Blurbs

      • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

        Round Pond reservations
        Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

        Spring Story Hour
        The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
        Read more...

    • Now Showing

      • Now Showing February 21, 2010

        Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
        Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
        Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
        Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
        Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
        7:30 p.m.
        Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
        THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
         WWW.AAFES.COM.

    • BBC Lifeworks Event

      • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

        National Chili Day
        Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
        Read more...

  • DPW Notes

    • DPW Notes November 19, 2009

      North post—six-hour power outage There will be a six-hour electrical shutdown from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday affecting the north side of post from the Cemetery north.

      The following quarters will be affected–– Lee Area, Gray Ghost, Worth Place Housing, New and Old Brick and Sugar Bowl Housing areas plus Qtrs. 124, 125, 128, 130, 132, 138, 330, 332, 334, 336, 340, 344, 348, 352, 356, 358, 360, 362, 372, 421, 422, 501, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1015 and 1050. The following p...
      Read more...

  • What's Happening

    • What's Happening February 21, 2010

      Tax center

      The tax center, located in Bldg. 626, is now open from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Filers should start getting

      documents together (W-2’s, mortgage interest statements, childcare expenses, etc.). Call 938-4145 if you have any

      Read more...


  • Keller Corner

    • Keller Corner February 21, 2010

      Tobacco Cessation Program
      Do you want to stop using tobacco? If you need help or information, contact Trish Titus, Keller Family Practice Clinic RN, at 938-3244.

      Blood Drive kickoff campaign
      There will be a kickoff campaign meeting from 10-11:30 a.m. March 1 in the Army Education Center, Bldg. 683, Training Room #10, in preparation for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive March 29-April 1. We request that appointed key personnel from eac...
      Read more...

  • FMWR Blurbs

    • FMWR Blurbs February 21, 2010

      Round Pond reservations
      Reservations for the 2010 camping season are going on now for active duty military and cadets. Reservations may be made by phone at 938-8811 or in person at the West Point Ski Slope from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.

      Spring Story Hour
      The West Point Post Library will conduct its spring session of story hour at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday through April 27. This program is open to all West Point community children ...
      Read more...

  • Now Showing

    • Now Showing February 21, 2010

      Friday—It’s Complicated, R, 7:30 p.m.
      Saturday—Did You Hear About the Morgans, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
      Saturday—Precious, R, 9:30 p.m.
      Feb. 26—Sherlock Holmes, PG-13, 7:30 p.m.
      Feb. 27—Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, PG,
      7:30 p.m.
      Feb. 27—Leap Year, PG, 9:30 p.m.
      THE THEATER SCHEDULE ALSO CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.AAFES.COM.
       WWW.AAFES.COM.

  • BBC Lifeworks Event

    • BBC LifeWorks Events February 21, 2010

      National Chili Day
      Do you make the best chili in town? Is it too spicy or tangy? Or, maybe you have a super secret ingredient that will knock the socks off everyone? So step up to the plate and you could be the winner of the inaugural Chili Cookoff Contest. The cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Post Chapel. Stop by 132 Bartlett Loop to complete a contest participation form by Friday. For more infortmation, call Jodi Gellman at 446-6407 or e-mail jgellman@bb...
      Read more...

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