Trump Hails West Point Cadets for Their Accomplishments and Takes Credit for US Military Might
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump used the first military commencement address of his second term Saturday to congratulate West Point cadets on their academic and physical accomplishments while veering sharply into politics, taking credit for America’s military might while boasting about the “mandate” he says he earned in the 2024 presidential election. […]
Rhodes Scholarship Recipients for 2025 Include 4 West Point Cadets
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Nearly 3,000 U.S. students began the application process for the scholarship covering all […]
Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets
To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college campuses are impressive. Often combat-proven veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are intended to represent the model soldier. They also have disproportionate control over cadets’ lives, leading a program that pays for […]
West Point Officer Arraigned on Charges of Drinking with Cadets, Violating No-Contact Orders for Women's Tennis Team
A top West Point officer is facing a series of charges related to sexual misconduct, providing and drinking alcohol with cadets, violating no-contact orders with an entire women’s sports team at the academy, and soliciting cadets and another officer to lie on his behalf amid an investigation into his conduct. Col. William Wright, the director […]
Ten-Hut Time Machine? West Point to Open Time Capsule Possibly Left by Cadets in the 1820s
A long-forgotten time capsule at West Point recently discovered inside the base of a monument and believed to have been left by cadets in the late 1820s is expected to be pried open Monday. The contents of the small lead box could possibly provide a window into the early, more Spartan days of the storied […]
VP Harris Praises Cadets’ Sacrifice in West Point’s 1st Commencement Speech by a Woman
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point, lauded graduating cadets Saturday for their noble sacrifice in serving their country, but noted they were entering an “unsettled world” because of Russian aggression and the rising threats from China. “The world has drastically changed,” Harris […]
Academy Cadets with Kids Could Still Be Kicked Out as Pentagon Lags on Rule Change
Military students remain in limbo as final Pentagon guidance for a new policy allowing cadets at America’s service academies who have a child to continue their education has been past due for months. The Pentagon was supposed to make the changes to service academy policies by the end of December, a year after the Candidates […]