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 […]
West Point Cadet Faces 13 Sexual Assault and Harassment Charges
A U.S. Military Academy West Point cadet is facing 13 charges related to sexual harassment and assault against four women, according to court documents reviewed by Military.com. The court documents detail a long string of events between December 2020 and October 2022 in which Cadet Jorge Hurtado allegedly groped cadets’ breasts, genitals and other body […]
Fired West Point Garrison Commander Found Not Guilty on Drunk Driving Charges
The former commander of the U.S. Army Garrison West Point, Col. Anthony Bianchi, was found not guilty on charges related to excessive drinking and driving under the influence — allegations that led to him being fired from his role last summer. Bianchi was found not guilty on Friday in a Southern District of New York […]
High TCE Concentrations Still Found on West Side of Fort Detrick's Area B, Samples Show
Groundwater samples from March at Fort Detrick’s Area B showed high concentrations of a cancer-causing chemical along the area’s western edge, but the levels of detection at some of those wells has been slowly decreasing over the last decade. During a meeting on Aug. 7 for Area B’s Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), which is tasked […]
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 […]
Duty, Honor, Outrage: Change to West Point's Mission Statement Sparks Controversy
WEST POINT, N.Y. — “Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point since 1898. That motto isn’t changing, but a decision to take those words out of the school’s lesser-known mission statement is still generating outrage. Officials at the 222-year-old military academy 60 miles (96 kilometers) north of […]
Supreme Court Allows West Point to Continue Using Race as a Factor in Admissions, for Now
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing West Point to continue taking race into account in admissions, while a lawsuit over its policies continues. The justices on Friday rejected an emergency appeal seeking to force a change in the admissions process at West Point. The order, issued without any noted dissents, comes as the military […]
Another High-Profile Firing at West Point, This Time Due to Criminal Sexual Conduct Allegations
A senior civilian staffer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been fired after being arrested on a felony charge of criminal sexual conduct, according to court documents. William Gentry, who was West Point’s deputy brigade tactical officer, was arraigned Nov. 20 in Michigan on a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge, which carries […]
Army Quietly Relieved Top Officer of West Point Garrison Following a Suspension in July
The former commander of the U.S. Army Garrison at the West Point service academy, Col. Anthony Bianchi, was fired from his post, the service confirmed to Military.com on Thursday. Bianchi was suspended from his West Point post in July and then removed on Aug. 30, but his firing had not been previously reported. He was […]
West Point Sued over Using Race as an Admissions Factor in the Wake of Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions. Students for Fair Admissions claims the U.S. Military Academy sets benchmarks for how many […]
