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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army.The Academy is a member of the Division I Patriot League in most sports, [1] but its men's ice hockey program competes in the Atlantic Hockey league and its football program competes independent of a league.
Brigadier general; military engineer; wrote Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. in 1891 and developed the Cullum number system [56] 17 1866 1871 Thomas Gamble Pitcher: 1845 Brigadier general; veteran of Battle of Harper's Ferry, Mexican–American War, and the Civil War [57] 18 1871
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. This list is drawn from alumni of the Military Academy who are veterans of World War I .
The United States Military Academy (USMA, West Point, or Army [7]) is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.It was originally established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
Herbert I. Stern (born December 24, 1918) is an American World War II battalion commander during World War II who is the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His journey to West Point began in the summer of 1937, when he secured an appointment to the academy as a member of the Class of 1941. Stern's ambition to ...
Since 1958, the West Point Association of Graduates has presented the SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD to an outstanding citizen of the United States whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify personal devotion to the ideals expressed in the West Point motto: DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY.
Perkins graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1980 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Armor. [5] In 1988, he received a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. [6] He completed both Ranger and Airborne Schools.
Griest graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2011 and commissioned into the Military Police branch of the U.S. Army. [7] [6] She served as a Platoon Leader in the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from 2011 to 2014, including a deployment to Afghanistan [6] in 2013.