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The Campus Guide: West Point US Military Academy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-294-1. Palka, Eugene; Malinowski, Jon (2008). Historic West Point Photographs. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-59652-416-3. West Point: Legend on the Hudson. Montgomery, NY: Poughkeepsie Journal/Walden Printing. 2003.
The United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) is a preparatory school for the United States Military Academy (USMA). Located in West Point, New York since 2011, its mission is "to provide academic, military and physical instruction in a moral-ethical military environment to prepare and motivate candidates for success at the United States Military Academy".
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
The United States Military Academy (USMA or West Point [7]) [better source needed] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. West Point was 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 .
Location: West Point, United States Notable alumni: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George Patton The image featured at the top of this post is ©Michael Ciaglo / Getty ...
West Point, New York: Coordinates: Owner: United States Military Academy: Operator: United States Military Academy: Capacity: 880: Field size: Left field: 327 feet (100 m) Left center field: 370 feet (110 m) Center field: 400 feet (120 m)
New cadets march during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on June 27, 2016. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images If you’re a member of the Society of Black ...
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks at the 2024 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony at the United States Military Academy at West Point, in Highland Falls, New York on Saturday, May 25, 2024.