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My son is a Platoon Leader in 2/325th Inf Bn . One thing not mentioned in the blog is that they were all within a month of returning home after a grueling deployment. Two of the KIA had 10 days left in country... No Slack! http://www.unknownsoldiersblog.com/2011/04/right-now.html "We...

Reposted here with permission: Congrats to candidates offered appointments! Encourage your parents to check out our West Point Parents Facebook page - www.facebook.com/westpointparents, a public page dedicated to enhancing communications between WP and parents of cadets. Also contact your...

I find myself with 4 tickets to the Notre Dame/Army game at Yankee Stadium on Nov 20th. Price is $125 (face value) Sec 225 Main Level, Row 5, Seats 13-16. PM me if interested.

I was a proud Mom on Friday as I watched my second one recieve his ring while his proud brother looked on 36 hours after putting his boots on the ground on R&R! (Darn -- no picture -- not sure what I did wrong...)

In Afghanistan yesterday 1LT Christopher Goeke, USMA 2008, became the third of my son's classmates to make the ultimate sacrifice. Please reread ScoutPilots posts about his friend Paul, and seriously consider what being a part of the West Point community really means. As a parent I would also...

This email was sent yesterday to parents of the Class of 2014 by Deb Dalton. If you are not already on her distribution list, you can contact Deb at the email address in her signature block and she will put you on it. The Parents Facebook page she runs is also invaluable. Remember that Deb is...

Parents, This is for everyone, but particularly the parents of the new cadet candidates for 2014. You have an amazing resource available to you. Her name is Deb Dalton and she is the West Point Parent Liaison. Deb works in the Directorate of Communication and it is her job to keep parents...

Parents, You have an amazing resource available to you. Her name is Deb Dalton and she is the West Point Parent Liaison. Deb works in the Directorate of Communication and it is her job to keep parents informed. There are many sources of information out there, and while all are well...

This message was sent out today by Deb Dalton, The Parent Communications Liaison at West Point. She asked that I post this here: The West Point Admissions Office now has a Facebook page. It went live late last night. It is a "fan" page maintained by the Marketing Officer from the Admissions...

Article in the West Point local paper about social networking -- interesting to read Adm Mullins comments at the end... http://tinyurl.com/knxkq4 Army encourages West Point generals to socialize online By Alexa James Times Herald-Record Posted: August 08, 2009 - 2:00 AM WEST POINT —...

The following is an email making the rounds in Georgia -- the funeral procession of a member of the Georgia National Guard KIA in Afghanistan. The distance between the airport and funeral home is about 30 miles... the video link is at the bottom of the message: For those of you who receive...

Deb Dalton (West Point Parents Club Coordinator) today opened the West Point Parents Page on Facebook. The information on this page is official -- she works through the USMA Public Affairs Office. This is a new and invaluable resource for accurate, up-to-date information. There is also a lot...

http://www.westpointaog.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=734 On this Memorial Day weekend, please spend a moment with these members of the Long Gray Line who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Read their eulogy pages, and take this time to think about the company you are joining and what it...

In Defense of West Point: A Cadet Responds to Thomas Ricks By Tianyi Xin; The New Ledger, 21 April 2009 My fellow cadets at West Point, in moments of overwhelming stress and cynicism, often compare our “rockbound highland home” to prison. Like inmates, cadets are regularly deprived...

Emmett Tyrrell : Good Sports, Great Sports - Townhall.com Good Sports, Great Sports Emmett Tyrrell Thursday, December 18, 2008 WASHINGTON -- It is now that time of year when I tune in to the exploits of the National Football League, not the criminal exploits or the soap opera exploits...

The West Point Parents Club of Georgia will be hosting the 2008 Georgia All Service Academy Ball on December 29,2008, at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta. We are honored to have as our speaker Joseph Galloway, journalist and author of "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" and "We are Soldiers...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTbJxRiAxtbE5ePI0RrhYncmtbWAD94HKN180 Unless you've been to a game the president attended before you can't understand the importance of getting there early this year. The last time he went was my '08 son's plebe year, so most folks on here...

Does anyone have ideas for something that would be particularly useful to a candidate in the class of 2012? We have a close friend whose daughter has been given an appointment. I can think of several things particularly useful for someone getting ready to being USMA, having been through that...