REUNION UPDATE

Class of ’68 and ’78

No Task too Great Proud and Great

MISSION

To educate, train, and inspire

the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate

is a commissioned leader of character

committed to the values of

Duty, Honor, Country

and prepared for a career of professional

excellence and service to the Nation as

an officer in the United States Army.

VISION

Within an Army in transition,

West Point is a preeminent leader

development and academic institution

whose graduates thrive in tomorrow’s

complex security environments,

and are inspired to a lifetime of service to

our Army and the Nation.

“Inspired to serve.”

FOCUS AREAS

• Build command climate that addresses and ultimately

eliminates SH/SA

• Internalize the professional military ethic, living

honorably, and the inspiration to National Service

• Build the USMA Team

• Ensure we are developing and using the right leader

development models for the complexity of today and

tomorrow's security environment

• Build the Army Cyber Center into a premier research

and intellectual center

• Outreach and partnership in New York City

• Beat Navy!

ADMISSIONS

15,407 Applicants

4,166 Nominated

2,352 Qualified

1,202 Admitted

1287 average SAT Score

91 Valedictorians

232 Class Presidents

777 Team Captains

1,044 Varsity Letters

16% Women

12% Hispanics

9% African Americans

7% Asian Pacific

17 International Cadets

31 Combat Vets

6

NEW CADET BARRACKS

USMA PREP SCHOOL

DONOR INITIATIVES

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

TYPICAL CADET DAY

Breakfast

Formation

Class or

Study Time

Lunch

Formation

Intramural, Club

or Intercollegiate Athletics

Evening Study

Period

Class or

Study Time Dinner Taps

Lights

Out

0600 1155 1615 2400 1830 0705 1250 1930 2330

VISION: West Point educates and inspires adaptive

leaders of character to build the Army and

the Nation’s future.

Core Curriculum –

Breadth of Disciplines

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

“The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars

and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and

its fighting done by fools.” -Thucydides

Majors – Depth to excite

intellectual curiosity

Majors in Engineering

Math and Science Humanities and Social Sciences

(Each with 8 to 12 Electives)

Army Officer - Bachelor of Science Degree

4 Military Science 7 Physical Education

3 English

4 History

2 Leadership

1 Philosophy/Ethics

2-3 Foreign Language*

3 Social Sciences

1 Law

4 Math

2 Chemistry

1 Physical Geography

2 Information Technology

2 Physics

3 Engineering Science/Design

Core

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

37 total to include…

– Arabic, Chinese, and Russian

– Art, Philosophy, and Literature

– Civil and Mechanical Engineering

– Defense and Strategic Studies

– Economics

– Electrical Engineering

– Environmental Engineering

– History

– International Relations

– Kinesiology

– Life Sciences (pre-med)

– Management

– Operations Research (Math)

– Physics

– Psychology

– Systems Engineering

ACADEMIC MAJORS

FACULTY

• 52% Active Army officers on 3-4 year assignment

• 19% Active Army officers permanently assigned to USMA

• 29% civilian professors

CADET SUMMER TRAINING

MILITARY DEVELOPMENT

Cadets must pass the Army Physical Fitness Test twice a year;

Cadets must pass the Indoor Obstacle Course Test before graduation.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

1st year – Plebe

• Boxing; Combatives

• Military Movement

2nd year – Yearling

• Fitness Leadership I

• Lifetime Sport

3rd year – Cow

• Survival Swimming

• Lifetime Sport (Elective)

• Combat Applications

4th year – Firstie

• Lifetime Sport (Elective)

• Fitness Leadership II

Every Cadet an Athlete:

Club Sports – 21

• 2013:

• 8 National Champions

• 7 Conference

Champions

• 80% Win vs. Navy

Company Athletics

• 6 Fall

• 5 Spring

• Company Sandhurst Team

Mission: To provide an extraordinary Division 1 athletic experience that develops

leaders of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country.

The Directorate of Intercollegiate

Athletics

9/23/2013

• 25 Teams

(16 men, 9 women)

• 22 Conference

Athletes of the Year

• Four NCAA Team Qualifiers

• 14 NCAA Individual Qualifiers

• First Captain two

consecutive years

• Best Winning % since 2004-'05

(.565)

• Five League Champions

• Four Conference

Coaches of the Year

• 16-16-1 vs. Navy 4-2-1 vs. Air Force

CDT Lindsey Danilack (Track)

First Captain

• 16 All-Americans

• 67 All-Conference

• Seven Academic All-Americans

• Three Scholar-Athletes of the Year

• 20 Academic All-Conference

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