Cadets and Alumni celebrate the “Firstie Social” hosted by the WPAOG – photos EL Bandido Yankee and WPAOG Austin Hunt with the West Point Association of Graduates joins Dane Neal ...

I think that should be recognized." The Flipper Award has been given to a West Point firstie (senior) annually since 1977 in honor of Henry O. Flipper, the academy's first African American graduate.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (May 4, 2011 ... of chemical engineering majors produced a pilsner which was available at the Firstie Club and at several events on post. Class of 2011 Cadet Tyrell Foster ...

Their West Point classmates Ulrich Brechbuhl and Brian ... during their senior, or “firstie,” year. Like Pompeo, Brechbuhl was also an exceptional cadet, earning the designation of one of ...

Every “firstie” or first class cadet takes it. My instructors, both lieutenant colonels, asked the class to write an essay about how West Point had changed us. I wrote about how my 47-month ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. Code words ... finely tuned gaydar,” said another lesbian cadet, who is a senior, or “firstie.” There are code words and test phrases: “Are you family?” ...

Read more opinion on CNN. Last week, Students for Fair Admissions, a conservative group, filed a lawsuit against the US Military Academy at West Point, contending that the academy’s use of ...

A nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream contained hidden treasure after all, the U.S ...

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has made the decision to remove the "Duty, Honor, Country" motto from its mission statement. Officials stressed that the phrase would remain West Point's ...

For more than a century, three words have stood as the iconic motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: "duty, honor, country." That hasn't changed. Here's what has: For a shorter time ...