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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?” ...

Many graduates of West Point go on to leadership roles in the ... "My niece is up there right now and she'll be a senior next year, or 'firstie.' And so for me, now there's another personal ...

It Was Dismantled As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth ...

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 ...

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 updated its new mission statement, which now omits retired Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s famous “duty, honor, country” and caused a stir among people ...