West Point News

The U.S. Army is stretched thin - too slim to send its usual task force of battle-hardened troops to West Point to lead cadet summer training.

Hike name: Fourth of July 2009 at West Point. Location: Everybody should know where West Point is.

Don't believe it the next time someone tells you voluteerism is dead. A new program, Town of Newburgh Friends of Seniors, has just launched.

Lead runners cross Market Street Bridge during the 36th Harrisburg Marathon. Twenty-six miles, 385 yards.

COLD SPRING - Green-and-white tree swallows carve paths through the sky above the Hudson River where cast-iron shells once flew before exploding on the opposite bank.

"I got in trouble for saying three words. I am gay." And those words mean Lieutenant Dan Choi may soon be discharged from the New York Army National Guard.

WEST POINT, N.Y., June 30, 2009 - "Cadet Candidate! Walk up to the line! Walk up to the line! Walk up to the line!" Army Secretary Pete Geren and Army Lt.

An Army National Guard officer is facing a hearing in upstate New york after he publicly announced he was gay to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding homosexuals.

Ross Engel holds all 13 male swimming record at Harlingen High School South. He earned a black belt in martial arts.

COLD SPRING - Green-and-white tree swallows carve paths through the sky above the Hudson River where cast-iron shells once flew before exploding on the opposite bank.

Posted By david_nwpa 2 hours, 46 minutes ago in Politics > Last week, I had the honor of meeting a proud graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY - Lt.

After graduating from Colton High School in 2004, Kyle Morgan fulfilled a lifelong dream - he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

I was jerked awake in my sleeping bag by a sharp, pinching pain centered on my nose.

Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson, 17, of Houston High School, and Virginia Schaefer, 18, of The Hutchison School, will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Jose Escobedo Jr., 18, of Christian Brothers High School, and Matthew Raburn, 18, of Briarcrest Christian School, will attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.

Hike name: Little Stony Point State Park. Location: Putnam County, just north of Cold Spring.

New York lawmakers are continuing to make waves on Capitol Hill, fighting to reverse the results of a federal efficiency study that will eliminate more than 450 federal jobs at West Point.

You can play a small part in training the next generation of American soldiers. Be a cadet for a day.

John Paul Loscheider, the son of Ron and Kathy Loscheider of Little Falls, graduated May 23 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the United States Army.

Let's hope the Hudson River ends up in better shape than the guy whose name is attached to it.

Whether you viewed the 400th-anniversary flotilla from Yonkers' industrial waterfront, the Cold Spring Dock or the stunning heights of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, there was no mistaking that the river Henry Hudson navigated in 1609 is a river worth celebrating.