United States Military Academy News Archives

Payments industry veteran John M. Perry has joined Transaction Network Servicesa Payments division as General Manager of the Americas.

A 51-year-old woman who worked in the dean's office at the United States Military Academy at West Point admits defrauding the government out of nearly $3 million.

Congressman Bart Gordon is accepting applications from Rutherford County students for nomination to the United States service academies through Dec.

Cadets celebrate after their graduation ceremony at West Point. [Associated Press ] Nominations required Do you still need a congressional appointment to get into any of the military academies? Admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.; Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.; or Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., is gained by ...

Henry V's "happy few" were not outnumbered five to one by the French at the Battle of Agincourt, as traditionally believed, but were in a much more even fight, according to new research.

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A U.S. Military Academy decision to outsource public works jobs was flawed and should be canceled, the Government Accountability Office said.

Main American psychologist in full Timothy Francis Leary born Oct. 22, 1920, Springfield, Mass., U.S. died May 31, 1996, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Another Scout runs afoul of school district rules : As a 17-year-old Eagle Scout continues to wait out a one-month suspension from his upstate New York high school for having a 2-inch pocketknife locked in a survival kit in his car, the U.S. Military Academy says the missed school days could pose a big problem when it reviews his application.

LEXINGTON, Ky. To celebrate and honor the accomplishments of University of Kentucky College of Medicine alumni, awards were presented to notable graduates at the UK Medical Alumni Association 's Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on Friday, Oct.16, at Spindletop Hall in Lexington, Ky.

Matthew Whalen, right, says he was suspended from high school for four weeks because he kept a 2-inch pocketknife in his car.

Oct. 13 was an unusual day for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's re-election team. That's the day Democratic challenger Tommy Sowers, a former U.S. Army major now teaching at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., reported he had raised more than $200,000 for his campaign in a little more than a month.

Congressman John Shimkus has been named to an advisory board for the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Hilliard voters have five candidates to choose from to fill four open seats on city council in the Nov.

George Goodwin, the superintendent of Lansingburgh Central School District in Troy, N.Y., suspended an Eagle Scout for 20 days for keeping a 2-inch pocketknife locked in his car at school.

Two Hawaii-based brigadier Army generals have been nominated to get their second stars.

As a 17-year-old Eagle Scout continues to wait out a one-month suspension from his upstate New York high school for having a 2-inch pocketknife locked in a survival kit in his car, the U.S. Military Academy says the missed school days could pose a big problem when it reviews his application.

Addison Carr, left, a midshipman at the Annapolis Naval Academy with his father, Alvin Carr, a former Air Force Officer.

A piece in the New York Times names Senator Jack Reed one of three quiet powers in Washington - low-profile figures with outsize clout.

Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Richard C. Holbrooke and John McCain are all high-profile names and powerful political insiders.

CORNWALL, N.Y. a " Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, is returning to his upstate New York roots for events in his honor and his West Point reunion.The 56-year-old Army commander is scheduled to arrive in the Hudson Valley Thursday afternoon.

The first thing Dan Choi learned as a new cadet at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., was the honor code.

Kori Schake, a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, will discuss "Managing American Hegemony: American Power in a Time of Dominance" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.

Dallas businessman Ross Perot will receive the U.S. Military Academy's prestigious Thayer Award in a ceremony Oct.

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Army has named Zach Spiker its new men's basketball coach. Spiker takes over for Jim Crews, who was fired on September 24 after seven seasons and a record of 60-139 with the U.S. Military Academy.

If nominated by Moran, the applicants then must meet the individual admission requirements of each academy.

30, 2009 Center Valley , Pa. -- The third annual Patriot League Chief Academic Officers meeting was held at the U.S. Military Academy on Sept.

Working out of Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan, just south of the capital Kabul, a soldier from Tucson, with allies from the Jordanian military, seeks to break cultural barriers and win the hearts and minds of Afghan people to help build a nation resistant to the Taliban insurgency.

Bharat Krishnan, a junior in the School of Public Affairs, is not only a full-time college student but is also a political leader in the making.

As part of a course at the United States Military Academy at West Point , maker Roy D. Ragsdale developed a prototype Street View-like camera using a laptop, $300 in off-the-shelf components, and open source software.