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A New York 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.
Sen. Charles Schumer says the Army is backing off plans to privatize more than 300 public works jobs at West Point.
An Eagle Scout who kept a 2-inch pocketknife in his car has been suspended from his upstate New York high school for bringing the weapon onto school grounds. Now he is concerned about his chances of getting accepted to West Point.
A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.
Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife, Princess Maxima, met dignitaries up and down the Hudson River, lunched with military cadets and lauded their country's long friendship with the United States as they marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's historic voyage.
The U.S. Military Academy is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes magazine rankings.
Cadets had already fought off an overnight attack by insurgents firing blanks when the morning brought even more simulated problems.
West Point officials who ordered anti-war demonstrators out of an Army-Navy basketball game did not violate their First Amendment rights, a federal jury decided Wednesday.
A House subcommittee voted on Thursday to block Pentagon plans to potentially privatize thousands of civilian jobs at military installations, including West Point military academy.
Cadets graduating from West Point were praised by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday for having the courage and patriotism to join the military in "a dangerous new century."
Caroline Miller, a saber in her white-gloved hand, leads cadets of Company D with crisp commands. "Ready ... eyes right!" As hundreds of West Point cadets march across the sprawling green grass for review, she is in lockstep.
Fire Capt. John Feehan escaped death in the Sept. 11 attacks, worked for months on the smoldering pile and mourned the loss of his father and friends who died there — so he considered himself pretty knowledgeable about terrorism.
Attorney General Eric Holder praised military lawyers for representing terror detainees at the risk of their own careers and warned that government officials must rely on the rule of law even when they act in secrecy for reasons of national security.
As a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, Dan Choi faced an ethical dilemma.
Following four suicides at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, officials said Wednesday they are emphasizing to cadets that seeking help for mental health problems won't jeopardize their military careers.
Ret. Lt. Gen. Willard W. Scott Jr., who was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1981 to 1986, has died. He was 82.
Army filled its football coaching vacancy by heeding a core West Point value: History matters.
Before they hit the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, West Point cadets have gotten a taste of chaos, New York City style.
Caleb Campbell was a day away from practicing with the Detroit Lions and taking a step toward his dream of playing in the NFL. "He was issued a helmet, ready to go," coach Rod Marinelli said Wednesday.
Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style.
The class of 2008 graduated Saturday from the U.S. Military Academy, 972 men and women who were saluted by the top Army official for their willingness to serve during deadly conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it's time to replace the "men" and "sons" in West Point's two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch is a West Point graduate with a master's degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. In Iraq, he's also a fish farmer.
A West Point graduate who cited his religious beliefs in a lawsuit against the Army while serving in Iraq has been granted conscientious objector status and given an honorable discharge.
Cadet Karyn Powell falls in with the guys at midday formation. Same gray uniform. Same straight-ahead stare. Same dressing down from the platoon sergeant for the plebes' imperfectly kept rooms — except for the bit about long hairs in the sink.
WWII officer who said 'nuts' to Germans diesRetired Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard, a paratroop officer who suggested the famously defiant answer "Nuts!" to a German demand for surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, has died. He was 93.
New York Eagle Scout Suspended From School for 20 Days for Keeping Pocketknife in CarA 17-year-old Eagle Scout in upstate New York has been barred from stepping foot on school grounds for 20 days — for keeping a 2-inch pocketknife locked in a survival kit in his car.
West Point to honor Ross Perot with Thayer Award for 2009The Thayer Award was established in 1958 in honor of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, "Father of the Military Academy." It's bestowed annually to a citizen whose achievements exemplify West Point's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country."
An Officer's Experience in Our Christian MilitaryMikey Weinstein asked me to pass along this statement from an Army office and West Point graduate about the constant problems he has faced in the military from aggressive Christian superiors who have badgered him relentlessly about his own religious views.
Military academies see applications jumpApplications have surged at the nation's three top military academies. The jump comes as tough economic times coincide with stepped-up recruiting efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force schools.
West Point grads target ban on homosexualsKnights Out, the first association representing gay and lesbian alumni of West Point, already has at least 50 members who have publicly identified themselves on the group's Web site.
Knights Out: West Point Alums Form Gay Group, Despite the Risk of Discharge from the MilitaryThe military publication The Navy Times carried a story about the 38 West Point alums who formed the new group, called Knights Out, and who came out in support of the right of their brothers and sisters in arms to serve their country openly and proudly.
West Point grads form gay support groupThirty-eight graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., came out of the closet Monday with an offer to help their alma mater educate future Army leaders on the need to accept and honor the sacrifices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops.
Questions Raised Anew About Religion in MilitaryIn a memorandum distributed last month at the Air Force Academy in response to several recent complaints about religious bias, base leaders reminded faculty members that "the Air Force is 'officially neutral' when it comes to belief systems." The memorandum said cadets sh …
Military Investigates West Point SuicidesTwo West Point cadets have committed suicide since December and two others attempted suicide in the past two weeks, prompting the military academy's leaders to summon an Army surgeon general's suicide team to the campus today to investigate the causes.
WWII officer who said 'nuts' to Germans diesRetired Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard, a paratroop officer who suggested the famously defiant answer "Nuts!" to a German demand for surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, has died. He was 93.
Bush defends his national security policyPresident George W. Bush defended his policy of pre-emptive military action Tuesday and said the United States must stay on the offensive to ensure that the American people are protected from harm.
This week, President-elect Obama announced the appointment of retired Army General Eric Shinseki to be the incoming Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Bush defends his record of using military mightWEST POINT, N.Y. – President George W. Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive war and warned that the United States must remain willing to "to take the fight to our enemies across the world."
Bush greets, kisses two injured MarinesPresident Bush stopped on the White House South Lawn to pose for a photograph with two Marines who served in Iraq - and planted a kiss on the head of each.
My Memoir Just PublishedAfter being prodded for years to write about the war, and protesting that I can hardly remember what I had for breakfast let alone what happened in Vietnam, I've finally produced a memoir.
We are at an unbelievable point in our nation's history. We are fully engaged in two major theaters of war. The financial and mortgage markets are in dire straits.
The Forgotten War As U.S. military casualties mount in Afghanistan, a retired four-star Army general, who just returned from reviewing the six-plus-year war effort, said the country "is in misery" and describes the war as "a 25-year campaign."
Religion and Its Role Are in Dispute at the Service AcademiesThree years after a scandal at the Air Force Academy over the evangelizing of cadets by Christian staff and faculty members, students and staff at West Point and the Naval Academy are complaining that their schools, too, have pushed religion on cadets and midshipmen.
Religion & The Military - NYTimes.comReligion in the military has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, especially because the close confines of military life often put two larger societal trends — the rise of evangelicals and the rise of people of no organized faith — onto a collision course.
Gates revives old military axiom: WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates revived an old military axiom Monday as a cautionary guide for West Point cadets on the use of military force. "Never fight unless you have to. Never fight alone.
Is David Petraeus Dirty? Colonel Ted Westhusing Said So, and Then He Shot Himself in IraqWhat troubled Westhusing was not just the death and destruction all around him, the obvious looting of the country, and the human rights abuses, but the seeming lack of attention to the problem by his two of commanding officers, General Joseph Fil, and General David Petraeus.
Was a Colonel's Death in Iraq Something More Sinister Than Suicide?Was a Colonel's Death in Iraq Something More Sinister Than Suicide? New questions surround the highest ranking officer to die in Iraq. By Robert Bryce, Texas Observer March 1, 2008 Synopsis:
Galloway column: Asking too much of too fewMullen told the junior officers that his service dates back to the Vietnam War, and he remembers vividly how our military was broken at the end of that war, and how hard it was to repair the damage. He said he doesn't want to see the current wars break the force again.
The Army would conclude that he committed suicide with his service pistol. At the time, he was the highest-ranking officer to die in Iraq....One of the Army's leading scholars of military ethics, a full professor at West Point who volunteered to serve in Iraq to be able to better teach his students. He had a doctorate in philosophy; his dissertation was an extended meditation on the meaning of honor.
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