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Tunnel to Towers (From left to right in front) Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., Cadet First Captain Simone Askew and U.S. Military Academy Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Guden led the nearly 2,400 U.S. Military Academy cadets, staff, faculty and U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School personnel who volunteered their time to participate in the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk, Sunday in New York City. The run route is the same one that New York City Firefi ghter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing a radio dispatch that a plane had struck the twin towers. After hitting a road closure at the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, he gathered more than 60 pounds of fi refi ghting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other fi refi ghters, made the ultimate sacrifi ce on 9/11. See Page 3 for the Tunnel to Towers story. Photos by miChEllE EbErhart/PV (aboVE) and Class oF 2018 CadEt alEX wErdEn (riGht)

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2017-18 hunting season at USAG West Point is hereBy Cpl. Benjamin DunhamConservation Law Enforcement Officer

The 2017-18 hunting season is upon us at U.S. Army Garrison West Point, and this season we are introducing a new online hunt tracker called iSportsman.

The isportsman is a major upgrade from the previous hunt tracker with more features, ease of access and all of the West Point hunting/fishing information in one location.

As West Point implements the new system, we ask for your patience as we work out the bugs to resolve problems as quickly as possible.

Visit the new isportsman website at https://westpoint.isportsman.net/. In the event that you are unable to check out other hunting or fishing on isportsman due to lack of cell phone service or any other reason, we ask that you physically check in/check out at the Provost

Marshal Office located at building 616 on Swift Road.

We are also pleased to announce that we are close to the implementation of the new USMA 215-5 Outdoor Recreational Activities Regulation.

We’ve upgraded the regulation to include more safety rules, recreational activity policies and also to ensure that the regulation is more user-friendly.

Once finalized and published, we ask all recreationalists to familiarize themselves with the new version of the USMA Reg 215-5 and outdoor recreation map to prevent incurring fines and suspension of outdoor recreational privileges at West Point.

As an added awareness, trail cameras and tree stands are required to be clearly marked with the contact information of the owner.

If an unmarked or illegal trail camera/tree

stand is found, the stand will be confiscated by the West Point Conservation Law Enforcement Officers.

Parking and driving regulations for the training areas will also change with the new USMA 215-5.

Driving and parking on trails is strictly prohibited, and the PMO asks that recreationalists drive on marked range roads and park no more than 10 feet off the road on the side of the area they are entering. This measure was implemented for the safety of the hunters and protection of the unmarked cultural resources.

Once finalized, the new publication will be available on the West Point iSportsman website.

This year for rifle season, we are still conducting the hunt lottery at the ski lodge. Opening day, hunters will be required to check in/out at the new Hunt Control office located at Building 1670 on Mine Torne road.

With the exception of opening day, hunters will check in/out online using the isportsman website or manually at the Hunt Control Office during hours of operation (during rifle season only).

We strongly encourage hunters to check in their harvest at the Hunt Control Office. When you are in the training areas, you must have both isportsman passes while conducting recreational activities on West Point.

One pass should be kept on your person, and the other must be clearly displayed on your vehicle dashboard. If you enter any training area without a recreation pass or range pass, you may be fined or apprehended for trespassing.

For complete information on outdoor recreational activities on USAG West Point, you can download the most current USMA 215-5 on the West Point isportsman website. Best wishes for every hunter to have a safe season.

Taking a bite out of OktoberfestChildren ages 3 and 4 years old took part in a doughnut eating contest at the annual Oktoberfest Sept. 23 at the Victor Constant Ski Area. They had to keep their hands behind their backs and bite into the doughnut, but that was revised in some cases. Photo by Kathy Eastwood/PV

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More than half of West Point’s cadets participate in T2TIN FOCUS: TUNNEL TO TOWERS

Story and photo by Michelle EberhartAssistant Editor

Nearly 2,400 U.S. Military Academy cadets, staff, faculty and U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School personnel volunteered their time to participate in the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk, Sunday in New York City.

The event memorializes NYC firefighter Stephen Siller who was off duty when the planes hit the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. Instead of going golfing with his brothers, Siller returned to his squad to grab his gear. He drove his truck to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, but it was already closed.

Siller still didn’t turn back.He strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back

and rushed on foot through gridlocked traffic and ran from the tunnel to the towers where he gave his life while saving others.

“Sunday’s event i s a t remendous developmental opportunity for the young men and women who make up the Corps,” Brig. Gen. Steve Gilland, commandant of cadets, said leading up to the event. “The selfless service of Stephen Siller and the other brave men and women who sacrificed so much on Sept. 11 is a source of inspiration for us all. We are proud to run with the participants from New York City and around the country to honor his memory this weekend.”

Class of 2018 Cadet Henry Guerra, the cadet in charge for T2T, says that Siller set an example that his peers should follow.

“All cadets should strive to have as much courage and as much purpose as Mr. Siller demonstrated that day,” Guerra said.

The Corps of Cadets has participated in

the event as an organized group since 2009, reaching a record-high number of sign-ups this year.

“The Corps has always strongly supported the T2T run, as evidenced by us having to close sign-ups early due to an overwhelming number of cadets who wanted to participate,” Guerra explained. “I chose to be so deeply involved with this event because of the impact 9/11 had on my childhood and my decision to join the military.”

This is Guerra’s fourth time participating. “It’s an incredible feeling to run through

the tunnel, especially when you exit, your eyes adjust and you are surrounded by American flags on all sides,” he said. “It’s a hard feeling to describe, but I always get a sense of pride and adrenaline once we exit the tunnel and the Freedom Tower begins to manifest in the distance.”

For Class of 2019 Cadet Christopher Tanega, that sense pride and patriotism following 9/11 also inspired him to serve.

On the morning of 9/11, Tanega’s father had walked through the North Tower before going to work on Wall Street.

“When the second plane hit, he could hear it coming overhead and he says it sounded like a train coming through and the entire building was shaking,” Tanega said, retelling his father’s story. “A few minutes later, they were all evacuated. When he came outside he mentioned there were white papers everywhere.”

Luckily, after a six-hour walk home to Queens, Tanega’s father made it home safely.

“What I really remember from that day was what happened afterward. You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing an American flag,” Tanega explained. “All the American flags were

sold out at Home Depot, they were all over the street. That kind of imagery, knowing the people around us were really affected, it meant a lot to me and that’s part of why I joined the Army.”

Capt. Joshua Wolf, officer in charge for T2T and company D-1 tactical officer, agrees.

“For those of us who joined the Army after 9/11, this event refreshes us, this is why I signed up,” he said. “It’s something that is good for us to remember why we’re still fighting and to pay our respects for those who sacrificed so much.”

Wolf ran T2T for the first time last year with a classmate, Ronald Bucca. Bucca’s father,

also Ronald Bucca, was a firefighter who, along with firefighter Orio Palmer, went higher in the towers than any other firefighters, to save lives. Both Bucca and Palmer passed as the towers collapsed.

“It was a privilege that I was selected for this event,” he said, noting that the Corps participation inspires him. “This is a completely voluntary event and over half the Corps gave their weekend in supporting this event.”

That large group of cadets includes Wolf’s D-1 company commander, Class of 2018 Cadet Alexandra Caudullo, who is equally moved by the event.

“We are actually following in someone’s footsteps, and doing the race and imagining doing that race with New York City traffic and fumes under that tunnel,” she started. “And running with gear on your back, could you even imagine that?”

Caudullo lost an uncle, who was also a New York City firefighter, on 9/11.

“It was a Tuesday, he worked Monday and was just finishing a 24-hour shift and he was going back home,” she began. “He had just called his wife and he was really excited to go home because it was his birthday.”

When the towers hit, Caudullo’s uncle, Vinny, turned back.

“The last radio call they heard from him is he got out, but he got a call that there was a woman on the fifth floor in a wheelchair, so he went back to get her,” she explained. “That’s when the tower fell.”

For Caudullo, the memory of her uncle is at the 9/11 memorial pools, she says. Having her company participate in the T2T gave her a chance to tell her uncle’s story, and to have her peers take a step back from their everyday busy lives and remember why they chose to serve.

“Having that opportunity to refocus on what’s important in life is what’s crucial, because it’s easy to lose sight of that,” she said. “This is important, it’s part of who we are.”

Nearly 2,400 U.S. Military Academy cadets, staff, faculty and U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School personnel volunteered their time to participate in the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk, Sunday in New York City.

By Class of 2018 Cadet Madelyn Crimmins

As absolutely cliché as it sounds, I chose the military because of my experiences on Sept. 11, 2001. I was pretty young at the time, but I’m old for my class here at the Academy. It is hard for me to grasp that the majority of the plebe class was 2 in 2001, that I will lead Soldiers to whom 9/11 is something they only understand from reading about in history books.

We’re the “9/11 Generation,” the millennials who grew up in the wake of what happened on what would have been an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday. We understand what “standing in the gap” means, and the true “cost of freedom,” we serve In Duty, Through Honor, For Country.

That September I was 7, sitting in a second grade classroom. I can still visualize the room, where I was sitting, how the room was oriented. My teacher was the only one who had a TV. We were a first-year charter school and so she paid her own cable bill; she said she thought it was important we knew what was going on in the world. Each morning, our day started with

watching the news and she’d leave it playing in the background. So when a plane hit a building we thought “what a horrible event,” it was 9 a.m.

It didn’t occur to anyone that it was anything other than a tragedy; words like “terrorism” and “Al Qaida” didn’t exist in my elementary world. I couldn’t have pointed out the Middle East on a map, let alone Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan, all places and terms that took over the news in the weeks that followed.

The teacher was trying to explain the situation and the location of the twin towers as we watched the live coverage. And then we watched, in real time, as a second plane slammed into the other tower at 9:03 a.m. It was silent. Then it was chaos; and it was then that my world shifted.

Immediately the TV was switched off and the principal came in. This heinous act was clearly something we shouldn’t have seen, but as we know, you can’t shield anyone from circumstance. We were told not to tell the other students what we had seen. We were informed that everyone would be sent home; the other students thought we were getting a day off. I struggled with the knowledge I held as students

around me rejoiced at our early dismissal. My mom being a teacher at the same school was one of the facilitators of the early dismissal process. My brother and I waited for hours while all of the students were picked up, no one was bused home that day; it was determined we needed to know that someone was at home waiting for them. I didn’t understand why until much later.

You see, I grew up an hour south of Dover Air Force Base, and throughout my childhood that really meant nothing to me. We celebrated freedom on the Fourth of July and said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning; we were American, and proud to be so, but it was insular, we didn’t live on the world stage. I come from a small state, the kind where everyone knows everyone else and their business. We were three hours from Washington D.C., five from New York City. I didn’t understand if we were removed from the tragedy then why were all of the adults trying really hard not to panic and not to cry?

I didn’t understand that DAFB is a high value target because every member of our military who dies oversees first touches U.S.

For country, reflections on the impact of 9/11

See ‘IMPACT OF 9/11,’ PAGE 4

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‘IMPACT OF 9/11,’ cont’d from Page 3soil in Delaware, at DAFB. The State was on lockdown and almost everyone in the country knew someone, who was doing something, to help in the aftermath at some level, since we’re a big military, police and firefighting country.

Those who had died, they were our brothers and sisters in green, and blue, and red, but more so these were our fellow Americans who did nothing except get up that morning and go to work. How do we combat that? What do we do? How do we handle that? It was a simple Tuesday.

I remember looking at all of these adults who were trying to hold tears at bay and console us simultaneously. Watching them struggle to find a way to talk to us about hope that didn’t involve religion since it was a public school.

And I remember thinking, “I want to do something, I need to be a part of something that ensures that people never have to feel this way again.” I felt small, and useless. And I wanted to know why. Why would someone do this? What was “terrorism?” How

could people hate this beautiful country I lived in?It was the sense of fear, the sense of grief, that gave me

the idea that I wanted to serve this country in some capacity, I needed to do something; I wanted to have an impact. But it was the sense of patriotism, community and country that I felt in the days and weeks that followed that gave me the desire to serve in the military.

The need to have an impact on others, patriotism, and my community, and my country, was the reason I learned to sing the National Anthem, and willed myself, the shy girl from a small town, to have the courage to get up and share that with others. The act of standing in front of others to sing still makes my heart pound, and it is that first time that the 11th of September was more than a Tuesday that I think of every single time I sing it. It was the strength I saw in this nation, and those willing to defend her in the wake of what had been deemed my generation’s Pearl Harbor, that made me want to raise my right hand and step up to

defend this country in the years that followed. As a member of the “9/11 Generation,” I understand what

volunteering to serve means. We live in a world that is not the time of peace that was my early childhood. I will never be able to get those initial ingrained images of the twin towers being struck out of my head.

But because of that, 9/11 for me was a catalyst for how I view leadership: it’s changing for those that come behind you, what went wrong for you, so they don’t have to experience the hardship or heartache you did.

I chose to serve because I wanted to ensure that no future generation has similar images in their heads, and to them, like so many of my fellow cadets today, 9/11 is simply history: firmly in the past, but always remembered, never forgotten. We serve; In Duty, Through Honor, For Country.

(Editor’s note: A special thanks to Cadet Crimmins for experiences and thoughts about 9/11.)

Character Development Program Leader Challenge: What would you do?Story by Michelle EberhartAssistant Editor

What would you do if a subordinate coworker was harassed by your peers, while a valued asset of your team condoned the behavior?

Or, if after an employee’s promotion ceremony, he was physically assaulted by your bosses as a congratulatory beating?

During the Cadet Character Development Program Leader Challenge, cadets analyze real-life dilemmas such as these, experienced by Soldiers in the operational Army. While the answers to the given problems are never straightforward or easy, cadets must decide what they would do in a problematic situation where their character plays a large role.

On Sept. 19, 3,000 cadets and volunteer members of the staff and faculty came together to embrace the Leader Challenge.

Lt. Col. Ray Kimball, the director of the Center for the Advancement of Leader Development and Organizational Learning, says the overall intent for the Leader Challenge program is to get people talking about difficult situations that doesn’t necessarily have a clear answer.

“We work more in the gray area,” Kimball explained. “A situation or story makes a good Leader Challenge if it presents a dilemma experienced by a real leader that two or more professionals can look at and disagree about the right thing to do or the right way to go about it, and that’s where that conversation comes from.”

And conversation, Kimball says, is key.West Point has used face-to-face Leader

Challenges for the past 10 years to help facilitate conversations among cadets. The purpose—to have small-group discussions to spread ideas and build character.

During the most recent session, cadets watched videos of Soldiers talking about difficult situations they have experienced in the Army. Broken up into 3-4 person groups within their platoon, platoon leaders and table facilitators asked cadets, “What would you do?”

“Cadets can talk to one another and discuss different courses of action that they’d take, and they can hear other peoples’ perspectives, both fellow cadets and the staff and faculty coaches there supporting the platoon,” Kimball said. “It gets them thinking early on about these different kinds of situations so that they can build that moral and ethical framework that we expect from a leader of character.”

After a few minutes, cadets “starburst,” or scramble, into different groups to quickly spread ideas throughout the room.

“They transport great ideas at light speed across the room,” Kimball remarked. “They’ve had a chance to hear other peoples’ perspectives that they can then draw from when they’re making a decision.”

Capt. Micah Klein, operations officer for CALDOL, as well as one of the 144 volunteer faculty coaches for the Leader Challenge, says the program allows cadets to open up and share ideas within their small-group discussions.

“Being able to work through these challenges as aspiring members of the profession, with members of the faculty and staff, is a really unique opportunity in that the engagement is

quick and meaningful to them,” he said.“It teaches them, if they ever find themselves

in a situation that is similar to this, whether it be hazing, saying no to an unlawful order, just how they would go about doing that, and what conversations they might have so that when they’re in that situation, they’re not seeing it for the first time,” Klein continued. “They’ve already worked through this as peers and cadets.”

Class of 2018 Cadet Brook Solheim, the platoon leader in Klein’s group, met with other cadets and staff and faculty coaches a couple times prior to the event to prepare for the discussion.

“We sat in the seats that everyone is sitting in today,” Solheim said. “Got to ask questions and have discussions with officers and coaches that have a lot of insight so that was a great experience.”

The training and insight prepared him to share ideas with the cadets in his platoon, which in turn, created an even further spread of ideas.

“I think this is a great opportunity for cadets,” Solheim noted. “We have many opportunities to experience leadership dilemmas in classes

and such but what this brings to us is real life examples, so someone who is in the Army that has experienced something like this kind of brings that example to our attention and allows us to decide how we would handle it.”

He went on to explain the benefits of small group discussions.

“Oftentimes, if you’re in a classroom setting, you maybe hold back some of your personal opinions just because it may be a tougher environment for you to speak your mind,” Solheim explained. “Whereas here, we break it down. It is cadets talking to cadets so I feel like there’s less pressure… and there’s not necessarily grades tied to how this is run, and instead people can speak openly on how they’d handle these situations.”

The Leader Challenge is part of the larger Cadet Character Development Program and happens four times a year, allowing cadets to constantly have difficult conversations about real situations as they prepare to enter the operational Army.

To volunteer as a Leader Challenge coach, please contact CALDOL at 845-938-7959 or email micah.klein@usma.edu.

Capt. Micah Klein, operations officer for the Center for the Advancement o f L e a d e r Development and O r g a n i z a t i o n a l L e a r n i n g , a n d cadets, including a table facilitator, participate in the leader challenge exercise, Sept. 19.

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2017-18 Cadet Club Activities

IN FOCUS: CADET ACTIVITIES

Kimbrough speaks to MA205 Class

Crew: The Army West Point Crew team competed in the Rumson Boat Race Sept. 23. The annual race is hosted by the town of Rumson, New Jersey. All rowers are hosted in local family homes.

This year, Army competed against Drexel, Villanova and Coast Guard over a 2,500-meter course in Men’s and Women’s Varsity and JV 8 categories.

The Men’s JV 8 beat Drexel and Villanova to win the first place trophy.

The Men’s Varsity 8 finished second, a half a boat length behind Drexel. They finished multiple boats lengths of open water ahead of Villanova and Coast Guard.

The Women’s Varsity 8 finished third a boat and a half behind Villanova and multiple boat lengths ahead of Coast Guard.

The Women’s JV 8 finished a boat length down from Villanova to finish third.

Army Crew would like to thank the West Point Society of New Jersey for providing water, Gatorade, granola bars, and bagels for the team.

All crews gained vital experience and are excited for the rest of the season.

Retired Col. Shane Kimbrough, USMA Class of 1989, delivered a speech to cadets taking MA205: Multivariable Calculus and Introduction to Differential Equations about his spaceflight experiences and the path to becoming an astronaut Sept. 22 in Robinson Auditorium. As a NASA astronaut, Kimbrough logged more than 188 days in space over two missions, STS-126 (Space Shuttle Endeavour) and to Expedition 49/50 to the International Space Station. He spent the afternoon sharing experiences about the rigorous screening, selection and training process at NASA to become an astronaut. Kimbrough then fielded questions from cadets about daily life in space and on the ground while working for NASA, as well as what it was like to work with astronauts from other countries. Cadets also asked questions about Mars exploration, the rise of private corporations participating in spaceflight operations and what it is like to exercise and stay fit in orbit. Cadets taking MA205 are primarily yearling STEM majors who will complete an astronomy and space exploration-based project this semester as part of the course. CourtEsy Photo

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Harvard’s Stephen Rosen discusses innovation, power projectionSubmitted by the Modern War Institute

Professor Stephen Rosen talked to cadets about challenges related to military innovation and power projection in future wars, Sept. 18.

Rosen, who is the Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University, cautioned that it is a bad idea to predict who the U.S. will fight and better to determine how we will fight in future.

U.S. power projection in the past wascostly, given that to project intercontinental power requires moving a lot of equipment and forces long distances and across oceans.

“We fight away games,” he noted. “The diffusion of information-based technologies will make this power projection even more prohibitively expensive.” Moreover, this diffusion of technology confers advantages to local defenses because forces doing power projection will be easier to target and detect in the future.

“We must make choices,” he added. “Information warfare can disrupt attackers at unlimited distances.”

The talk, cosponsored by the Department of Social Sciences’ International Affairs Forum, was attended by more than 30 cadets.

Rosen is the author of the widely cited book on military innovation, “Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military.”

The choices Dr. Rosen outlined for future U.S. power projection are threefold: First, get out of the intercontinental power projection business and just focus on defending the homeland or Western hemisphere. Second, help

our allies help themselves. Or third, do power projection differently

and smarter by making it hard to target and detect. This can include some morally and legally dubious tactics, including making military systems look like civilian systems, a kind of ambiguity akin to Russia’s deployment of “Little Green Men” in Crimea. Among his chief concerns are the danger of cyberattacks, which can bring down the systems the U.S.

relies on to project its power. Rosen was skeptical of future military

innovation in the U.S., barring a major war or a 9/11-style shock, as a way to forge greater public-private collaboration for defense-related innovation. He also said anti-trust laws need to be revised to encourage this kind of partnership.

A cadet asked Rosen a question about autonomous systems, which he said are not a

revolution in power projection because they still have to be transported into theater to get within range of use.

Rosen previously served as the civilian assistant to the director, Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Political-Military Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council, and a professor in the Strategic Department at the Naval War College.

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Cadets Jonathan Alvendia, James Pontius, Luke Beaulieu and Ryan Wright spent the latter part of August climbing the Austrian Alps. The four cadets, who are studying abroad at the Theresian Military Academy in Austria, recently completed the Austrian High Mountain Warfare School (Gebirgskampfschule) in Saalfelden, Austria. This rigorous training included the application of basic climbing skills, a 200-foot rappel and high-altitude patrolling in the vicinity of the Mitterhorn Peak (elevation 8,215 feet). Following the mountain warfare training, the cadets began a three-week Combat Service Training (Gefechtsdienst Ausbildung) course in northern Austria. Throughout this training, the cadets have honed their tactical skills and strengthened our military relationship with a key NATO partner.The West Point cadets were recently featured in a newspaper article highlighting the Austrian Army's partnership with NATO allies, as well as a recent visit by the Austrian Defense Minister to Gebirgskampfschule. The four cadets truly enjoyed their training in the Austrian Alps. CourtEsy Photos

Cadets training, learning in Austria

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DPE hosts first monthly Community Outreach Fitness SessionStory by Michelle EberhartAssistant Editor

The Department of Physical Education hosted this year’s first Community Outreach Fitness Session Sept. 20 at Daly Field.

From now until May, DPE will hold a monthly fitness event for the U.S. Military Academy community, staff and faculty with the intention of bringing everyone who works and lives at West Point together for an hour of exercise.

Each month, DPE offers a different fitness event including survival swimming, Olympic weight lifting, combatives, ultimate Frisbee and more.

This month’s session, functional fitness, was hosted by DPE instructors Maj. Nicolas Ouimet and Capt. Anthony Tankiewicz.

“USMA has hundreds if not thousands of staff and faculty who work and live on post and rarely ever interact or see each other,” Ouimet noted. “The goal of the event is to get people from all across the Academy to come and work together in a physically demanding, but teamwork-oriented setting.”

Ouimet, who has run the functional fitness

company athletics program for three years, wanted to introduce it to the wider community.

“Capt. Tankiewicz and I spent about 30 minutes hashing out the workout on a white board,” Ouimet started. “The goal was a team-oriented event where anyone of any ability level would be able to contribute to the team.”

Tankiewicz went on to explain that the sessions give people an opportunity to use the facilities and equipment they normally wouldn’t.

“We were able to use the brand new Daly Field, so today was the first time we actually put implements on the field,” he explained, referencing the tires and equipment they used on the field. “It’s just a way for us to get the word out and broaden horizons to see what DPE does, to introduce themselves within DPE and build a relationship throughout different departments so they can see what we do.”

Tankiewicz went the extra mile and personally invited his wife, Ali Tankiewicz, a volunteer coach for the Army West Point Women’s Soccer team, to come out for the event.

“It was awesome!” she said. “I wasn’t expecting such a tough workout and I wasn’t expecting the whole DPE community to come

Department of Physical Education’s Master of the Sword, Col. Nick Gist, looks on as Capt. Anthony Tankiewicz helps a faculty member flip a tire during the Functional Fitness Session, Sept. 20.

Volunteer Women’s Soccer coach and West Point community member Ali Tankiewicz participates in the DPE Community Outreach Functional Fitness Session, Sept. 20 at Daly Field.

By the West Point Public Affairs Office

Join the West Point Band at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in New York City Oct. 29, as it celebrates 200 years of continuous service to the U.S. Military Academy, the Army and the nation.

The band traces its history to the American Revolution, when in 1778, Gen. George Washington appointed musicians to West Point on the Hudson River after Gen. Samuel Holden Parsons’ 1st Connecticut Brigade crossed the Hudson River and established West Point as a permanent military post.

Over the last 200 years, the band has evolved into one of the most capable and professional performing ensembles in the nation, comprising musicians drawn from the nation’s top music schools and performing groups.

Be immersed in two centuries of music with a multimedia experience that explores the band’s storied history from the birth of the nation to today.

Tickets are free and available to the public Friday at http://westpointband.army.mil/bicentennial.html.

You may also call 212-721-6500 for tickets. Tickets acquired online or by phone

West Point Band celebrating 200 years

will be charged a $2 ticketing fee. No-fee tickets may be picked up in-person at the Lincoln Center Box Office.

Over the years, the band has worked closely with many prominent composers, including Morton Gould, Percy Grainger and Darius Milhaud, and has appeared in numerous prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Tanglewood.

The West Point Band will perform at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in New York City Oct. 29, as it celebrates 200 years of continuous service to the U.S. Military Academy, the Army and the nation. CourtEsy Photo

out so it was really nice to have both. To show up and come out during lunchtime and get a really good workout with a cool group of people, it was great.”

DPE will hold its next Community Outreach Fitness Session, Club Sport/ Triathlon, at 12:20

p.m. Oct. 25 with the location being weather dependent.

For more details, contact the event leaders, Capt. Ryan Feeney at Ryan.Feeney@usma.edu or Capt. Brian Kavanagh at Brian.Kavanagh@usma.edu.

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The Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering celebrated SteelDay on Sept. 15. SteelDay is an annual celebration of the United States’ structural steel industry through the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and its members and partners. Each year, sponsors around the nation organize and host educational and networking functions including tours of project sites, structural steel mills and fabrication shops. Cadets and faculty from the Civil Engineering Division celebrated SteelDay by visiting two local steel structures. First, Brock Barry, Lt. Col. Jake Bruhl and Lt. Col. Aaron Hill led cadets through a round-robin tour of the Bear Mountain Bridge to learn about the anchorage, history and structural design of the bridge. Tom Scaglione, chief of staff for the New York State Bridge Authority; Danielle Mass, deputy chief of staff for the New York State Bridge Authority; Bill Sullivan, the bridge manager; and Steve Accilli, the bridge foreman, provided inside knowledge of the bridge to include details of the steel parallel cable suspenders, steel trusses and 350-foot steel towers. The cadets and faculty then traveled to the Tappan Zee Bridge where they enjoyed a briefing on the $4 billion, 3.1-mile twin span cable-stayed bridge. Walter Reichert, vice president of Tappan Zee Constructors, and Dan Marcy, community relations specialist for New NY Bridge Project, described the organization, planning and challenges that come with such a huge endeavor and answered cadets’ questions about this new piece of critical infrastructure. CourtEsy Photos

D/CME celebrates SteelDay Sept. 15

Former Army Head Cross Country coach, associate director of USMA Admissions and dean of West Point Prep School passes away Sept. 10

Retired Col. Harold G. Beal Jr. of Spring Lake Heights, N.J., passed away Sept. 10. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Feb. 3, 1929, Beal was a proud U.S. Army veteran who was stationed in Germany, Virginia and New York during his 30-year active and reserve military career, which included serving as the associate director of admissions and reserve affairs advisor from 1971-78 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

While at West Point, he also served as head cross country coach and was named the New York Colleges Coach of the Year in 1975.

He continued his affiliation with West Point after moving to Spring Lake Heights in 1980 and was academic dean of the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School at Fort Monmouth through 1995, where he also served as the head cross country coach.

While in the Army, he received the National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Legion of Merit Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal among others.

Beal was a 1951 graduate of Fordham University and earned master’s degrees from Columbia University in 1958 and CW Post in 1974.

His military education included graduating from the Command and General Staff College in 1970, The Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1972 and the Air War College in 1973.

A lifelong educator, he served in teaching, administrative

and coaching roles at several schools including track & field coach at Bishop DuBois High School; a Latin and history teacher and track & field coach at All Hallows High School; and assistant principal, Latin and social studies teacher and track & field coach at Rye Neck High School, where he coached the school to its first Penn Relays championship.

He continued educating well into his late 70s and volunteered his time teaching reading at the Asbury Park Boys & Girls Club and coaching the St. Catherine’s Elementary School Cross Country team in his 80s.

Known as “Harry” to many, he was an accomplished basketball referee rising to the rank of a Big East official during the golden years of the Division 1 conference.

An award-winning athlete, he was a marathoner and triathlete well into his 80s competing at the local, national and world class age-group levels.

Beal was inducted into the New York Catholic High Schools Hall of Fame in 2001, as well as the Westchester County High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

He also received the Archdiocese of New York C.Y.O Volunteer Award from Cardinal Cooke.

He was a parishioner of St. Catharine & St. Margaret Parish in Spring Lake where he served as a lector.

He is predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Audrey. He is survived by three sisters Patricia Kelleher, Collette Cannon and Jane Casson, and seven children, 18 grandchildren and more than 20 great-grandchildren. Retired Col. Harold G. Beal Jr.

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ANNOUNCEMENTSMotorcycle training Basic Rider Course & Experienced Rider Course

The Garrison Safety Office is offering a Motorcycle Safety Course at “A” Lot through November.

There are various classes for both experienced and novice riders, and classes for cadets, staff and faculty.

The upcoming training schedule is:Basic Rider Course:• Tuesday-Wednesday (staff and faculty);• Oct. 6-8 (cadets);• Oct. 31-Nov. 1 (staff & Faculty);• Nov. 17-19 (cadets).Experienced Rider Course:• Oct. 5;• Nov. 2.Also, individuals are not to park on the motorcycle range

on these dates. For details, call Aubrey Posey, Garrison safety specialist, at 845-938-6131.

Cadet Chapel Organ Recital events for fall 2017The upcoming organ recital fall 2017 events at the Cadet

Chapel:• Sunday, 3 p.m.—Eun Ha Chung (former organist at West

Point Post Chapel);• Oct. 8, 3 p.m.—Justan Foster (organist at Greenbush

Church);• Oct. 15, 3 p.m.—Bruce and Reilly Xu (winners, AGO

OUTSIDE THE GATES

EDUCATION and WORKSHOPS

competitions);• Oct. 22, 3 p.m.—500th Anniversary Reformation Service;• Oct. 29, 3 p.m.—Katherine Meloan (U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy);• Nov. 5, 3 p.m.—Marko Pranic (St. John’s, Rochester, N.Y.);• Nov. 12, 3 p.m.—Ryan Kennedy (The Juilliard School).

West Point Family Homes Community LibraryThe West Point Family Homes Community Library is open 8

a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

The Library is located at the WPFH Leasing and Management office at 126B Washington Road.

Members of the West Point community can come during business hours and enjoy the many genres of books available.

The Bass Club Accepting New MembersThe Bass Club at West Point is accepting new members. The Bass Club promotes sustainable fishing and performs

community service in support of West Point Outdoor Recreation. Membership is open to military, DOD civilians, veterans of the armed forces and their dependents.

For details, contact at toddmess@aol.com or visit http://pbwimmer.wixsite.com/bassclubatwestpoint.

Little Free LibraryHazel Calway, a fifth grader at West Point Middle School

and an avid reader, started a Little Free Library, located at 306D Alexander Place on West Point. The purpose of the LFL is to share books, bring people together and create communities of readers.

The Little Free Libraries are small, front-yard book exchanges numbering 50,000 around the world in 70 countries.

The mission of the LFL is to encourage children to read during the summer months. Hazel’s LFL is open 24 hours, seven days a week. To learn more, visit littlefreelibrary.org.

Protect Your CreditEquifax Inc. recently reported a cyberattack that may have

affected about 143 million U.S. customers of the credit reporting agency. Intruders reportedly accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers. Credit card numbers for about 209,000 consumers were also accessed, the company said.

The company set up a website, www.equifaxsecurity2017.com, that consumers can use to determine whether their information was compromised.

Equifax also offering free credit-file monitoring and identity-theft protection.

Ensure our young leaders, whom may have less experience in these matters, are aware of this situation for their own financial protection.

For details, contact Capt. AJ Pulaski, G2, at 845-938-0738.

Coming Home Multi-Media Art ExperienceThe Coming Home Multi-Media Art Experience is

scheduled for Wednesday-Oct. 7 in the Cullum Hall Memorial Room.

The opening reception takes place from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.

The Coming Home exhibit is a public, multi-media art experience designed to bring together military and civilian communities through art and effective dialog to help heal the wounds of war.

The exhibit includes the works of New York City artist Brookie Maxwell and retired Col. Greg Gadson, USMA Class of 1989. The Department of English and Philosophy and the West Point Humanities Center have partnered with the exhibit directors to bring the experience from its current home in NYC to West Point for a four-day period.

The opening reception is the center of gravity for the four-day exhibit and will include a panel discussion on the importance of the arts and humanities in healing the wounds of war, a themed-performance by the West Point Band, and an open mic session for cadets, faculty and staff to read poetry, stories or letters related to the exhibits various themes.

Girls Basketball Officiating ClassIf you are interested in officiating girls basketball, there are

officiating classes from 6-8 p.m. today; Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26; and Nov. 2 and 9 at Park Avenue Elementary School in Warwick, New York.

The test date is Nov. 13 at Sanfordville Elementary School in Warwick. There is a fee, which includes first year’s dues.

For details, contact John Leigh at johnleigh@optimum.net or call 845-325-0742.

Saint Joan of Arc 50KThe St. Joan of Arc Church is hosting a 50K Oct. 9. The run

begins at 6 a.m. at 52 Eagle Valley Road, Sloatsburg, New York.The finish time is no later than 4 p.m. at Most Holy Trinity

Chapel, 699 Washington Road.To sign up, work the event or for additional information,

call 845-938-3316.

Fly to the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum for “Birding with the Bakers”

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum presents, “Birding with the Bakers” at the Outdoor Discovery Center, on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall, at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 7. Join Sharon and David Baker, avid birding enthusiasts with worldwide experience, to learn the basics of this engaging hobby. Enjoy a hot or cold beverage with a donghnut during a birding presentation highlighted by David’s fantastic photography.

Don’t forget to bring your binoculars. This program is recommended for adults and teens. There is an admission fee.

For details, visit hhnm.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.

Lighthouse Christian AssemblyThe Lighthouse Christian Assembly cordially invites the West

Point community to join its family of fellowship and worship at 10 a.m. Sundays at 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls.

The church has been serving the Fort Montgomery/Highland Falls and West Point communities for more than 30 years.

It provides a family atmosphere for cadets, Soldiers, family members and the community.

Every effort is made to support our beloved brothers and sisters with physical as well as spiritual needs.

Additionally, the church is affiliated with the Walter Hoving Home, founded by John and Elsie Benton in 1967.

This Christ-centered home provides a safe space for women in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse.

If you are in need of transportation, contact either Robby at 845-661-0339 or Tommy at 262-444-2460 by 9 a.m. on the Sunday morning you will be attending.

Army Education Center College courses are offered through the Army Education

Center at West Point, located at 683 Buckner Loop.Undergraduate classes: • Mount Saint Mary College—Call Shari Seidule at 845-446-

0535 or email sharon.seidule@msmc.edu;• Saint Thomas Aquinas—Call Erica Rodriguez at 845-446-

2555 or email erodrigu@stac.edu.Graduate studies:• John Jay College of Criminal Justice–master’s degree in

public administration—Call Jennifer Heiney at 845-446-5959 or email jjcwestpoint@yahoo.com;

• Long Island University–master’s degrees in school counseling, mental health counseling and marriage and family counseling—Call Mary Beth Leggett at 845-446-3818 or email marybeth.leggett@liu.edu.

Army Personnel Testing programs

The Army Education Center at West Point offers Army Personnel Testing programs such as the AFCT, DLAB, DLPT, SIFT through the DA and DLI.

Tests are free of charge to Soldiers. Call the Testing Center at 845-938-3360 or email gwenn.

wallace@usma.edu for details or an appointment.

Employee Assistance ProgramWest Point Garrison offers an Employee Assistance Program

that provides free and confidential counseling for civilians, family members and retirees. The program offers services from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The EAP is located at 656 Eichelberger Road. For details, call 845-938-1039.

DANTES testingThe Army Education Center at West Point offers academic

testing programs through the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support such as the SAT and ACT. Pearson VUE offers licensing and certification exams.

Most tests are free of charge to Soldiers.Call the Testing Center at 845-938-3360 or email gwenn.

wallace@usma.edu for details or an appointment.

Community

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JUST ANNOUNCED

WEST POINT MWR CALENDAR westpoint.armymwr.com

FEATURED EVENT

Part-Day Preschool openingsSpaces are still available in the Stony Child Development

Center Tuesday and Thursday session of part-day preschool. The class hours are 9 a.m.-noon. The program utilizes the

creative curriculum to facilitate the development of social, emotional, literacy, fi ne and gross motor skills.

Fees are based upon total family income. A USDA CACFP approved snack is served each day.

If you have any questions, contact Parent and Outreach Services at 845-938-4458.

School Age Center’s After School ProgramsSchool Age Center offers programming with several different

themes and activities for grades kindergarten through fi fth grade. If you are interested in a before and after school program for

your school age child, sign up today. The School Age Center also offers hourly options for children

who would like to come on an hourly or daily basis.For more details, call the Lee Area CYS Facility front desk

at 845-938-8530.

FOR THE YOUTHS

FOR THE ADULTSDrawing 101 with Nicole

The West Point Arts & Crafts Shop is offering Drawing 101 with Nicole from 2:30-4:30 p.m. today.

Students learn to render 3-D forms using a wide variety of mediums to increase skill level, with a focus on value and form. Registration is required.

FOR THE FAMILIESHorseback Riding Lessons

The Morgan Farm horseback riding lesson program is now open. Lessons are available for beginners through advanced, ages 5 and up. Lesson packages are available.

For more details, call 845-938-3926.

For details, call 845-938-4812 or visit westpointarts&crafts.com.

West Point Club Spirit LuncheonsTickets are on sale now at the West Point Club’s administration

offi ce and can be purchased 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Each luncheon is a pep rally for that week’s game held in the club’s Grand Ballroom.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m. Buy tickets in advance and save $2 per person.

Reservations are based on the tickets sold by 2 p.m. on the day prior to the lunch.

After 2 p.m., tickets are only available at the door on the day of the luncheon and are open seating based on space availability.

The Spirit Luncheon events are:• Today—UTEP;• Oct. 12—Eastern Michigan;• Oct. 19—Temple;• Nov. 2—Air Force;• Nov. 9—Duke;• Dec. 6—Navy.For more details, call the club at 845-446-5504.

Yoga at Trophy PointBreathe in the magnifi cent views of the Hudson River with

yoga at Trophy Point at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Yoga is weather permitting. Please bring yoga mat and water.

Hunter Education Course There is a hunter education course from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct.

7 at the community building at Round Pond. Registration is required. Visit www.dec.ny.gov.

outdoor/92267.html to register. All homework must be completed before taking the class.For more details, call 845-938-2503.

Wanted: Certifi ed and Experienced Personal Trainers at the MWR Fitness Center

The MWR Fitness Center is looking for certified and experienced personal trainers who can motivate and inspire clients.

The benefi ts of working at the MWR Fitness Center include:• Create your own hours;• Profi table opportunity.For more details, call 845-938-6490.

Korean Traditional Martial Art Soo Bahk Do ClassesThe MWR Fitness Center is offering the opportunity to try the

traditional Korean martial art, Soo Bahk Do. This is a classical martial art, which develops every aspect of the self.

If you’ve ever thought of learning how to defend yourself more effectively, now is the time.

In each 50-minute class, master-level experts in the traditional Korean martial art of Soo Bahk Do teach you highly effective self-defense techniques and guide you in stretching, breathing, relaxation, balance, endurance and more.

The classes are for adults only. Register via webtrac at http://tiny.cc/SooBahkDo. Classes meet at 7:10 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:10 p.m. Thursdays. For more details, call 845-938-6490.

West Point Golf Fall SpecialThere are West Point Golf Course specials in the fall to

include: • $30 Special from 2-5 p.m., which includes 18 holes, a golf

cart and $5 food voucher.• $15 Special at 5 p.m.-dusk, which includes 18 holes, walk

the course.Valid weekdays only (Monday-Friday) during September and

October. For details, visit golfatwestpoint.com.

Champagne Sunday Brunch at the West Point Club Enjoy a seasonal Sunday brunch from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the

West Point Club’s Pierce Room. Freshly prepared hot and cold items, carving stations, fresh

cut fruit, assorted pastries, hot and cold beverages are available. The Sunday brunch continues through Nov. 12.

Reservations are suggested. For details, call 845-446-5506.Personally-Owned Firearm Range

The MWR Outdoor Recreation and Range Operations will host four personally-owned fi rearm range days, allowing eligible individuals owning fi rearms to shoot at West Point this fall.

The dates are Oct. 7 and 28, Nov. 4 and 17 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Range 5, Route 293, across from Round Pond Road.

Eligibility is restricted to DOD ID card holders (military, retirees and DOD civilians), with each eligible individual being able to sponsor a maximum of two guests.

For details, contact the Outdoor Recreation Offi ce at 845-938-2503 or visit www.westpoint.armymwr.com.

Leisure Travel Services (LTS) • Today—Theater van to Broadway. Leave West Point at 4:30

p.m., leave New York City after the show. Purchase half price theater tickets at the TKTS discount ticket booth in Times Square.

• Oct. 5—Broadway performance of ‘The Lion King.’ Leave West Point at 4:30 p.m., leave NYC at 11 p.m. There is an 8 p.m. curtain and mezzanine seating at the Minskoff Theater.

• Oct. 13—Norman Rockwell Museum. Leave West Point at 8 a.m., leave Stockbridge at 4 p.m. Enjoy the splendid fall foliage of the Berkshires and then stroll, lunch and shop in beautiful Stockbridge.

There is a minimal fee for transportation with LTS. For more details and pricing, call 845-938-3601.

Jack-o-Lantern Jog MWR is hosting the Jack-o-Lantern Jog, a 5K run around

West Point in your Halloween costume at 8 a.m. Oct. 28.Registration is now open. For details, call 845-938-6490 or visit www.westpoint.

armymwr.com.

2017-2018 West Point Community General SkateThe MWR Sports offi ce will conduct the 2017-18 Community

General Skate at Tate Rink. The Holleder Center is open to all West Point personnel,

DOD personnel and families. All skaters must supply their own skates. The dates for Community General Skate are as follows from

3:30-5 p.m. Nov. 5, Dec. 3, 10 and 17, Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, and March 4.

There are two dates during Christmas break from 10-11:30 a.m. Dec. 26 and 28.

For details, call the Skate Hotline at 845-938-2991.

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Friday—“The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” R, 7:30 p.m.Saturday—Closed.(For movie details and updated schedules, visit http://www.aafes.com/exchange-stores/Movie-Guide/showtimes-West-Point.htm.)

Theatre schedule at Mahan Hall, Bldg. 752.MOVIES at MAHAN

Keller CornerNutrition Care Department offers weight management classes

Keller Army Community Hospital’s Nutrition Care Department will continue the “Fit for Performance” series, focusing on weight management.

The weight management classes are open to all Tricare benefi ciaries, with a goal of assisting with making permanent changes to your diet, sleeping, and activity habits to promote long-term weight loss success.

Program dates/subjects are:• Friday—Meet the Dietitian—Small

Changes Make a Big Difference. • Oct. 13—Sleep, Intensity of Activity,

and Practice Performance Nutrition. • Oct. 27—Changing Your Environment

and Finding Support for Weight Loss.• Nov. 3—Nutrient Timing and Strength

Training.• Nov. 10—Mindful Eating.• Nov. 17—Stress and Weight Loss.All classes are held at Keller’s second

fl oor classroom from 1:30-3 p.m.Call the KACH appointment line at 845-

938-7992 or the Nutrition Care Department

at 845-938-2374 to reserve your seat.

KACH OBU to provide childbirth education courses

The Keller Army Community Hospital Obstetric Unit is providing childbirth education courses in October.

Topics include, but are not limited to, what to expect during labor, newborn care and breastfeeding.

The course takes place from 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 and 18 in the fourth fl oor classroom at KACH.

To register and/or get details, contact Keller’s Obstetrics Unit at 845-938-3210.

Keller Hearing Clinic no longer walk-inThe Keller Army Community Hospital

Hearing Conservation Clinic (hearing booth) is no longer operate as a walk-in clinic and is not open every day.

Currently, the Hearing Conservation Clinic at Building 606 is by appointment only. If you need to schedule a hearing test in the audiology booth, call the appointment line at 845-938-7992 or 800-552-2907.

• Superintendent’s Boat on the Hudson: Adults join West Point Family Homes for an evening on the Superintendent’s Boat Oct. 6.

Boarding starts at 6:30 p.m. at South Dock and cruise the majestic beauty of the Hudson River from 7-9 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served. To register, email jgellman@bbcgrp.com by Sunday with the number of people that will

attend. This event is free and open to current West Point Family Home residents.

• Boo Your Neighbor: For the rest of the month, reach out to your friends and neighbors and leave a treat or note on their door. Stop by B126 Washington Road from 1-5 p.m. Oct. 10 for your treat and starter kit and spread these “BOO’s” and Halloween cheer throughout West Point.

West Point Command Channel

Army Newswatch Thursday, Friday and Monday-Oct. 5

8:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

For the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 5Channels 8/23

THE DPW DISPATCHWORK IN PROGRESS

Mitigating Winter HazardsWhile we’ve just entered the beautiful

fall season, winter is just around the corner. There is much to do to prepare before Old Man Winter is knocking at the door; part of that preparation is keeping roadways free of falling tree debris.

As snow falls, it makes already old or broken branches a hazard to streets or utility lines. Using sophisticated climbing and rigging techniques, DPW grounds crews cut away dead or excess branches from trees and shrubs. This also allows for healthy growth and improves the appearance of the beautiful landscape of West Point.

So the next time you’re out and about look up. There may be an unexpected visitor hanging from above.

Safety Note: Make sure to keep behind the cones and clear of walkways where tree crews are working.

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#USMA Social Scene

saycheesesam: So I met the President of Poland today!

john.boyer: Just a couple of plebes running around NYC.

jstockdale95: Good luck to my mentor and friend as he goes off to Korea for the next nine months. We should all find it very comforting that a man like he is going to stand the gap and defend our great nation. God bless to one of the best dudes I know. And above all—happy birthday! God speed and Fly Army! #AirCav #ClimbToGlory

thecajunbelle: Today we ran in the footsteps of Stephen Siller, a firefighter who was on the way home after a shift when he heard about the 9/11 attack on the radio. When he tried to turn around, the Brooklyn tunnel was alreadyclosed so he strapped on 60 lbs of gear and ran to the towers. He and so many others are why we do what we do. #DutyHonorCountry

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Sprint Football blanks Franklin Pierce on the roadsPorts

By Stephen WaldmanArmy Athletic Communications

The Army West Point Sprint Football team cruised to a 51-0 victory over Franklin Pierce in their first road game of the season Sept. 23 in Rindge, New Hampshire.

The Black Knights improved to 2-0 on the year, while the Falcons dropped to 1-1.

Army controlled the game from start to finish, totaling 311 yards of total offense while limiting FPU to just 164 yards. That defensive surge by the Black Knights allowed their offensive counterparts to start inside the Franklin Pierce territory on six of their 12 drives.

Offensively, the Black Knights were led once again by senior running back Quay Gilmore who ran 13 times for 107 yards and two touchdowns.

Junior quarterbacks Keegan West and Brady Miller were impressive through the air as well, combining for a 12-of-22 performance with 122 yards and three touchdowns.

Sophomore wide receiver Tom Williamson led Army’s receiving corps as well with three catches, 66 yards and a touchdown.

On defense, senior defensive lineman Nathan Lopez and sophomore defensive back Desmond Young tied for a team-high six tackles in the game. Dakota Jones and Devon Moore each forced fumbles in the game as well.

Army highlights and game notes • The Black Knights improved to 5-0 against Franklin Pierce.• Army scored 50 or more points in consecutive games for

the first time since 2013.• Army’s defense shut out its first two opponents for just the

third time since the turn of the century, having also accomplished this feat in 2000 and 2015.

• Gilmore recorded his second career 100-yard rushing game in as many weeks.

• He has accounted for six of Army’s 17 touchdowns through the first two games.

• Williamson has been Army’s top receiver through the first two games with six catches, 162 yards and two touchdowns.

• Jerzerick scored his second-career touchdown on a fumble

return. How it happened• After Army took the opening kickoff, both defenses were

impressive early. Both forced the opposition to a three-and-out on their first drives.

• Army’s second drive ended in the first score of the game after the Black Knights trekked 75 yards in 10 plays.

• The drive was capped with a three-yard rushing touchdown by West, who also went 4-for-5 for 62 yards through the air.

• After forcing another punt, sophomore Desmond Young set Army up with a short field after a 20-yard punt return. The Black Knights would increase its lead to double-digits after a 28-yard field goal by sophomore Peter Davis.

• Army’s opening drive of the second half unconventionally ended with a score after a botched punt by the Falcons gave the Black Knights new life at the 25-yard line. Gilmore took care of the rest, breaking off runs of 15 and 10 yards to increase Army’s advantage to 17-0.

• The cadet’s defense added to the lead before halftime when Moore forced a fumble that was picked up by the team’s defensive captain, senior Curtis Jerzerick, who scurried 13 yards for the touchdown.

• FPU received the kickoff to begin the second half, but was held to just one yard on the drive and was forced to punt. That allowed Army to once again add to its lead as West connected with sophomore wide receiver Tom Williamson for a 22-yard touchdown.

• Junior quarterback Brady Miller took over for the next drive, leading Army into the end zone with a seven-yard pass to sophomore running back Jake Gigliotti.

• Another short field allowed Army to rely on Gilmore, who needed just three carries to go 26 yards for his second touchdown of the afternoon.

• Miller tossed his second touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter to John Descisciolo from six yards out to break the 50-point plateau.

Up next • The Black Knights remain on the road as they travel to the

University of Pennsylvania at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Sophomore Tom Williamson (#80) led Army West Point with three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown during Army West Point Sprint Football’s 51-0 victory over Franklin Pierce Sept. 23 in Rindge, N.H. Photo by army athlEtiC CommuniCations

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Friday

7 p.m.—Volleyball Vs. loyola, Gillis Field House.

7:30 p.m.—men’s soccer Vs. colGate, malek stadium at clinton Field.

saturday

3:30 p.m.—Football Vs. texas-el paso, micHie stadium.

8:30 p.m.—Volleyball Vs. american, Gillis Field House.

sunday

2 p.m.—Women’s soccer Vs. loyola, malek stadium at clinton Field.

oct. 65 p.m.—Women’s ruGby Vs. linenWood, anderson ruGby complex.

**VieW tHe upcominG army West point black kniGHts scHedule at WWW.GoarmyWestpoint.com/calendar.aspx?Vtype=list.

Sports calendarCorps Squad

Volleyball wins fourth straight, blank LafayetteSophomore Courtney Horace produced 14 kills as the Army West Point Volleyball team continued its winning streak to four straight after sweeping Lafayette 3-0 Sept. 23 in Lehigh Valley, Pa. Photo by army athlEtiC CommuniCations

By Ally KeirnArmy Athletic Communications

The Army West Point Volleyball team improved its winning streak to four straight after a 3-0 decision over Lafayette Sept. 23 in Lehigh Valley, Pennyslvania.

Army highlights and match notes• The Black Knights led the Leopards in every category

including points (59-41), kills (50-33), aces (5-3), assists (44-29) and digs (54-29).

• Lafayette did, however, top Army in blocks with a 5-4 advantage.

• For the second match in a row, Rachel Gearon led the cadets with 14 kills and a .619 hitting percentage.

• Courtney Horace also produced 14 kills for the Black Knights, while Vanessa Wesley recorded 10.

• Nikki Lum and Haven Bethune aided from the setters position with 20 and 18 assists, respectively.

• Ellie Petersen led the squad with 14 digs as Ana Oglivie added 13 and two service aces.

How it happened—Set One (25-21 Army) • Gearon was on fire for Army right out of the gate. She

boasted eight kills in the first set and a .778 hitting percentage.• The Black Knights hit .406 collectively in the first set and

only recorded three errors.• Lum recorded nine assists in the set. How it happened—Set Two (25-16 Army) • Horace was the stud in the second frame and boasted six

kills, while Wesley trailed with five.• Army improved its hitting percentage to .516 in the set and

lowered its error count to two.• The Black Knights led for the entirety as there was one tie

score, but no lead changes. How it happened—Set Three (25-19 Army) • Horace continued to excel in set three and notched another

five kills, while Bethune recorded eight assists.• The cadets had 20 digs in the final set to counter the

Leopard's 34 attacks. Up next• Army will return to Gillis Field house next Friday and

Saturday to host Loyola and American. Friday’s match will begin at 7 p.m. and Saturday’s start time

will be at 8:30 p.m.