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"'To provide the nation leaders of character who serve the common defense' is West Point's reason for being and has been since Washington's time. "

“To Provide The Nation With Leaders Of Character”: The 53rd USMA Superintendent Reflects On A Lifetime Of Service

“A Career Filled With Detours”: From SEAL to Night Stalker

Kitsy Westmoreland On Service, Family, And The Army Life

Trial by Fire and Snow: A Replacement Paratrooper at Bastogne

“Son, You’re My Hero”: Following in His Father’s Footsteps To An Army Career

“It’s Amazing What The Army Expects From Young Leaders”: Leadership In Army Bands Around The World

A Trumpet Legend Gets His Start With The West Point Band

“In My Soul, I Knew I Couldn’t Give Up”: Serving As A Nurse In Vietnam And Honoring Sister Veterans At Home

“Not An Observer But A Participant In Life”: An Army Nurse Saving Lives In Vietnam

The Best Preparation I Could Have Had: A VMI Grad Discusses Flying, Leadership, And The Hanoi Hilton

“You Might Be My Platoon Leader One Day, And I Don’t Want You To Get Me Killed”: Intense Ranger Training And Combat Experiences In Vietnam

“You Can’t Imagine What 20 And 21 Year Olds Can Do”: Comancheros Flying SOG Recon Teams And Surviving Lam Son 719

“Being A Bridge Builder”: A Singapore West Point Graduate Embodies East And West

“The Snow Turned Red”: A Paratrooper Remembers Bastogne

A Buffalo Soldier at West Point

“Do What I Do, Shoot When I Shoot”: Surviving Hell On Iwo Jima