WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The class of cadets preparing to jubilantly toss their caps in the air at the U.S. Military Academy’s graduation ceremony Saturday includes 34 black women, a record number that’s a sign of concerted efforts to diversify West Point’s Long Gray Line. West Point remains mostly white and mostly male. The […]
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The parents of a 21-year-old West Point cadet fatally injured in a skiing accident raced the clock to get a judge’s permission to retrieve his sperm for “the possibility of preserving some piece of our child that might live on.” U.S. Military Academy Cadet Peter Zhu was declared brain dead […]
With flags flying high all across the nation this Independence Day, a new dawn is on the horizon for students at the United States Military Academy. Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams was named the first Black commander in West Point’s 216-year history, and had the honor of leading the class this past Monday (July 2). […]
As a little girl, Simone Askew would lead her sister and friends on marches through the woods pretending to be soldiers. Now, the 20-year-old Northern Virginia native is officially living out her dreams as the first African-American woman to lead cadets as the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Askew, an […]
A woman from Fairfax, Virginia has become the first African-American to lead West Point’s Corps of Cadets. According to FOX 5, cadet Simone Askew has attained the highest position in the cadet commands. She will start her new position on Monday, August 14, 2017. She is currently in charge of 1, 502 cadets as the Regimental […]
A woman from Fairfax, Virginia has become the first African-American to lead West Point’s Corps of Cadets. According to FOX 5, cadet Simone Askew has attained the highest position in the cadet commands. She will start her new position on Monday, August 14, 2017. She is currently in charge of 1, 502 cadets as the Regimental […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sixteen black West Point cadets who posed with raised fists for a pre-graduation picture that sparked debates on race and proper behavior in uniform won’t be punished for the gesture, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday. The decision, less than two weeks before the 16 female seniors are poised to graduate, […]
