My Son and West Point -- How Did Four Years Pass In the Blink of an Eye?

copied from FOX NEWS


How do four years pass in the blink of an eye?

That's what I wonder as I sit alongside the hallowed ground of The Plain, a wide, flat, manicured lawn on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Story goes that, of all the expanses of green grass in this great country, only that at the White House costs more to maintain. 

On this Friday morning, The Plain is groomed to perfection

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/23/son-graduates-west-point-did-years-pass-blink-eye/#ixzz1NIBrNQKl

USMA Graduation Day Info

Saturday, May 21 - Gates will open at 7a.m. Arrival of Graduating
class 9:30, Graduation Ceremony begins 10a.m. There will be a link on
the West Point home page that will go live on Graduation Day. It will
also be shown on the Pentagon Channel. Check your local listings.

Graduation Details:  http://www.usma.edu/class/2011/gradinfo.html

Friday, May 20
10:30 a.m. Graduation Parade - The Plain
                 Tickets required for bleacher seating
2 p.m. Awards Convocation – Eisenhower Hall
4:30 - 6 p.m. Pre-Banquet Reception - Eisenhower Hall
7 p.m. Banquet Washington Hall /West Point Club/Thayer Hotel

Saturday, May 21
7 a.m. Stadium gates open
9:30 a.m. Arrival of graduating class
10 a.m. GRADUATION CEREMONY

(Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen will be the
graduation speaker.)

First lady to address West Point cadets

Michelle Obama will address West Point cadets at a banquet just prior to their graduation.The May 20 visit will be Obama's first visit to the U.S. Military Academy. Commencement exercises are the next day. It also will be the first address by a first lady to the cadet corps in at least 20 years, according to school spokesman Francis DeMaro......

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110326/NEWS/103260330/First-lady-address-West-Point-cadets?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com|s

Army Men's Soccer Alumni & Friends Event Invitation

To All Alumni & Friends of West Point Men’s Soccer,

Hello again from sunny West Point, NY.  As a follow up to the recent newsletter distribution, we wanted to pass along the attached invitation to this year’s Alumni Weekend. 

Our staff was overwhelmed by last year’s response and look forward to building on that momentum; we’ve streamlined the weekend in question to consist of an early morning  ‘golf outing’, followed by the annual Alumni Match on Clinton ‘A’ featuring a post-game cookout.

Similar to last spring, we’ve created a number of ways for each of you to participate, contribute, and/or support this fantastic event.  The program all of you worked so hard to build is heading in an extremely positive direction and yet we’re all aware of the need for continued involvement from each and every alum, family & friend who recognizes the impact soccer had on their experience as a West Point cadet.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and for your commitment – we have merely scratched the surface on this journey as ‘Partners in the Process’ and appreciate all that you have done while at the same time look forward to seeing what WE can do together in the future.

Let’s keep building the tradition!

Hope to see each of you end of April.

Russell Payne

Head Men's Soccer Coach

USMA West Point

845-938-2420 office

845-938-7061 fax

240-997-8913 cell

www.goarmysports.com

armysoccercamp@usma.edu