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The Campus Guide: West Point US Military Academy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-294-1. Palka, Eugene; Malinowski, Jon (2008). Historic West Point Photographs. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-59652-416-3. West Point: Legend on the Hudson. Montgomery, NY: Poughkeepsie Journal/Walden Printing. 2003.
The United States Military Academy (USMA or West Point [7]) [better source needed] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York.West Point was established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit, online university system with its headquarters in Charles Town, West Virginia. It is composed of American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU). APUS is wholly owned by American Public Education, Inc., a publicly traded private-sector corporation.
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is a federal service academy located at West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. The Academy was formally founded in 1802 and graduated its first class in October of the same year. It is the oldest of the five American service academies. Due to the academy ...
This "Corps" moved to the garrison at West Point in 1781, but few officers reported for duty and it was disbanded after the end of the war in 1783. In the years immediately following the Revolutionary War, West Point was the largest post in the army, with more than half of the approximately 100 authorized men in the entire army stationed there ...
Michie Stadium / ˈ m aɪ k i / is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. The home field for the Army Black Knights, it opened 101 years ago in 1924 and has a seating capacity of 30,000 for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. [4] The stadium sits at the upper portion of campus, directly west of ...
Life at West Point. New York: Knickerbocker Press. p. 193. west point summer encampment. Lange, Robie (1984). Historic Structures Inventory United States Military Academy West Point, NY Vol 2. Washington D.C.: National Park Service. Miller, Rod (2002). The Campus Guide, West Point: US Military Academy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press ...