Tuesday was a whirlwind!  It began with a rainy Alumni Review where I was with the Pointer View (West Point’s newspaper) taking pictures and shadowing Mike Strasser as he interviewed the oldest grad present, Retired GEN Ralph Haines (see GEN Haines addressing COL Thayer’s Statue below).

I also spoke with Old Grads about their time here at USMA, and a cheery group of them gathered under the Pershing Sally Port to gossip about their time when they lived in “Hotel Pershing.”

That afternoon, I took photos of COL Lewis’s Retirement Ceremony.  She was a member of the first class that admitted females to USMA.  It was an emotional day for her and her father, whom she is hugging here.

I also met GEN Gainey.  Phenomenal moment.  See?  ROTC can take you places (Three Stars)!