Day: 3/15/2010

  • Army Triathlon Team races at the Miami International Triathlon

    March 15, 2010

    By: Cadet Andrew Stock


    On Sunday the West Point Triathlon team faced over 1,000 competitors and close to a dozen collegiate triathlon teams (including Navy) at the Miami International Triathlon. The team did very well overall in there final tune-up race before nationals on April 18th. Here are a few pictures from the race: The team is now headed to Vero Beach, Florida for a week of training. Check in later this week for more updates on the training!

  • And finally meeting the wealthy Iron Man

    March 15, 2010

    By: Cadet Anderson Kim


    All expense paid for springbreak trip to France courtesy of the US Government??? Lol i wish.  This trip was made possible by the generous donors of the BNP Paribas, the world's largest coalition of banks.  BNP Paribas is headquartered in Paris and we got to meet the person responsible for allowing this donation to be made possible.  His name, Mr. Stark.  Talbot Stark.  Again, thank you Mr. Stark.

  • An Amazing Week

    March 15, 2010

    By: Colonel Thomas Palmatier


    Last week, the Soldiers of The U.S. Army Field Band had an amazing experience; recording selections with the Marcus Roberts Trio.  Marcus is one of the leading jazz pianists in the world, as well as being an award-winning composer and a distinguished educator.  This is a photo of Marcus at the keyboard.  Although he is blind, after a few minutes with him you completely forget that and know that this is absolutely someone who you would never, ever call "disabled." He's an amazing musician and...read more

  • No words can describe...

    March 15, 2010

    By: Cadet Eric Bernau


    I am exhausted...in a good way. Last night after a full day of diving we let our hotel at 22:30 to take a bus to Mt. Sinai 2.5 hours away to climb Mt. Sinai, where Moses received the 10 commandments from God. We got there around 2:30 after a few stops to pick other people up and proceeded up the mountain. A few friends and I were dead set on one thing, riding camels... We kept scanning the pitch black night trying to catch a glimpse of one or two and although we couldn't see...read more

  • clinic update

    March 15, 2010

    By: Major Kendall Mower


    Thursday was a little more of a slower-paced day, and I found myself not knowing what to do at times. My last patient of the day was one that surprised me a bit.  I knew the possibilty existed, but didn't think the wisdom teeth would be too difficult to get out.  But due to the age, race, and time of day (last patient - Murphy's Law) - it ended up not being quite as straight-forward as I would have liked.  Every tooth had to be sectioned (cut into pieces) and removed to get it out - even though...read more

  • Egypt...

    March 15, 2010

    By: Major Wayne Wall


    Our arrival in Egypt was anything but easy. Our plan was to put our vehicle on a ferry from Aqaba and land in the Sinai in the town of Neweba. We did not expect to encounter as many problems as we did. On the Aqaba side, the immigration officer giving us our exit stamps "somehow" missed stamping one of our passports, something we didn't know about until a minute before we were supposed to drive the vehicle onto the ship. Fortunately the dock manager was sympathetic and allowed us to go...read more

  • Model UN Team on the Move to Taiwan

    March 15, 2010

    By: Cadet Chris Oblak


    The West Point Model UN team arrived safely in Tapei, Taiwan, and is now in the middle of the first day of competition.