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Cadet Spirit Band SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 1 THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 VOL. 75, NO. 36 ® UTY ONOR OUNTRY OINTER IEW D , H , C PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT ® Army rings Liberty’s bell (Above photo) Army West Point senior running back Calen Holt gets the Black Knights on the scoreboard fi rst with a 25-yard touchdown as he beats a Liberty defender with a dive into the end zone. Holt fi nished the day with 72 yards rushing and a touchdown as the Black Knights earned a home-opening victory with a 38- 14 win over Liberty Sept. 8 at Michie Stadium. (Right) Cadets from Company I-3, Icemen, enjoy the gameday festivities with their company mascot, the Polar Bear. See Page 16 for story and photos from the Army West Point Football home opener. Photos by Class of 2020 Amanda Lin (aboVe) and Michelle Eberhart/USMA PAO POINTER VIEW INSIDE & ONLINE WWW . USMA . EDU WWW . POINTERVIEW . COM Fireside Chat with Cadets SEE PAGE 6. 2 SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW Never Forget: Honoring the Fallen of 9/11 By Kathy Eastwood went to work like we always did. After all, it Staff Writer was just another Tuesday. But at 8:46 in the morning, all of that changed. We watched in The West Point community remembered horror as the first two planes struck the Twin and honored the nearly 3,000 souls who lost Towers within minutes of each other and their lives on another Tuesday, 17 years ago on continued to watch in disbelief as one by one, Sept. 11, 2001. Due to the weather, the West the towers collapsed. Before we could catch Point community packed Eisenhower Hall for our breath, we heard of a second attack at our the annual Remembrance Ceremony. nation’s capital and saw the images of smoke The event that occurred 17 years ago was rising from the Pentagon, and before long, we the worst terrorist attack, in terms of the death would learn of a fourth plane that crashed in toll in history. Since that day, the words “Never a small field in southwestern Pennsylvania.” Forget” have become a rallying cry. Included in the Remembrance Ceremony “Sept. 11, 2001 started as just another were the West Point firefighters who stood to ordinary Tuesday,” U.S. Military Academy honor the 343 firefighters who sacrificed their Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams lives to save others. said. “News headlines focused on the defense After bells tolled marking the time at which department’s plan to eliminate wasteful the two planes struck the towers, a West Point spending, the United Nations was certifying firefighter rang the final bell in honor of the the results of East Timor’s first democratic first responders who died. election and Michael Jordan possibly coming The moment of silence was followed by out of retirement. The New York Giants were four cannon blasts in remembrance of the four heading back home from Denver after dropping planes that crashed on 9/11. their season opener to the Broncos while the In another West Point tradition, cadets ran New York Yankees were coming off a three- around post carrying the American flag from game winning streak. reveille to retreat. “Children went to school, men and women “Small and hateful minds tried to break A West Point Firefighter rings the bell to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, during the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a crash in a small field in Pennsylvania, at the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Tuesday. Photo by Bryan Ilyankoff/USMA PAO us,” Williams said. “They failed. In the midst of these unspeakable tragedies, the horrific acts of a few were answered by the heroic acts of many. As legions of ordinary people reacted with extraordinary courage; service members and civilian employees at the Pentagon carrying the wounded out of the building and leading their coworkers to safety. The bravery of those on Flight 93 who would sacrifice themselves in that Pennsylvania field to save the lives of others. There were no shortage of heroes that day. “In the face of tragedy, heroes walked among us,” Williams continued. “When we came together as Americans, we show our greatest strengths as a people when we raised up and mastered a moment when it arrived. Yet, we were not alone that fateful Tuesday 17 years ago. Cadets carry an American flag Tuesday “Millions of people all over the world stood while running through West Point, shoulder to shoulder with us in mourning, in which is a Sept. 11 tradition at USMA. solidarity, in sympathy and in friendship,” The runners run from 6 a.m. until 5 U.S. Military Academy Chaplain Col. Matthew Pawlikowski gives the benediction Williams concluded. “We will never forget p.m. to honor those who perished during the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Tuesday at Eisenhower Hall. the response of the global community in the during the 9/11 terror attacks. Photo by Brandon O’Connor/PV aftermath.” Photo by Brandon O’Connor/PV 40 Mulberry Street, Middletown, NY 10940 POINTER VIEW ® To subscribe to the Pointer View or The Army civilian enterprise newspaper, the Pointer View, is an authorized publication for members The appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not if you have delivery problems, call 845-346-3213. of the Department of Defense. Contents of the Pointer View are not necessarily the official views of, or constitute endorsement of the products or services advertised by the U.S. Army or the Times Herald- Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of the Army or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Record. Superintendent Brandon O’Connor The editorial content of the Pointer View is the responsibility of the U.S. Military Academy Public Everything advertised in this publication will be made available for purchase, use or patronage Lt. Col. Chevelle Thomas PV Assistant Editor, 938-3079 Affairs Office, Bldg. 600, West Point, New York 10996, (845) 938-2015. without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, Public Affairs Officer Kathy Eastwood The Pointer View is printed weekly by the Times Herald-Record, a private firm in no way connected political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. Eric S. Bartelt PV Staff Writer, 938-3684 with the Department of the Army, under exclusive contract with West Point. The Times Herald-Record is If a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is confirmed, the publisher PV Managing Editor, 938-2015 [email protected] responsible for all commercial advertising. will refuse to print advertising from that source until the violation has been corrected. [email protected] POINTER VIEW IN FOCUS: BRANCH WEEK SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 3 Branch Week: Gathering information for right career choice Story and photos by Brandon O’Connor Assistant Editor For three years, the Class of 2019 has been working to learn about all the branching options open to them upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy. Now, it is time to make their final rankings and express their preferences. This week marks the annual Branch Week at West Point where representatives from each of the branches open to cadets after they graduate from USMA set up displays to talk about their branches and answer questions. For Plebes and Yearlings, the week is geared toward educating them on what their options are. Cows, on the other hand, are expected to spend the week talking to branches that interest them and start narrowing down their preferences. The real pressure falls on the Firsties who have until Monday at 11 p.m. to finalize the rankings that will be used to place them into branches. Branch Week marks their final opportunity to ask questions, explore the branches and make sure they know which ones they prefer. “I have pretty much narrowed it down already, but I think for me it is really solidifying my top two or three,” Class of 2019 Cadet Benson Moore said of what he hopes to gain during his final Branch Week. “I am in a position where I don’t think I will drop any lower than that, so just ironing out the difference between A representative from the Aviation branch talks with cadets during Branch Week Tuesday. one and two and making sure it is the right about going Aviation so it is a lot of technical have to submit a list ranking the branches from get number one. You should list it one through move.” skill and something we don’t get a lot of training one through 17 for men and one through 15 17 as you desire it because you don’t know the For their first two years at West Point, on here, so making sure it is the right arena for for women, who can opt out of Infantry and allocations.” cadets have forced rotations through the branch me to excel in is big. The last few years have Armor. Their lists are then used to place them To help with their final list, cadets rank the displays, but for their last two years they can been a lot of infantry training throughout the in branches mostly based on their class ranking branches five other times during their time at go at their leisure and also attend symposiums. year. You pretty much know what to expect with and the number of seats available.
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