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WEST POINT MWR CALENDAR Westpoint.Armymwr.Com OCTOBER 3, 2019 1 WWW.WESTPOINT.EDU THE OCTOBER 3, 2019 VOL. 76, NO. 38 OINTER IEW® DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT Tunnel to Towers Run ® (All photos) Nearly 2,000 West Point cadets and U.S. Military Academy leadership members participated in the 18th annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk Sunday in Manhattan. The cadets volunteered to run and be fl ag bearers alongside 30,000 other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the One World Trade Center. The route is the same one New York City Firefi ghter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had struck the Twin Towers. He gathered nearly 60 pounds of fi refi ghting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. Siller, along with 342 other fi refi ghters, made the ultimate sacrifi ce on 9/11. See Page 7 for a fi rst-person account by Class of 2023 Cadet Trevor Harker. Photos by Class of 2023 Hannah Lamb 2 OCTOBER 3, 2019 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW Marsh, USMA Class of 1992, returns as BTO Story and photo by Brandon O’Connor Col. Kyle Marsh, PV Assistant Editor USMA Class of 1992, returned to the U.S. Col. Kyle Marsh, USMA Class of 1992, Military Academy returned to the U.S. Military Academy this this summer as the summer as the Brigade Tactical Officer. Along Brigade Tactical with Commandant of Cadets Col. Curtis Officer. Along with Buzzard, Marsh is in charge of the day-to-day Commandant of operations of the Corps of Cadets including Cadets Col. Curtis standards, discipline and military training. Buzzard, Marsh is Marsh brings with him 27 years of Army experience including five deployments, in charge of the day- several overseas assignments and bases to-day operations of throughout the country. the Corps of Cadets After moving more than 12 times in his including standards, career, Marsh jumped at the opportunity to discipline and return to West Point for the same reason he military training. chose to attend in the first place—he loves Marsh brings with the academy. him 27 years of Starting with his experience as a cadet Army experience while training in Germany, the importance of including five habits, standards and discipline have become deployments and central to his understanding of what it takes time spent working to be successful as an Army officer. in England and bases throughout PV: Why did you decide to return to the country. West Point to serve as the BTO? KM: “Ever since I left I always thought rules. I observe all of the things cadets balance And I learned that back as a young cadet.” process you and the commandant are an assignment here would be a lot of fun. I in a normal day and ask—am I enabling cadets working through? think it’s giving back to the cadets and I had to eat right, sleep right, maintain physical PV: Following a 30-day assessment, KM: “As we were working through some a great experience as a cadet. fitness and achieve impeccable standards and you and the commandant announced of these changes, I watched some of the “After so many years of being away and discipline—key habits that they can carry into some changes to policy focused on comments made online about a lot of leaders, being a consumer of what this institution the Army as junior leaders.” developing positive habits. What did it’s pretty vicious. Come knock on my door, provides in the lieutenants who graduate from you find during those 30 days and how and let’s have a professional conversation. I here, what a humble opportunity to give back PV: Are there experiences during did that impact your decision? don’t bite. Any cadet could walk in my door and work to develop and mold our Army’s your time in the Army that have shaped KM: “Some of my data points were today, sit down and say ‘Sir, I don’t agree with future leaders. your thoughts on leadership and the going to sleep at 2 or 3 in the morning was policy letter X and here’s why.’ I want them to “I want to ensure we give our Army the role having good habits plays? OK routinely to get up at 5:30. They’re not know I listen pretty well. We may not change very best lieutenant possible.” KM: “As a cadet, I was fortunate enough quite meeting what research is telling us is to what they want, but I want them to know to take part in a CTLT in Germany. I was appropriate sleep. So, it’s a habit. Eating is they have the opportunity to come and voice PV: How has your time as a cadet fortunate enough that unit out of Berlin was very much the same. Breakfast is optional. their concerns.” at West Point impacted your career in going to the training center in Hohenfels, It’s one of the things that changed from when the Army and how do you hope to instill Germany. I felt like as the leader, I needed to I was here. PV: What do you hope cadets take those lessons in current cadets? be up. I needed to stay up. I went probably “Many responded that they go to the away from their time at West Point and KM: “I think standards and discipline three days with no sleep. By the end of that I grab-and-go and grab a power bar. It puts specifically your tenure as BTO? was a key aspect I learned. I am very inspired remember, I was absolutely incoherent. I was something in their stomach. I have had KM: “I want cadets to appreciate that they with the quality of our cadets. They are an nonfunctional. I actually fell asleep. I woke conversations with cadets where I share that attend a sacred institution—a very special impressive group of young men and women. up 19 hours later—19! if you feed your body with only a power bar place. I want them to love it as much as I do. The commandant and I talk a lot about “My NCO, Staff Sgt. Roberts, looked as a lieutenant and you think you can do a 10, I am so thankful for the West Point experience. habits. We step back and say, ‘Do our at me and he said, ‘Did you learn a lesson? 12, 20-mile ruck march, you’re going to fall “If when I leave here the cadets looked graduates have good habits?’ Habits of eating You’ve missed an entire battle. I hope you’ve out. You just can’t physically do that. If you’re at Col. Marsh and said, ‘You know he was right. Habits of sleeping right. Habits of learned a lesson. You have to sleep as a allowing your Soldiers to do that then you’re hard, he was fair, he ruthlessly enforced working out right. Habits of standards and leader.’ Early in my cadet career, I learned not teaching them right nutrition.” standards and disciplines and we have better discipline. And if the answer is yes, awesome, habits and understanding the function of habits. I understand why eating is important. how do we sustain? sleep are huge. PV: As these changes are I understand why sleep is important. I “If we have some shortfalls, then how do “So that experience, fast forward now 29 implemented, what do you hope understand why working out is important.’ we build those habits back into our ground years later, I understand the habits of sleeping. the cadets know about you and the Then I’m satisfied.” 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 Brandon O’Connor endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of the Army or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Record. 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