FEBRUARY 25, 2021 1 WWW.WESTPOINT.EDU THE FEBRUARY 25, 2021 VOL. 78, NO. 7 OINTER IEW® DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT ® Yearlings celebrate SEE Page 3 • • The U.S. Military Academy held its annual Yearling Winter Weekend Banquet Friday at the Cadet Mess Hall. In honoring the Class of 2023 cadets’ milestone, the guest speaker for the evening was U.S. Corps of Cadets Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Killingsworth (above and right). Killingsworth took the podium and refl ected on Gen. Douglas MacArthur accepting the Thayer Award 59 years ago and delivering his famous Duty, Honor, Country speech. Killingsworth also shared his personal experiences in Afghanistan to the cadets. Photos by Tarnish Pride/USMA PAO THE INSIDE & ONLINE G O TO WWW . WESTPOINT . EDU / NEWS POINTER VIEW FOR STORIES AND P D F ARCHIVES . 2 FEBRUARY 25, 2021 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW USMA Capstone Project teams cadets with U.S Army installations to study Army energy and water systems resilience By J.E. Jack Surash, P.E., Brad Gustafson, P.E. and Dr. is the resilience of our installations’ energy and water systems presentation of fi ndings at USMA’s Projects Day in April. Bret Strogen, P.E. and infrastructure. The project aligns with the Army Installation Energy and Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army The Army Energy and Water Systems Resilience project is Water Strategic Plan, which sets the expectation that Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) an opportunity for cadets to work on issues they may face during installation and water infrastructure supporting critical missions their Army engineering careers. It provides cadets valuable in the Strategic Support Area be resilient, effi cient and aff ordable. The Senior Capstone experience at the U.S. Military fi rst-hand exposure to Army energy and water requirements and As we progress toward the Army of 2028, the plan states that the Academy at West Point allows cadets to draw upon and apply professional challenges, right at the time they are receiving their Army must increase our installation energy and water resilience knowledge in their chosen majors as well as knowledge gained branch assignments — the fi nal stage of a process that determines to anticipate and withstand future threats. throughout the course of their studies to design solutions to in which of the Army’s 17 branches they will pursue their careers. This program will have a lasting, positive impact for the real-world problems. The project team of engineering faculty and cadets are Army. This opportunity will provide these future Army leaders This year, select First Class, or senior year, cadets from the researching industry norms, practices and common challenges with a greater understanding of how resilient energy and water Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME) and during the 2020-21 academic year. systems support the readiness of Army installations. The the Department of Systems Engineering (SE), are participating The cadets chosen for this program are Class of 2021 cadets’ work will off er insights that may infl uence the design in a new Senior Capstone project sponsored by the Offi ce of Cadets Neil Blackwell (mechanical engineering), Aubrey Evans and prioritization of near-term projects. Additionally, this cadre the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and (mechanical engineering), Phoebe Lee (systems engineering), of cadets will raise awareness of installation energy and water Environment). Christine Panlasigui (civil engineering), Duncan Russell (civil challenges to their classmates, and thus increase their awareness This innovative project is the result of a collaboration between engineering) and Ke’Shaun Wells (systems engineering). of the critical importance of energy and water resilience to Army the Offi ce of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for The team is working with Army energy managers at three facilities and infrastructure supporting multi-domain operations. Energy and Sustainability and USMA professors Lt. Col. Brad installations (Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; and Follow progress of Army Energy and Sustainability McCoy and Dr. F. Todd Davidson, who work within the Center Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois) and other Army stakeholders, who Initiatives on social media: for Innovation and Engineering housed within CME, and Maj. implement energy and sustainability best practices. • Twitter: @ASArmyIEE, @ArmyOEI; @WestPoint_ Steve McCarthy from the SE. They will also develop a report that summarizes the technical USMA, @WestpointCME; Army readiness begins on our installations where secure data collected and identifi es energy and water system resilience • Facebook: @ASAIEE, @ArmyOEI; @WestPointUSMA, access to energy and water is vital to supporting critical missions. capability gaps, lessons learned and recommendations for @WestpointCME; Just as USMA cadets are key to the future of the force, so too consideration. The capstone project will culminate with a public • Instagram: westpointcme. The Senior Capstone experience at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point allows cadets to draw upon and apply knowledge in their chosen majors as well as knowledge gained throughout the course of their studies to design solutions to real-world problems. This year, select First Class, or senior year, cadets from the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME) and the Department of Systems Engineering (SE), are participating in a new Senior Capstone project sponsored by the Offi ce of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment). (Left) The writers and contributors of the story. (Above) The cadets involved in the capstone project. 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[email protected] POINT POINTER VIEW IN FOCUS: YEARLING WINTER WEEKEND FEBRUARY 25, 2021 3 Class of 2023 celebrates the Yearling Winter Weekend By Jorge Garcia PV Staff Writer A year and half of struggles have passed at the U.S. Military Academy. Cadet Basic Training and Cadet Field Training have passed by with three-plus semesters of academic demands have moved the Class of 2023 cadets a step closer to their goal as they are 27 months until graduation. The cadets commemorated this milestone during the Yearling Winter Weekend Banquet on Friday at the Cadet Mess Hall. The ceremony brought together the Class of 2023 cadets, West Point staff and faculty and the guest speaker Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Killingsworth, the 25th senior enlisted leader of the U.S. Corps of Cadets at West Point. After he was introduced, Killingsworth took the podium and reflected on Gen. Douglas MacArthur accepting the Thayer Award 59 years ago and delivered the famous Duty, Honor Country speech. “More recently, Gen. Michael Garrett, commander of U.S. Forces Command, stood here,” Killingsworth said as he continued to reflect. “He addressed the Class of 2022 during Yearling Winter Weekend last year. And now, it’s my utmost privilege that you all asked me to be your guest speaker. Class of 2023, freedom is not free.” Killingsworth shared a personal experience he went through in Afghanistan. It was a moment in his life that he would never forget. “About a year ago, I was in Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. (Curtis) Buzzard had contacted me to interview me and many other sergeants majors to come here and be the Corps of Cadets command sergeant major. So, about a week had gone by and I hadn’t heard anything. I figured I didn’t get the job,” Killingsworth said. “It was really early in the morning and it was really cold but I was getting ready to go out and link up with a team at a combat outpost in Seoul. So, I went up to the headquarters and started getting my kit together. And I started checking my email, and an email popped in from (Brig.) Gen. Buzzard. So, I Class of 2023 Cadet and Class President Yousef Koborsi (center) stands with guest speaker Command Sgt.