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Men’s Lacrosse vs. Colgate, Noon Saturday at Michie Stadium. OINTER IEW ® PVOL . 67, NO. 12 SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF W VE S T POINT , THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY APRIL 1, 2010 Decon Training Tom Bocek, Battelle Corporation Decontamination Training Team manager, reveiws decontamination techniques with personnel from Keller Army Community Hospital and White Plains Medical Center during an annual decontamination training event March 25. The mission was to decontaminate patients contaminated with nuclear, biological or chemical hazards and protect the hospital and its other patients from being affected by the offending agents. TOMMY GILLI G AN /PV Men’s soccer respectable versus MLS Red Bulls Story and photos by tremendous.” just shot the ball and it went in the Tommy Gilligan A plebe duo led the home team net. It is the greatest feeling in the Assistant Editor/Photo in the first 45 minutes of the contest. world and for it to happen against a Plebe Michal Fiuk started in the net professional team— it is something On a rainy Monday afternoon in and provided the team with four I’ll never forget.” March, the 2010 Army Men’s Soccer brilliant saves while only giving up At half time, the team stormed Team took the field under first-year one goal during his commanding into the locker room filled with head coach Russell Payne during defensive performance from the confidence as the contest was a friendly competition against the goal line. knotted up at 1-1. New York Red Bulls, a Major Plebe Josh Koeppe scored his See SOCCER, Page 2 League Soccer team, in front of first collegiate goal on a 35-yard Yearling defenseman Jeffery more than 600 spectators at Clinton looping shot over the goalkeepers Pickett (3) advanced the ball Field. head in the 44th minute of the first past New York Red Bulls’ The Black Knights lost the half. midfielder Irving Garcia (99) exhibition 3-1, but put forth a strong “I was just pushing up and, during a friendly soccer match showing against the MLS squad. as soon as the ball popped out, I Monday. The Black Knights “I can’t be anything but proud looked up and figured I would go fell to the visiting Red Bulls of the way our guys played today,” for it,” Koeppe said. “I saw their 3-1 in front of more than 600 Payne said. “I thought the effort was keeper scrambling to get back so I spectators at Clinton Field. 2 April 1, 2010 Local and National News Pointer View SOCCER, cont’d from page 1 Payne explained how important it is to keep up the defensive effort the team members were putting up, while showing them on the whiteboard that they could attack more on the offensive end by making small adjustments to the way they were playing. Throughout the next 45 minutes, they stayed true to their coaches’ lessons, challenging every ball to the last second of the game. T h e e x p e r i e n c e level of the Red Bulls prevailed, however, as they outshot the Black Knights 21-4. “At the end of the day, I am never happy with losing, but when you are measuring yourself against those guys, who are going to be a very good team this year, I can’t be too Plebe goalkeeper Michal Fiuk (0) makes disappointed,” Payne one of his four saves in the first half said. “The mentality against Major League Soccer club, the Saving a Life of professional players New York Red Bulls. is what you want your guys to young and old. The players signed The American Red Cross held its blood drive at Eisenhower Hall's Grand Ballroom from Monday see and emulate, along with their everything from soccer balls, jerseys through today.You can still donate blood or platelets from 11 a.m.-5 p.m today. Maj. Felix Ortiz, professional approach, the speed and flags. One fan even had his hand from Keller Army Community Hospital, checks his progress with technician Kelly Minerel. they played with, and how to recover signed by Red Bulls goalkeeper KA T HY EAS T WOOD /PV defensively against them. But it was Greg Sutton. also fun for our guys. They’ll have After the game, the West Point the memory of playing against that Men’s and Women’s teams held a team for the rest of their lives.” clinic for more than 200 boys and FRAUD, WASTE and ABUSE HOTLINE After the game concluded, the girls. They went through different If you suspect or know someone who either is committing, or has committed, any type of Black Knights and the Red Bulls stations as the coaching staff and fraud against the U.S. government in the West Point or surrounding area, report it by calling lined the northwest end of the players gave guidance to the young the Fraud, Waste and Abuse hotline at 938-3158. field to sign autographs for fans players. 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See SOLUTION, Page 9 Staff Writer, 938-3684 Pointer View Local and National News April 1, 2010 3 Tough training prepares Sandhurst team to compete Story and photo by Lt. Col. Mike Stoneham In several long days at KMTA, the cadets honed their NMAA Academic Mentor and Sandhurst OIC shooting skills, developed their land navigation abilities, extended their knowledge of crew-served weapons and Cadets at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan improved their decision-making processes. have set their sights on the Sandhurst trophy. More than 150 They muscled through punishing road marches in the cadets tried out for the 11-man team in December 2009. open plains surrounding the Gharib Ghar, the steep, rocky The determined cadets chosen to compete have been mountain that dominates the main Afghan training area in training every afternoon since for the two-day competition. the Kabul area. Guided by Sgt. 1st Class Bud Croy, the NMAA mentor Blistered and visibly tired after their culminating training who has been helping to train the team, these cadets have event (an octathalon combining shooting, road marching, land committed to traveling the 6,731 miles that separate Kabul navigation, combat casualty care, casualty transport, manual from West Point in hopes of defeating the 32 West Point truck recovery, strength training and crisis decision-making cadet teams and the other schools’ team participating in the on a leaderhip reaction course), the cadets are now in final military skills competition April 9-10. preparation for their trip to West Point. They know they will have some tough competition. They are excited about the opportunity to travel to the Unlike their West Point allies, the NMAA cadets come from United States and are convinced they will be able to put on every Kandak (battalion) in the cadet corps at NMAA, and a good show during the Sandhurst Competition. For many they don’t have the home turf advantage. In fact, no terrain in members of the group, this will be their first trip out of their experience is anything like the terrain at West Point. Afghanistan. Forests do not exist in the Kabul area where both For three, however, this is a return trip.