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WEST POINT MWR CALENDAR Westpoint.Armymwr.Com MAY 13, 2021 1 WWW.WESTPOINT.EDU THE M AY 13, 2021 VOL. 78, NO. 18 OINTER IEW® DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT ® Character through sports SEE PAGES 4-5 • • The U.S. Military Academy and the Department of Physical Education presented the 15th annual Coach Mike Krzyzewski Character Through Sport Award during a combined in-person dinner/virtual ceremony May 6 at the Cadet Mess Hall. As Krzyzewski (right), USMA Class of 1969 graduate, tuned in through Microsoft Teams, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams (pictured) and Dean of the Academic Board Cindy Jebb (not pictured) presented cadet athletes, coaches, offi cers-in-charge and sport educators with the Coach K Awards. The awards were bestowed to the winners and runners-up in the categories of Corps Squad, Competitive Club Athletics and Company Athletics. Six winners (above) and runners-up received certifi cates and medallions that recognized them for their commitment to the development of noble character through athletic participation and leadership while living honorably, leading honorably and demonstrating excellence. The Coach Mike Krzyzewski Character Through Sport Award winners include (above from left to right) Maj. Cleveland Richard, Mike Viti, Maj. Sarah Ferreira, Class of 2022 Cadet Stephanie Dolehide and Class of 2021 Cadets David Hazelton and Garrett Burnett. Photos by Eric S. Bartelt/PV 2 MAY 13, 2021 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW Parking restrictions, force protection during Graduation Week By the Directorate of Plans, Training, available to transport guests from Trophy pedestrians and vehicle traffic who don’t to speed up the processing through security. Mobilization and Security Point back to BSF and to A Lot. possess a blocking pass from 5:30 a.m. until —All guests will be allowed to enter the • A Lot is designated for ticketed handicap the completion of the Graduation Ceremony stadium with one, un-opened plastic bottle During Graduation Week, several traffi c guests parking only. at approximately 1 p.m. of water. You may be asked to break the seal and parking restrictions will be enforced. • B Lot is reserved for Protocol vehicles • When entering Michie Stadium: at the gate. If the seal is already broken, it Please allow for additional travel time when only. —Guests may enter Michie Stadium will not be allowed into the stadium. Mugs, coming to West Point and driving on and • Authorized personnel with DOD through security checkpoints established at thermoses, etc. are not authorized. around the installation during Graduation identification are encouraged to use Gates 4, 5, 6, 6A and 7. Safety and security are a paramount Week. Washington Gate when entering/exiting —Kimsey Center is open for wheelchair concern during Graduation Week activities. Parking and traffi c information for West Point. access only. Everyone attending the Graduation Graduation Week — Towing will be • Stony Lonesome Road is closed at —All guests entering the stadium are Ceremony is asked to report any suspicious enforced at owner's expense: approximately 6:20 a.m. until 7:30 a.m. and subject to search. or criminal activity. Immediately report it to • Any West Point personnel going on again from 8-8:45 a.m. to all vehicle traffi c —Coolers, backpacks, unwrapped Military Police at the stadium or by calling offi cial travel outside the installation during from Washington Road to Mills Road. packages and umbrellas will not be allowed 845-938-3333. Graduation Week must not park at the lots • Roads in and around Michie Stadium into the stadium. You are encouraged to use Remember: If you See something, Hear identifi ed below. Contact the Military Police are blocked off to all non-credentialed clear plastic bags to carry your possessions something, Say something. for authorized overnight/extended parking areas . • All vehicles must be removed from Buff alo Soldier Field (BSF), Clinton Lot and Doubleday Lot no later than 11 p.m. May 20 Secretary of Defense to speak at for the Graduation Parade on May 21. • All vehicles must be removed from BSF Lot, A Lot, B Lot, C Lot, D Lot, E Lot, F Lot, G Lot, AAA Lot and the Michie Stadium West Point Graduation May 22 area no later than 11 p.m. May 21 for the By West Point Media Relations Graduation Ceremony on May 22. WEST POINT, N.Y.—Secretary of May 21 Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will serve • Authorized guests with appropriate as the commencement speaker at the tickets and wrist band who are attending U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2021 the Graduation Parade are able to enter the Graduation Ceremony May 22 at West installation at 7 a.m. with preferred parking Point. for all non-handicap guest vehicles is BSF This will mark his first visit as Lot. Shuttles will be available to transport graduation speaker. guests who elect not to walk to and/or from “We are honored to welcome the The Plain (Parade Field). the Secretary of Defense back to his • Clinton Lot is designated for handicap alma mater as we celebrate the many placard/ticketed handicap guests parking only. accomplishments of our graduating • Doubleday Lot is reserved for Protocol class,” said Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, vehicles only. 60th Superintendent of the U.S. Military • BSF Lot is reserved for staff and faculty Academy. working on May 21 and for Graduation Parade Austin graduated from the U.S. guests. Military Academy in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission in the May 22 Infantry. During his 41-year Army career, • Authorized guests with appropriate he has commanded at all levels concluding tickets and wrist band who are attending the his uniformed service as the commander Graduation Ceremony are able to enter the of U.S. Central Command in 2016. installation at 7 a.m. with the preferred access “West Point looks forward to control point at Stony Lonesome Gate. commissioning the newest cohort of Shuttles will be available for those who lieutenants into the ranks of the Army enter Thayer Gate to transport guests who Officer Corps,” Williams said. elect not to walk to and/or from the stadium. For more information about the Shuttles are available after the Graduation Class of 2021’s graduation ceremony, Ceremony to transport guests from the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will serve as the commencement speaker visit https://www.westpoint.edu/ at the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2021 Graduation Ceremony May 22 at stadium to BSF Lot and Trophy Point. After graduation2021. the bar pinning ceremonies, shuttle buses are West Point. Courtesy Photo 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 offi cial views of, or constitute endorsement of the products or services advertised by the U.S. Army or the Times Herald- Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of the Army or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Record. Superintendent Vacant The editorial content of the Pointer View is the responsibility of the U.S. Military Academy Public Everything advertised in this pub li ca tion will be made available for purchase, use or pa tron age Lt. Col. Beth R. Smith PV Assistant Editor Affairs Offi ce, Bldg. 600, West Point, New York 10996, (845) 938-2015. with out regard to race, color, re li gion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, phys i cal handi cap, Public Affairs Officer Jorge Garcia The Pointer View is printed weekly by the Times Herald-Record, a pri vate fi rm in no way connect ed po liti cal af fi l i a tion or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or pa tron. Eric S. Bartelt PV Staff Writer, 938-3684 with the De partment of the Army, under ex clu sive con tract with West Point. The Times Herald-Record is If a violation or re jec tion of this equal opportunity policy by an ad ver tis er is confi rmed, the publisher PV Managing Editor, 938-2015 [email protected] responsible for all commercial advertising. will refuse to print ad ver tis ing from that source until the violation has been corrected. [email protected] POINT POINTER VIEW IN FOCUS: NORWEGIAN FOOT MARCH BADGE MAY 13, 2021 3 Cadets, staff and faculty compete to earn Norwegian Foot March Badge Story by Sgt. 1st Class Josephine Pride Tavassoli said. “I said that’s not enough, so I said West Point Public Affairs Office NCOIC I am going to do it on these three weekends and open it up to everyone around post.” The weekends usually mean a time to catch Tavassoli was able to get about 1,500 up on sleep and relax before the next week staff, faculty and cadets through the course ahead. For nearly 1,500 cadets, staff and faculty by splitting up the competition throughout at the U.S. Military Academy, the weekend for three weekends in April to implement COVID them meant an opportunity to participate in the mitigation measures. Over 1,200 participants grueling Norwegian Foot March over the course qualified to earn the badge with a pass rate of of several days on April 3, 11 and 25. 86%. The Norwegian Foot March, also known “In the big Army, its only a 70% pass rate so as Marsjmerket, is an armed forces skill badge we were 16% higher than the Army,” Tavassoli earned after completing an 18.6-mile foot said.
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