• PROGRAM • THE CLASS OF 2024 CLASS OF 2024 Master of Ceremonies...... Kijana Knights UNITED STATES ACADEMY Invocation...... Cadet Michael Bank Toasts: UNITED STATES To the President of the United States...... Cadet Michael Bank Response: “To the President” MILITARY ACADEMY To the ...... Cadet Lilian Richards Response: “To the Army” To the United States Military Academy...... Cadet Kristopher Bailey Response: “To the Military Academy” To our Guests...... Cadet Kijana Knights CLASS COMMITTEE Response: “To our Guests” President...... Cadet Kijana Knights To Fallen Comrades...... Cadet Elliot Lee Silent toast Vice-President...... Cadet Kijana Knights Secretary...... Cadet Elliot Lee Treasurer...... Cadet Michael Bank Historian...... Cadet Lilian Richards Information Systems ...... Cadet Kristopher Bailey

RING AND CREST COMMITTEE Chairperson...... Cadet Sayana Lopes Deputy Chairperson...... Cadet Zach Shaver • DINNER • Class President Comments...... Cadet Kijana Knights CLASS ADVISOR Crest Unveiling...... Cadet Sayana Lopes Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Scerbo Introduction of Guest Speaker...... Cadet Michael Bank Signal Corp Address...... COL (R) Gregory Gadson PLEBE Toast: CLASS OFFICERS IN To the Class of 2024...... Cadet Kristopher Bailey Captain Julia Means Military Police BANQUET Response: “Like None Before” Captain Jonathan Craig Music by the United States Military Academy Band Air Defense 5 MARCH 2021 COL Gadson was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of Field Artillery in 1989 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He has served in every major conflict of the past two decades, • including Operations Desert Shield/Storm (Kuwait), Operations Joint Forge (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq). His awards include the Bronze Star (3), Purple Heart, Meritorious Service MENU Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He is a graduate of • • Command and General at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and holds a master’s degree in Information Systems from Webster Filet Mignon University and a master’s degree in Policy Management from Georgetown University. Potato Au Gratin Greg Gadson has experienced the very worst of , but he has not been defeated by unfortunate circumstance; rather his life Green Beans is a portrait of courage in the race of great adversity. A standout football player at Indian River High School and West Point, this decorated U.S. Army Commander knows well the role that hard Caesar Salad work and determination can play in overcoming life’s challenges.

New York Cheesecake A highly decorated soldier, Gadson was Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 32 Field Artillery in Iraq when on the evening of May 7, 2007, he was severely wounded by an IED resulting in the loss Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Beverage of both legs above the knee and a severely damaged right arm and COL (R) Gregory D. Gadson hand. Refusing to be defined by the proverbial “hail of bullets”, he has since drawn upon the lessons of Pride, Poise, and Team learned as a West Point linebacker and applied them to his life, his career, and his family. Despite Gadson’s greatest challenge, he remained on active-duty service in the military until 2014 and continues • to inspire many with his message of courage, perseverance, determination, and teamwork.