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APRIL 3, 2014 1 THE APRIL 3, 2014 VOL. 71, NO. 13 OINTER IEW® DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY PSERVING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE COMMUNITY V OF WEST POINT The ® Art of WarSee Pages 10-11 MIKE STRASSER/PV Gen. Martin Women’s Team INSIDE Dempsey returns Handball hosts to alma mater; memorial & talks with ‘14. tournament. ONLINE WWW . POINTERVIEW . COM JOHN PELLINO/DPTMS/VI MIKE STRASSER/PV WWW . USMA . EDU SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 6 2 APRIL 3, 2014 NEWS & FEATURES POINTER VIEW Team excels at Bataan Memorial The “Long Gray Line” team of West Point cadets came in first place at the 25th annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 23. (From left) Class of 2017 Cadet Austin Willard, Class of 2015 Cadet Kevin Whitham, Class of 2014 Cadet Louis Tobergte, Class of 2015 Cadet Kyle Warren and Class of 2015 Cadet Ben Ficke competed in the Military Male Heavy Team category and finished the 26.2-mile march in 5 hours, 26 minutes. (Far left) Class of 2014 Cadet Jessica Niemiec placed fourth in the Military Female Individual Heavy division with a time of 6 hours, 30 minutes. Marchers in the heavy divisions all had a minimum of 35 pounds in their rucksacks/backpacks, which were weighed and verified at the finish line. PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. 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Martin Dempsey spoke with cadets enrolled in the American Exceptionalism course in the Department of Social Sciences conference room as the guest lecturer. JOHN PELLINO/DPTMS VI Dempsey talks to Class of 2014 on life after West Point Story by Kathy Eastwood from other nations is with Al-Qaida during your entire Army career, Staff Writer whatever that Soldier whether it is five years or 20 years. We have been needs he is going to get. successful in stripping away its core leadership, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the That is the trust he has. but there are groups that brand themselves with Joint Chiefs of Staff, took some time March “That commitment that ideology.” 27 to talk with cadets, faculty and staff and we make to each other Dempsey opened up the last half hour of his also addressed the Class of 2014 at Robinson will continue to be speech to questions from the cadets. Auditorium. the case,” Dempsey One Class of 2014 Cadet asked, “From your Dempsey first told the cadets he had no said. “You also see he position, what does winning look like?” lecture or briefing prepared for them, and had has a wedding band Dempsey answered by giving the example brought just one slide to present. on and that reminds of Iraq. “This is going to be about you. You are us of the network of “People say to me, how can you possibly giving me the opportunity to let me know what support that must exist feel good about what you did in Iraq,” he said. is on your mind,” Dempsey said. “This is for for who awaits him a “We accomplished our mission. We defeated one important reason, you are going to graduate thousand miles away. the Al-Qaida element, built security forces and in 61 days and I want to make sure you know This is an incredible established a leadership. The government did that we really need your leadership. We really responsibility that we not live up to their bargain, but we left at the need your ownership; you are going to have to all share and I hope it request of the Iraqi government. It was the right own this thing we call the military profession.” reminds you today that thing to do.” Dempsey said after the cadets graduate, they the very foundation Dempsey explained that had U.S. forces not must be tactically competent to lead an infantry of who we are as a Class of 2014 Cadet Jeffrey Ferebee, class president, withdrawn from Iraq when asked, they would be platoon or tank platoon. profession is the word presents Gen. Martin Dempsey to the firsties assembled seen as occupiers with no hope of establishing a “We have been banged around a little bit,” trust.” at Robinson Auditorium. democratic way of life within that environment. Dempsey said. “We have gotten sloppy, not Dempsey said trust Dempsey said leaders must develop self- “Were we there to help a sovereign nation because we are bad and it is not because we have is the very foundation of the Army and cadets awareness so they can interact with young men or were we there to impose ourselves on the huge issues that is permeating the force. It is the will have to earn that trust every day that they and women of different generations and deal people,” Dempsey said. bad behavior of a few frankly, but it reflects on wear the uniform of an Army officer; it cannot with a more complex security environment. Another cadet asked about the value of us and because it reflects on us, it starts to erode be taken for granted. “Before you lead, you must know more the support system of the home. “How do you the confidence the American people have in the He also advised the cadets to look into their about yourself,” Dempsey said. balance your progression of your career and Army. This is not going to happen on my watch hearts and ask themselves how they feel about Dempsey said he is always asked about what your duty to the nation and to the family?” and I want to make sure it does not happen on the Army. he sees as the important issues in the Army and Dempsey answered with a metaphor of a your watch.” “I know that you are going out of here described them as the 2-2-2-1. rock which Soldiers carry. Dempsey then displayed one of his favorite with something tangible, a diploma, a rank “Two are heavyweights, Russia and China; “You will take out of here a rock, and on images of a Soldier in the field in Afghanistan and a branch insignia,” he said.