SECtion : TITLE SUMMER 2012 In This Issue: Defense & Strategic Studies and Military Training A Publication of the West Point Photos: [Names listed here as needed] Association of Graduates WEST POINT | SUMMER 2012 1 SECtion : TITLE • Ft Meyer • Pentagon • Ft Belvoir • Walter Reed • Andrews AFB • Bolling AFB • Navy Yard • Quantico • Pax River • F t a M d s e e a h t FRIENDS AND FAMILY PROGRAM d e e B • • L B a F n A g y l e e l y g A n F a B L • • B e e d t h a e e s d M a t F • • F r t e M v i e R y x e a r P • • P e o n c i t t a n g a o u n Q • • F t d r B a e Y l v y o v i r a • N W • a B l F t e A r R g e n DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS MOVING? i l e l d o ACROSS TOWN... ACROSS COUNTRY... ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD ... 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Equal Housing Lender. c21_WPMagAD_C2_01-23-12.indd 1 1/23/2012 11:50:23 AM SECtion : TITLE • Ft Meyer • Pentagon • Ft Belvoir • Walter Reed • Andrews AFB • Bolling AFB • Navy Yard • Quantico • Pax River • F t a M d s e e a h t FRIENDS AND FAMILY PROGRAM d e e B • • L B a F n A g y l e e l y g A n F a B L • • B e e d t h a e e s d M a t F • • F r t e M v i e R y x e Experience leadership and ethics education based on the a r P • • P Army’s leadership framework of “Be, Know, Do” by bringing your team to e o n c i t t a the inspirational venue of The Historic Thayer Hotel at West Point n g a o The Thayer Leader Development Group (TLDG) was founded in 2010 and is based at the All groups receive a customized experience, based on a unique 4-pronged approach u n Q Historic Thayer Hotel at West Point. Dr. Karen Kuhla, Executive Director of Education, to development. Programs can include any combination of the offerings. 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Bring your team home to West Point and share with them the lessons that have helped a [email protected] [email protected] • shape you as a leader. This will show pride in your Alma Mater and also give exposure W N to many individuals who might not have had the opportunity to visit West Point. The • (703) 922-4010 (70 3) 818 - 0111 “I cannot tell you enough how much I support TLDG. The a r i experience will continue to have positive cascading effects on us all. Please contact v lessons, fully grounded in the latest leadership research and o y TLDG at your convenience, to discuss your objectives and explore how TLDG might be of v l combat-tested, are lessons not only relevant but desperately Y e 13 Locations in the DC Metro Area a needed in Corporate America! Values-based leadership...it is value to your team. www.ThayerLeaderDevelopment.com or 845-446-4731 ext. 7970 B r d t sorely lacking and in my opinion only one institution can F William F. Murdy, USMA ’64 Rick Minicozzi, USMA ’86 • credibly deliver that message.” • Q Chairman of the Board, Managing General Partner, n u –Stephen Cannon, CEO, Mercedes-Benz, USA (USMA ’86) Thayer Leader Development Group Thayer Leader Development Group o a g n a t t i c n o e Photos: [Names listed here as needed] P SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. © Copyright 2011 CENTURY 21 New Millennium. Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Equal Housing Lender. WEST POINT | SUMMER 2012 1 c21_WPMagAD_C2_01-23-12.indd 1 1/23/2012 11:50:23 AM SLEettersCtion : TITLE As you read this issue of West Point magazine, Volume 2, issue 3 • SUMMER 2012 remember that many members of the Long Gray Line currently are deployed in The mission of West Point magazine is to tell combat. We honor all those who served or are the West Point story and strengthen the grip serving and those who have fallen. of the Long Gray Line. Publisher Dear Fellow Graduates and Friends: West Point Association of Graduates The Long Gray Line became a little longer, and stood a bit straighter, as the Class of 2012 Robert L. McClure ’76, President & CEO graduated on Memorial Day weekend. With their number, the WPAOG swells to over Editor IN Chief 49,000 living graduates, all united by the common bond of: Duty, Honor, Country. A month Norma Heim later, the Class of 2016 reported to the Cadet in the Red Sash and started their journey [email protected] through our alma mater to become leaders of character for our Army and nation.