Women have been part of the United States Military Academy for 40 years. These days, urinals have been removed from the women’s latrines (bathrooms). Women cadets are allowed to have long hair. They wear skirts and earrings. There are locks on the barracks (dorm room) doors. When women entered West Point as cadets for the…
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but how you feel about the rose depends on how you describe it. If you say, “I have to smell those roses,” you communicate a different message to yourself than if you say “I GET to smell the roses.” There are so many great books…
When our granddaughter, Rachel, turned five, we started giving her an allowance of $5 each time we talked. Since she and her family live on an island in Alaska, we primarily interact with them via Skype. Our usual calls conclude with reading two books; a longer picture book for the older girl and a board book for the two…
At the end of Beast, New Cadet Training, we assembled for a lecture. Jubilant at having survived this formidable introduction to West Point, we were soon put in our places. Colonel Kirby projected a bar graph showing our progress as cadets within the total USMA experience. After the hardest 7 weeks of my life, the segment we had…
There is physical courage, like a firefighter rescuing a person from a burning building or a soldier jumping on a grenade to save comrades. We applaud these selfless actions and sometimes express our gratitude and admiration with awards. There are others who act based on their convictions, who are sometimes recognized for their audacity to buck…
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