50-Year Affiliation Program | West Point Association of Graduates

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Starting with the Bicentennial Class of 2002, class rings from USMA graduates have been donated to WPAOG for inclusion into the gold used for the rising First Class rings. The Ring Melt is held at the Pease & Curren Refinery in Warwick, Rhode Island every March. Donors, families, local graduates, cadets, USCC and WPAOG attend. To date, 293 rings have been donated and melted. Each year, a sample is retained from the melt to be included in the next year's event. This program is a meaningful celebration of the tangible connection between past and future graduates.
3/5/2013
Album ID: 1620556
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The Class of 2013 learned which of the 16 branches they would be serving with on November 29, 2012. Six members of the Class of 1963, the 50-Year Affiliation Class, joined them for the ceremony and celebration afterward.
11/30/2012
Album ID: 1574557
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Class of 2013 Ring Weekend included a ceremony at Trophy Point, a banquet, and a hop in the newly renovated Cullum Hall. Present at the ceremony were ten ring donors who, in March, had donated their ring or a loved one's ring to be melted down and used in all West Point class rings going forward. Members of the Class of 2013's 50-Year Affiliation Class (1963) were also there to lend support.
8/27/2012
Album ID: 1522962
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The Class of 2016, supported by family, friends, graduates, and specifically the Class of 1966, was officially accepted into the Corps of Cadets on August 18, 2012. After the parade, the new plebes were released to their families.
8/18/2012
Album ID: 1518473
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At the completion of Cadet Basic Training (Beast Barracks), the Class of 2016 -- like all classes before it -- marched back to West Point from Camp Buckner. Since 2000, West Point graduates have been invited to accompany the incoming class on this march. This year, more than 170 graduates participated. Sixty-nine are relatives of new cadets and 25 are part of the Class of 1966, the 50-Year Affiliation Class. The oldest graduate participating is LTC(R) Hank Morgan, Class of June 1943. The youngest graduate participating is 1LT Jessica Stephenson, Class of 2010. Both Morgan and Stephenson have family members in the Class of 2016.
8/12/2012
Album ID: 1515652
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MG (Ret) Clair F. Gill, Medal of Honor Recipient Paul "Buddy" Bucha, and about a half dozen other members of the Class of 1965 were present at the Cadet Field Training Awards Ceremony this morning at Camp Buckner to "Grip Hands" with the Class of 2015 as part of the 50-Year Affiliation Program. Cadets received awards and heard from Bucha as well as Command Sergeant Major Todd Burnett, both of whom emphasized the importance of the non-commissioned officer.
7/26/2012
Album ID: 1507847
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West Point Class of 2016 reported to the Cadet in the Red Sash on July 2, 2012! New cadets said goodbye to their families in 90 seconds, in-processed, got their first free haircut, had their first meal in the Mess Hall, and reported to their companies. That evening, they gave their oath during a parade on the Plain.
7/2/2012
Album ID: 1496283
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Rugby players from the Class of 1962, the 50-Year Affiliation Class for the graduating Class of 2012, spent the day with the current team to tell them about their time at the Academy and onward, and to see how the program has evolved. The Class of 1962 was the first to start a rugby team at West Point.
5/24/2012
Album ID: 1475444
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On April 13, the Class of 2015 hosted dinner in the Mess Hall to show appreciation for their sponsors and to unveil their official class crest.
4/16/2012
Album ID: 1452048
Photos by WPAOG