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Tulane 21, Army 17
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- Written by NCAA.Com Website
The following is a summary of the Army/Tulane game from NCAA.com. We had a good little crowd on Saturday and some pictures were taken. Click on the Picture below for more pictures.
The Tulane Green Wave (2-2) got back to .500 by grinding out a dramatic win at home against Army (2-2). Dontrell Hilliard scored a 75-yard touchdown on the game’s first play to give Tulane a quick lead. Army took a late 17-14 lead, but a 3-yard score by quarterback Jonathan Banks with 23 seconds remaining propelled Tulane to victory.
Change The World
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- Written by Admiral William McRaven
Change the World by Making Your Bed - by Admiral William McRaven
Harrison Greenhill - Lake Highland Grad
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- Written by Jim Young
Freshman Harrison Greenhill was congratulated by Army coach Jeff Monken after Army defeated Fordham in a 64-6 victory. Harrison Greenhill graduated from Lake Highland last year and was named "Outstanding Defensive Finisher" in Coach Monken's tweet.
A number of us were there at Gator's for the season opener against Fordham to cheer the team on. Marc Angle was kind enough to tip us off on this tweet.
From Blank Page to Bestseller in 1 Day: How an Entrepreneur Author Made It Happen
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- Written by By Bill Murphy Jr. Executive editor of operations, Some Spider, and founder, ProGhostwriters.com
Inc. Magazine By Bill Murphy Jr. Executive editor of operations, Some Spider, and founder, ProGhostwriters.com
Marc Angle sent a link to this article in Inc. Magazine. Mike Nemeth is a 2004 USMA graduate. If you are a big Facebook user then you can connect with Mike and follow him more closely at https://www.facebook.com/CenterStall/
Lots of people want to become bestselling authors, but I learned recently about an entrepreneur who turned a prank into a bestselling book in a single day. His secrets? An ambitious joke, a well-timed Facebook post--and an enthusiastic audience of thousands.
Read more: From Blank Page to Bestseller in 1 Day: How an Entrepreneur Author Made It Happen
Joe O'Connell Receives AUSA Sunshine Chapter Earle L. Denton Award
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Joe O'Connell is our current Vice President of the West Point Society. Not many people know how busy Joe is with his job and other activities. He has been an very active member of the AUSA Sunshine Chapter and is currently on their board. Joe recently received an award from the AUSA Sunshine Chapter. Word leaked out to me and I was able to get a picture and some information about the award. The picture shown here is of Mike Genetti ('75) and Earle Denton's wife presenting the AUSA Sunshine Chapter Earle L. Denton Award. Let's all congratulate Joe on this achievement and also Mike Genetti, who was the 2014 award winner, for all the work they have done with the AUSA Sunshine Chapter over the years. You can click on the picture for a larger view.
Joe O'Connell, COL, USAR (Ret), USMA Class of '83, was awarded the AUSA Sunshine Chapter Earle L Denton Award for Outstanding Support to the Central Florida Army Family. The award was established in 2009 and the title of this award recognizes Lieutenant Colonel Earle L. Denton, United States Army (Retired), who has been an energetic and committed leader for more than thirty years, successfully advocating many issues and causes benefiting both the Army Family in Central Florida, and the larger population of veterans from all of America’s armed forces. Earle was a Friend of West Point and often attended the Founders Day events with our Society.
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Class Notes Updates This Week
The following classes have added updates this week to their Class Notes pages. 1956 | 1978 | 1983 | 1989. Class Notes
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COL Blackburn '89 Joins the Institute for Defense Analyses
Colonel R. Taft Blackburn has joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a Research Staff Member in IDA’s Intelligence Analyses Division. Blackburn is a member of the Foreign Area
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Anderson '78 Selected as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army
Darcy Anderson has been appointed as a new Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army during an investiture ceremony in the Perot Building January 8. The Honorable Ryan D. McCarthy, Secretary of
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Cadet News
24 January 2020
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Cadets Visit Ellis Island
Department of History Assistant Professor Laura Hooton and CPT(P) Jessica Cook travelled with West Point - The U.S. Military Academy cadets to Ellis Island and southern Manhattan to study the
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Cadet Saratoga Staff Ride
COL Musteen gave an evening lecture summarizing the major challenges of the 1777 Saratoga Campaign before four instructors led different tours of the battlefield itself. Cadets participated in
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Shiel Wood Added to Army Football Defensive Staff
Army head coach Jeff Monken has announced the addition of Shiel Wood to the coaching staff. Wood will work with Nate Woody on the defensive side of the ball.
Wood, a former assistant coach
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