Tag: U.S. Military Academy at West Point

  • Princeton resident takes top honors as part of West Point team

    Princeton resident takes top honors as part of West Point team

    A Princeton resident is part of one of two West Point teams that earned first and second place titles at the 2021 Warfighter Innovation in Science and Engineering Challenge during a live virtual event hosted by the Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center on April 27. Team Superstrand, a West Point multidisciplinary cadet team, won…

  • Nominate a Purple Heart hero for national recognition

    Nominate a Purple Heart hero for national recognition

    The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is opening the nomination process for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation. One Purple Heart recipient and an escort…

  • St. John Vianney graduate completes basic training at U.S. Military Academy

    St. John Vianney graduate completes basic training at U.S. Military Academy

    Cadet Ijeoma Kelly Akubueze, an Old Bridge resident and graduate of St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, completed Cadet Basic Training (CBT) at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Akubueze entered West Point on July 1 and successfully completed six weeks of CBT, which is one of the most challenging events…

  • Pallone recognizes outstanding high school students

    Pallone recognizes outstanding high school students

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) announced this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees and the winners of the 2018 Sixth Congressional District High School Arts Competition at a Congressional Awards Ceremony held at Rutgers University. The U.S. Service Academy nominees are: U.S. Naval Academy: Catherine Brown of Matawan Regional High School; Derek Gordon, Jr. of…

  • Pallone recognizes outstanding high school students

    Pallone recognizes outstanding high school students

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) announced this year’s U.S. Service Academy nominees and the winners of the 2018 Sixth Congressional District High School Arts Competition at a Congressional Awards Ceremony held at Rutgers University. The U.S. Service Academy nominees are: U.S. Air Force Academy: Jessica Carvalho of Woodbridge High School; Caelan Johnson of Metuchen…