United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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t Military training is integrated with academic instruction for nine months of eacli year, but two months of each summer are devoted exclusively to preparing the cadet for his future militan job. An indoctrination into the cap- abilities of all the armed forces and branches provides the future officer with an integrated view of our nation ' s de- fense teams. The military education afforded to each cadet provides a foundation which combines with future learning and experience to develop the world ' s greatest mil- itan leaders.

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Military - To provide a broad basic military education. A cadet ' s military training begins the moment he enters the academy and continues throughout the four jrear course. During the first two years, emphasis is placed on learning to follow, and acquiring those skills essential to leadership. These principles of leadership are then put into practice as cadets lake on the responsibility of com- mand positions during their Second and First Class ears. A preview of thing Orientation in the latest developments and pro- cedures proved to be interesting and enlightening.

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Numerous events have taken place between the time en we took our oaths as cadets and the time when we pledged our services to our country as officers. We add these events — work, pleasure. happ moments, serious moments — as our contribution to the historj of West Point and here present a brief account of those four years together. U R